diff --git a/deploy/workloads/bw-test-config.ini b/deploy/workloads/bw-test-config.ini
index 9b0c320d..e2e39f00 100644
--- a/deploy/workloads/bw-test-config.ini
+++ b/deploy/workloads/bw-test-config.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ netbandwidth=200
 
 defaulthwconfig=firesim-quadcore-nic-ddr3-llc4mb
 
+[tracing]
+enable=no
+startcycle=0
+endcycle=-1
+
 [workload]
 workloadname=bw-test-two-instances.json
 terminateoncompletion=no
diff --git a/deploy/workloads/memcached-thread-imbalance-config.ini b/deploy/workloads/memcached-thread-imbalance-config.ini
index 7fca2bfe..610afa27 100644
--- a/deploy/workloads/memcached-thread-imbalance-config.ini
+++ b/deploy/workloads/memcached-thread-imbalance-config.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ netbandwidth=200
 
 defaulthwconfig=firesim-quadcore-nic-ddr3-llc4mb
 
+[tracing]
+enable=no
+startcycle=0
+endcycle=-1
+
 [workload]
 workloadname=memcached-thread-imbalance.json
 terminateoncompletion=no
diff --git a/deploy/workloads/ping-latency-config.ini b/deploy/workloads/ping-latency-config.ini
index 76063d80..201d8f0b 100644
--- a/deploy/workloads/ping-latency-config.ini
+++ b/deploy/workloads/ping-latency-config.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ netbandwidth=200
 
 defaulthwconfig=firesim-quadcore-nic-ddr3-llc4mb
 
+[tracing]
+enable=no
+startcycle=0
+endcycle=-1
+
 [workload]
 workloadname=ping-latency.json
 terminateoncompletion=no
diff --git a/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-latency-config.ini b/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-latency-config.ini
index 276f845f..2ca9e583 100644
--- a/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-latency-config.ini
+++ b/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-latency-config.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ netbandwidth=200
 
 defaulthwconfig=firesim-quadcore-nic-ddr3-llc4mb
 
+[tracing]
+enable=no
+startcycle=0
+endcycle=-1
+
 [workload]
 workloadname=simperf-test-latency.json
 terminateoncompletion=no
diff --git a/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-scale-config.ini b/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-scale-config.ini
index 500b6ee3..0cc8e359 100644
--- a/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-scale-config.ini
+++ b/deploy/workloads/simperf-test-scale-config.ini
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ netbandwidth=200
 
 defaulthwconfig=firesim-quadcore-nic-ddr3-llc4mb
 
+[tracing]
+enable=no
+startcycle=0
+endcycle=-1
+
 [workload]
 workloadname=simperf-test-scale.json
 terminateoncompletion=no
diff --git a/deploy/workloads/spec17-intrate.ini b/deploy/workloads/spec17-intrate.ini
index 86b87f7c..490ea66f 100644
--- a/deploy/workloads/spec17-intrate.ini
+++ b/deploy/workloads/spec17-intrate.ini
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ netbandwidth=200
 
 defaulthwconfig=firesim-quadcore-no-nic-ddr3-llc4mb
 
+[tracing]
+enable=no
+startcycle=0
+endcycle=-1
+
 [workload]
 workloadname=spec17-intrate.json
 terminateoncompletion=yes
diff --git a/deploy/workloads/spec17-intspeed.ini b/deploy/workloads/spec17-intspeed.ini
index b74bba8c..31d33a5f 100644
--- a/deploy/workloads/spec17-intspeed.ini
+++ b/deploy/workloads/spec17-intspeed.ini
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ netbandwidth=200
 # Need not be single core.
 defaulthwconfig= firesim-singlecore-no-nic-lbp
 
+[tracing]
+enable=no
+startcycle=0
+endcycle=-1
+
 [workload]
 workloadname=spec17-intspeed.json
 terminateoncompletion=yes