diff --git a/release/ray_release/glue.py b/release/ray_release/glue.py
index 22801540434c8..e5e523d2505d1 100644
--- a/release/ray_release/glue.py
+++ b/release/ray_release/glue.py
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
 }
 
 command_runner_to_file_manager = {
-    SDKRunner: SessionControllerFileManager,
+    SDKRunner: JobFileManager,  # Use job file manager per default
     ClientRunner: RemoteTaskFileManager,
     JobRunner: JobFileManager,
 }
diff --git a/release/release_tests.yaml b/release/release_tests.yaml
index f27764f86316f..05284c1e71578 100644
--- a/release/release_tests.yaml
+++ b/release/release_tests.yaml
@@ -3481,7 +3481,6 @@
     timeout: 7200
     script: python stress_tests/test_placement_group.py
     type: sdk_command
-    file_manager: sdk
 
 - name: shuffle_1tb_5000_partitions
   group: core-multi-test
@@ -4319,7 +4318,6 @@
     script: python read_tfrecords_benchmark.py
 
     type: sdk_command
-    file_manager: sdk
 
 - name: map_batches_benchmark_single_node
   group: core-dataset-tests
@@ -4337,7 +4335,6 @@
     script: python map_batches_benchmark.py
 
     type: sdk_command
-    file_manager: sdk
 
 - name: iter_batches_benchmark_single_node
   group: core-dataset-tests
@@ -4355,7 +4352,6 @@
     script: python iter_batches_benchmark.py
 
     type: sdk_command
-    file_manager: sdk
 
 - name: pipelined_training_50_gb
   group: core-dataset-tests