diff --git a/config/build/env_vars.yaml b/config/build/env_vars.yaml
index 1c90b265..5664631b 100644
--- a/config/build/env_vars.yaml
+++ b/config/build/env_vars.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ defaults:
   PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT: "1"               # Skip pre/post-fit I/O, VRAM profiling, result text
   PYAUTO_SKIP_VISUALIZATION: "1"            # Skip fit visualization and plotting
   PYAUTO_SKIP_CHECKS: "1"                   # Skip mesh validation, position checks, weight thresholds
-  PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS: "1"                # Cap grids/masks to 15x15, reduce MGE gaussians
   PYAUTO_DISABLE_JAX: "1"                   # Force use_jax=False, avoid JIT compilation overhead
-  PYAUTO_FAST_PLOTS: "1"                    # Skip tight_layout() + critical curve/caustic overlays
   JAX_ENABLE_X64: "True"                    # Enable 64-bit precision in JAX
   NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"       # Writable cache dir for numba
   MPLCONFIGDIR: "/tmp/matplotlib"           # Writable config dir for matplotlib
diff --git a/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml b/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml
index 87064a18..f19d48e2 100644
--- a/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml
+++ b/config/build/env_vars_release.yaml
@@ -30,9 +30,7 @@ defaults:
   PYAUTO_SKIP_FIT_OUTPUT: "0"               # real fit output (release fidelity, not smoke)
   PYAUTO_SKIP_VISUALIZATION: "0"            # real visualization (release fidelity, not smoke)
   PYAUTO_SKIP_CHECKS: "0"                   # real checks (release fidelity, not smoke)
-  PYAUTO_SMALL_DATASETS: "1"                # cap grids/masks to 15x15, reduce MGE gaussians
   PYAUTO_DISABLE_JAX: "0"                   # JAX enabled (release fidelity, not smoke)
-  PYAUTO_FAST_PLOTS: "1"                    # skip tight_layout() + critical curve/caustic overlays
   PYAUTO_SKIP_WORKSPACE_VERSION_CHECK: "1"  # TestPyPI dev version won't match the workspace pin
   JAX_ENABLE_X64: "True"                    # enable 64-bit precision in JAX
   NUMBA_CACHE_DIR: "/tmp/numba_cache"       # writable cache dir for numba