diff --git a/src/everest/queue_driver/queue_driver.py b/src/everest/queue_driver/queue_driver.py
index 5fda29cc543..500e777718b 100644
--- a/src/everest/queue_driver/queue_driver.py
+++ b/src/everest/queue_driver/queue_driver.py
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     (ConfigKeys.TORQUE_QDEL_CMD, "QDEL_CMD"),
     (ConfigKeys.TORQUE_QUEUE_NAME, "QUEUE"),
     (ConfigKeys.TORQUE_CLUSTER_LABEL, "CLUSTER_LABEL"),
-    (ConfigKeys.CORES_PER_NODE, "NUM_CPU"),
     (ConfigKeys.TORQUE_KEEP_QSUB_OUTPUT, "KEEP_QSUB_OUTPUT"),
     (ConfigKeys.TORQUE_SUBMIT_SLEEP, "SUBMIT_SLEEP"),
     (ConfigKeys.TORQUE_PROJECT_CODE, "PROJECT_CODE"),
diff --git a/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py b/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py
index 255b02aa6b3..124a6c38144 100644
--- a/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py
+++ b/tests/ert/unit_tests/config/test_queue_config.py
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ def test_initializing_empty_config_queue_options_resets_to_default_value(
     "queue_system, queue_option, queue_value, err_msg",
     [
         ("SLURM", "SQUEUE_TIMEOUT", "5a", "should be a valid number"),
-        ("TORQUE", "NUM_CPU", "3.5", "should be a valid integer"),
     ],
 )
 def test_wrong_config_option_types(queue_system, queue_option, queue_value, err_msg):
@@ -240,11 +239,7 @@ def test_wrong_config_option_types(queue_system, queue_option, queue_value, err_
     )
 
     with pytest.raises(ConfigValidationError, match=err_msg):
-        if queue_system == "TORQUE":
-            with pytest.warns(ConfigWarning, match="deprecated"):
-                ErtConfig.from_file_contents(file_contents)
-        else:
-            ErtConfig.from_file_contents(file_contents)
+        ErtConfig.from_file_contents(file_contents)
 
 
 def test_that_configuring_another_queue_system_gives_warning():
diff --git a/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py b/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
index 5be3264ecf9..2f7a3bf713e 100644
--- a/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
+++ b/tests/everest/test_res_initialization.py
@@ -43,8 +43,6 @@
                 "qsub_cmd": "qsub",
                 "qstat_cmd": "qstat",
                 "qdel_cmd": "qdel",
-                "num_cpus_per_node": 3,
-                "num_nodes": 1,
                 "keep_qsub_output": True,
                 "queue_name": "permanent_8",
             },