diff --git a/k8s/monitoring/templates/node-alerts.yaml b/k8s/monitoring/templates/node-alerts.yaml
index e9e4d58..9ff44b0 100644
--- a/k8s/monitoring/templates/node-alerts.yaml
+++ b/k8s/monitoring/templates/node-alerts.yaml
@@ -9,15 +9,6 @@ spec:
   groups:
   - name: node.alerts
     rules:
-    - alert: InternalTestAlert
-      expr: vector(1)
-      for: 0m
-      labels:
-        severity: critical
-      annotations:
-        summary: "Internal Alert Pipeline Test"
-        description: "This alert is manually triggered to verify the Slack alerting pipeline."
-
     - alert: NodeMissingWorkloadLabel
       expr: |
         count by (instance) (node_cpu_seconds_total) unless count by (instance) (node_cpu_seconds_total{workload=~".+"})
diff --git a/k8s/monitoring/values-production.yaml b/k8s/monitoring/values-production.yaml
index 45aff6e..0aadc0b 100644
--- a/k8s/monitoring/values-production.yaml
+++ b/k8s/monitoring/values-production.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 rbac:
   create: true
 
-cpuThresholdMedia: 1
+cpuThresholdMedia: 65
 cpuThresholdOther: 80
 
 
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ kube-prometheus-stack:
         repeat_interval: 12h
         receiver: 'null'
         routes:
-        - match:
-            alertname: InternalTestAlert
-          receiver: 'slack-notifications'
         - match:
             alertname: MediaNodeHighCPU
           receiver: 'slack-notifications'
diff --git a/k8s/monitoring/values-staging.yaml b/k8s/monitoring/values-staging.yaml
index 822a5ee..b2c21d6 100644
--- a/k8s/monitoring/values-staging.yaml
+++ b/k8s/monitoring/values-staging.yaml
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ kube-prometheus-stack:
         repeat_interval: 12h
         receiver: 'null'
         routes:
-        - match:
-            alertname: InternalTestAlert
-          receiver: 'slack-notifications'
         - match:
             alertname: MediaNodeHighCPU
           receiver: 'slack-notifications'