diff --git a/src/groups/bmq/bmqimp/bmqimp_application.cpp b/src/groups/bmq/bmqimp/bmqimp_application.cpp
index 6058751070..0f55e55956 100644
--- a/src/groups/bmq/bmqimp/bmqimp_application.cpp
+++ b/src/groups/bmq/bmqimp/bmqimp_application.cpp
@@ -126,11 +126,8 @@ ntcCreateInterfaceConfig(const bmqt::SessionOptions& sessionOptions,
     config.setMaxThreads(1);  // there is only one channel used on this
                               // ChannelPool, with the bmqbrkr
     config.setMaxConnections(128);
-    config.setMaxIncomingStreamTransferSize(sessionOptions.blobBufferSize());
-    config.setSendBufferSize(1024 - k_ALLOCATION_OVERHEAD);
     config.setWriteQueueLowWatermark(k_CHANNEL_LOW_WATERMARK);
     config.setWriteQueueHighWatermark(sessionOptions.channelHighWatermark());
-    config.setReceiveTimeout(0);
 
     config.setDriverMetrics(false);
     config.setDriverMetricsPerWaiter(false);