diff --git a/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/aws/elastic_kubernetes_service.py b/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/aws/elastic_kubernetes_service.py
index 15b9adb5a8..b7c8bae6d5 100644
--- a/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/aws/elastic_kubernetes_service.py
+++ b/perfkitbenchmarker/providers/aws/elastic_kubernetes_service.py
@@ -1037,6 +1037,9 @@ def _PostCreate(self):
         f'settings.clusterName={self.name}',
         '--set',
         f'settings.interruptionQueue={self.name}',
+        # Not always needed but enable the feature.
+        '--set',
+        'settings.featureGates.staticCapacity=true',
         '--set',
         f'controller.resources.requests.cpu={controller_cpu}',
         '--set',
@@ -1155,7 +1158,8 @@ def _CreateKarpenterNodePool(self, nodepool: container.BaseNodePoolConfig):
         machine_requirements
     )
     if nodepool.min_nodes == nodepool.max_nodes:
-      # Not using autoscaling; set static replica count.
+      # Not using autoscaling; set static replica count & don't consolidate.
+      del yaml_nodepool[0]['spec']['disruption']
       yaml_nodepool[0]['spec']['replicas'] = nodepool.num_nodes
     else:
       # NodePool CPU limit: max nodes * vCPU + 5%, max 1000.