diff --git a/pkg/runtime/task_resource_provider.go b/pkg/runtime/task_resource_provider.go
index d8baa2fe1..9d05e20f6 100644
--- a/pkg/runtime/task_resource_provider.go
+++ b/pkg/runtime/task_resource_provider.go
@@ -3,21 +3,13 @@ package runtime
 import (
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flyteadmin/pkg/runtime/interfaces"
 	"github.com/flyteorg/flytestdlib/config"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 )
 
 const taskResourceKey = "task_resources"
 
 var taskResourceConfig = config.MustRegisterSection(taskResourceKey, &TaskResourceSpec{
-	Defaults: interfaces.TaskResourceSet{
-		CPU:    resource.MustParse("2"),
-		Memory: resource.MustParse("200Mi"),
-	},
-	Limits: interfaces.TaskResourceSet{
-		CPU:    resource.MustParse("2"),
-		Memory: resource.MustParse("1Gi"),
-		GPU:    resource.MustParse("1"),
-	},
+	Defaults: interfaces.TaskResourceSet{},
+	Limits:   interfaces.TaskResourceSet{},
 })
 
 type TaskResourceSpec struct {