diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d872167b75..f0233db939 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ services:
       [
         "mysqld",
         "--datadir=/tmp/mysqldata",
-        "--event-scheduler=ON",
         # These 3 keys run MySQL with GTID consistency enforced to avoid issues with production deployments that use it.
         "--enforce-gtid-consistency=ON",
         "--log-bin=bin.log",
@@ -38,7 +37,6 @@ services:
         "--slow_query_log=1",
         "--log_output=TABLE",
         "--log-queries-not-using-indexes",
-        "--event-scheduler=ON",
         "--innodb-file-per-table=OFF",
         # These 3 keys run MySQL with GTID consistency enforced to avoid issues with production deployments that use it.
         "--enforce-gtid-consistency=ON",
diff --git a/tools/mysql-replica-testing/docker-compose.yml b/tools/mysql-replica-testing/docker-compose.yml
index 62d2a43b81..be2693e3dd 100644
--- a/tools/mysql-replica-testing/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tools/mysql-replica-testing/docker-compose.yml
@@ -6,16 +6,17 @@ services:
     platform: linux/x86_64
     volumes:
       - mysql-persistent-volume-replica-main:/tmp
-    command: [
+    command:
+      [
         "mysqld",
         "--datadir=/tmp/mysqldata-replica-main",
-        "--event-scheduler=ON",
         # These 3 keys run MySQL with GTID consistency enforced to avoid issues with production deployments that use it.
         "--enforce-gtid-consistency=ON",
         "--log-bin=bin.log",
-        "--server-id=1",
+        "--server-id=1"
       ]
-    environment: &mysql-default-environment
+    environment:
+      &mysql-default-environment
       MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD: toor
       MYSQL_DATABASE: fleet
       MYSQL_USER: fleet
@@ -29,18 +30,18 @@ services:
     volumes:
       - mysql-persistent-volume-replica-read:/tmp
     # innodb-file-per-table=OFF gives ~20% speedup for test runs.
-    command: [
+    command:
+      [
         "mysqld",
         "--datadir=/tmp/mysqldata-replica-read",
         "--slow_query_log=1",
         "--log_output=TABLE",
         "--log-queries-not-using-indexes",
-        "--event-scheduler=ON",
         "--innodb-file-per-table=OFF",
         # These 3 keys run MySQL with GTID consistency enforced to avoid issues with production deployments that use it.
         "--enforce-gtid-consistency=ON",
         "--log-bin=bin.log",
-        "--server-id=2",
+        "--server-id=2"
       ]
     environment: *mysql-default-environment
     ports: