diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.py b/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.py
index 8f7e12778f9b..a5c5efd12686 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.py
@@ -33,17 +33,14 @@ def test_single_object_with_checksum(self):
         :avocado: tags=checksum
         :avocado: tags=CsumContainerValidation,test_single_object_with_checksum
         """
-        no_of_dkeys = self.params.get("no_of_dkeys", '/run/dkeys/*')[0]
-        no_of_akeys = self.params.get("no_of_akeys", '/run/akeys/*')[0]
+        no_of_dkeys = self.params.get("no_of_dkeys", '/run/dkeys/*')
+        no_of_akeys = self.params.get("no_of_akeys", '/run/akeys/*')
         record_length = self.params.get("length", '/run/record/*')
 
         pool = add_pool(self, connect=False)
         pool.connect(2)
 
-        enable_checksum = self.params.get("enable_checksum", '/run/container/*')
-        container = add_container(self, pool, create=False)
-        container.input_params.enable_chksum = enable_checksum
-        container.create()
+        container = add_container(self, pool)
         container.open()
 
         obj = DaosObj(self.context, container.container)
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ def test_single_object_with_checksum(self):
         obj.open()
         ioreq = IORequest(self.context, container.container, obj, objtype=4)
 
-        self.d_log.info("Writing the Single Dataset")
+        self.log_step("Write single dataset")
         record_index = 0
         for dkey in range(no_of_dkeys):
             for akey in range(no_of_akeys):
@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ def test_single_object_with_checksum(self):
                 if record_index == len(record_length):
                     record_index = 0
 
-        self.d_log.info("Single Dataset Verification -- Started")
+        self.log_step("Verify single dataset")
         record_index = 0
         for dkey in range(no_of_dkeys):
             for akey in range(no_of_akeys):
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ def test_single_object_with_checksum(self):
                         "ERROR:Data mismatch for dkey={}, akey={}: indata={}, "
                         "val={}".format(
                             dkey, akey, indata, val.value.decode('utf-8')))
-                    self.d_log.error(message)
+                    self.log.error(message)
                     self.fail(message)
                 record_index = record_index + 1
                 if record_index == len(record_length):
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.yaml
index aae0ffadae0c..c8546cc8c90c 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_basic.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-# change host names to your reserved nodes, the
-# required quantity is indicated by the placeholders
 hosts:
   test_servers: 1
   test_clients: 1
+
 timeout: 100
+
 server_config:
   name: daos_server
   engines_per_host: 1
@@ -16,21 +16,20 @@ server_config:
           class: ram
           scm_mount: /mnt/daos
   system_ram_reserved: 1
+
 pool:
   scm_size: 3000000000
   svcn: 1
-container: !mux
-  control_method: API
-  properties:
-    enable_checksum: true
-dkeys: !mux
-  single:
-    no_of_dkeys:
-      - 50
-akeys: !mux
-  single:
-    no_of_akeys:
-      - 10
+
+container:
+  properties: cksum:crc16,cksum_size:16384
+
+dkeys:
+  no_of_dkeys: 50
+
+akeys:
+  no_of_akeys: 10
+
 record: !mux
   1Byte:
     length:
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.py b/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.py
index 026620a0cfef..7a967868dd3d 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 '''
-  (C) Copyright 2018-2023 Intel Corporation.
+  (C) Copyright 2018-2024 Intel Corporation.
 
   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 '''
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ def test_basic_attribute_sync(self):
             if set_exp_result == 'FAIL':
                 self.fail("set_attr() was expected to fail but it worked!")
         except DaosApiError as error:
-            print(error)
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.log.error(error)
+            self.log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             if self.expected_result == "PASS":
                 self.fail(
                     "set_attr was supposed to work, but failed! name-value = {}".format(
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ def test_basic_attribute_sync(self):
         try:
             size, buf = self.container.container.list_attr()
         except DaosApiError as excep:
-            print(excep)
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.log.error(excep)
+            self.log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             self.fail("list_attr failed!")
 
         if self.expected_result == 'PASS':
@@ -195,8 +195,8 @@ def test_basic_attribute_sync(self):
             if self.expected_result == 'FAIL':
                 self.fail("get_attr() was expected to fail but it worked!")
         except (DaosApiError, DaosTestError) as excep:
-            print(excep)
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.log.error(excep)
+            self.log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             if self.expected_result == 'PASS':
                 msg = "get_attr was supposed to work, but failed! attr_name = {}".format(
                     self.attr_name)
@@ -238,8 +238,8 @@ def test_basic_attribute_async(self):
                 ret_code=callback_handler.ret_code, expected_result=set_exp_result,
                 method_name="set_attr")
         except DaosApiError as error:
-            print(error)
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.log.error(error)
+            self.log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             if self.expected_result == "PASS":
                 self.fail(
                     "set_attr was supposed to work, but failed! name-value = {}".format(
@@ -256,8 +256,8 @@ def test_basic_attribute_async(self):
             if ret_code != 0:
                 self.fail("Unexpected RC after list_attr! {}".format(ret_code))
         except DaosApiError as excep:
-            print(excep)
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.log.error(excep)
+            self.log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             self.fail("list_attr failed!")
 
         if self.expected_result == 'PASS':
@@ -281,8 +281,8 @@ def test_basic_attribute_async(self):
                 ret_code=callback_handler.ret_code, expected_result=self.expected_result,
                 method_name="get_attr")
         except DaosApiError as excep:
-            print(excep)
-            print(traceback.format_exc())
+            self.log.error(excep)
+            self.log.error(traceback.format_exc())
             if self.expected_result == 'PASS':
                 msg = "get_attr was supposed to work, but failed! attr_name = {}".format(
                     self.attr_name)
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.yaml
index 66632baecb53..ad61ff574573 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/api_basic_attribute.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,3 @@ attrtests:
       value:
         - NULL
         - FAIL
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/basic_snapshot.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/container/basic_snapshot.yaml
index ec23305e92ed..6d934adc06a0 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/basic_snapshot.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/basic_snapshot.yaml
@@ -33,6 +33,3 @@ object_class: !mux
     obj_class: OC_RP_2G1
   OC_RP_2G2:
     obj_class: OC_RP_2G2
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/boundary.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/container/boundary.yaml
index e0110b8307aa..fbee71255d65 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/boundary.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/boundary.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ pool:
   label: pool
   set_logmasks: False
 container:
-  control_method: API
   akey_size: 5
   dkey_size: 5
   data_size: 256
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/destroy.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/container/destroy.yaml
index a6545bca929c..2390b4d47123 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/destroy.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/destroy.yaml
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ server_config:
 pool:
   scm_size: 1G
 
-container:
-  control_method: API
-
 destroy_variants:
   destroy_uuid: !mux
     good_uid:
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/query_attribute.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/container/query_attribute.yaml
index a47cc58dd7b1..5afa41b83fcf 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/query_attribute.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/query_attribute.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,5 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1G
-
 container:
-  control_method: API
+  properties: cksum:crc16,cksum_size:16384
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.py b/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.py
index b288ddd1cdba..a562e87e9989 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.py
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 '''
-  (C) Copyright 2018-2023 Intel Corporation.
+  (C) Copyright 2018-2024 Intel Corporation.
 
   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 '''
-import ctypes
-
 from apricot import TestWithServers
-from pydaos.raw import DaosApiError, DaosContPropEnum, conversion, daos_cref
 from test_utils_container import add_container
 from test_utils_pool import add_pool
 
 
 class QueryPropertiesTest(TestWithServers):
     """
-    Test Class Description: Verify container properties are set during container query
-    over pydaos API.
+    Test Class Description: Verify daos container get-prop
 
     :avocado: recursive
     """
@@ -26,124 +22,24 @@ def test_query_properties(self):
         some properties during create.
 
         Use Cases:
-        1. Create a container with some properties related to checksum, type, etc.
-        configured.
-        2. Call container query. it returns container info such as UUID, snapshots, etc.,
-        but not properties. We verify the property by passing in an empty data structure
-        as pass by reference.
-        3. Verify the property data structure passed in during step 2.
+        1. Create a container with some properties related to checksum, type, etc. configured.
+        2. Verify container get-prop returns the same properties set on create.
 
         :avocado: tags=all,full_regression
         :avocado: tags=vm
         :avocado: tags=container
         :avocado: tags=QueryPropertiesTest,test_query_properties
         """
-        errors = []
-
+        self.log_step("Create pool and container with properties")
         pool = add_pool(self)
-        container = add_container(self, pool, create=False)
-
-        # Prepare DaosContProperties. Update some items from default. These are
-        # properties that determine the values, not the actual values. The actual values
-        # are set in DaosContainer.create() based on these configurations.
-        chksum_type_conf = self.params.get("configured", "/run/properties/chksum_type/*")
-        srv_verify_conf = self.params.get("configured", "/run/properties/srv_verify/*")
-        chunk_size_conf = self.params.get("configured", "/run/properties/chunk_size/*")
-
-        cont_prop_type = bytes("POSIX", "utf-8")  # Updated
-        enable_chksum = True  # Updated
-        srv_verify = srv_verify_conf
-        chksum_type = ctypes.c_uint64(chksum_type_conf)
-        chunk_size = ctypes.c_uint64(chunk_size_conf)
-        rd_lvl = ctypes.c_uint64(daos_cref.DAOS_PROP_CO_REDUN_DEFAULT)
-        con_in = [
-            cont_prop_type,
-            enable_chksum,
-            srv_verify,
-            chksum_type,
-            chunk_size,
-            rd_lvl
-        ]
-
-        # Create container with the DaosContProperties.
-        container.create(con_in=con_in)
-
-        # Open the container.
-        container.open(pool_handle=pool.pool.handle)
-
-        # Prepare the DaosProperty data structure that stores the values that are
-        # configured based on the properties we used during create. Here, we create
-        # the empty data structure and set the dpe_type fields. The values (dpe_val) will
-        # be filled during query. See DaosContainer.create() and DaosContProperties for
-        # more details.
-
-        # If DaosContProperties.type is not "Unknown", there will be 4 elements.
-
-        # Element 0: Layout type, which is determined by the container type. If the
-        # container type is POSIX, we expect the value to be
-        # DaosContPropEnum.DAOS_PROP_CO_LAYOUT_POSIX.value
-
-        # Note: enable_chksum needs to be set to True to get the following 3 elements.
-        # Element 1: Checksum. In default, we expect it to be 1.
-        # Element 2: Checksum server verify. Since we updated the srv_verify to True, we
-        # expect the value to be 1.
-        # Element 3: Checksum chunk size. In default we expect it to be 16384.
-        cont_prop = daos_cref.DaosProperty(4)
-
-        cont_prop.dpp_entries[0].dpe_type = ctypes.c_uint32(
-            DaosContPropEnum.DAOS_PROP_CO_LAYOUT_TYPE.value)
-        cont_prop.dpp_entries[1].dpe_type = ctypes.c_uint32(
-            DaosContPropEnum.DAOS_PROP_CO_CSUM.value)
-        cont_prop.dpp_entries[2].dpe_type = ctypes.c_uint32(
-            DaosContPropEnum.DAOS_PROP_CO_CSUM_SERVER_VERIFY.value)
-        cont_prop.dpp_entries[3].dpe_type = ctypes.c_uint32(
-            DaosContPropEnum.DAOS_PROP_CO_CSUM_CHUNK_SIZE.value)
-
-        try:
-            cont_info = container.container.query(cont_prop=cont_prop)
-        except DaosApiError as error:
-            self.log.info("Container query error! %s", error)
-
-        # Sanity check that query isn't broken.
-        uuid_query = conversion.c_uuid_to_str(cont_info.ci_uuid)
-        uuid_create = container.container.get_uuid_str()
-        if uuid_query != uuid_create:
-            msg = ("Container UUID obtained after create and after query don't match! "
-                   "Create: {}, Query: {}".format(uuid_create, uuid_query))
-            errors.append(msg)
-
-        # Verify values set in cont_prop.
-        chksum_type_exp = self.params.get("expected", "/run/properties/chksum_type/*")
-        srv_verify_exp = self.params.get("expected", "/run/properties/srv_verify/*")
-        chunk_size_exp = self.params.get("expected", "/run/properties/chunk_size/*")
-
-        # Verify layout type.
-        actual_layout_type = cont_prop.dpp_entries[0].dpe_val
-        expected_layout_type = DaosContPropEnum.DAOS_PROP_CO_LAYOUT_POSIX.value
-        if actual_layout_type != expected_layout_type:
-            msg = "Layout type is not POSIX! Expected = {}; Actual = {}".format(
-                expected_layout_type, actual_layout_type)
-            errors.append(msg)
-
-        # Verify checksum.
-        if cont_prop.dpp_entries[1].dpe_val != chksum_type_exp:
-            msg = "Unexpected checksum from query! Expected = {}; Actual = {}".format(
-                chksum_type_exp, cont_prop.dpp_entries[1].dpe_val)
-            errors.append(msg)
-
-        # Verify server verify.
-        if cont_prop.dpp_entries[2].dpe_val != srv_verify_exp:
-            msg = ("Unexpected server verify from query! "
-                   "Expected = {}; Actual = {}".format(
-                       srv_verify_exp, cont_prop.dpp_entries[2].dpe_val))
-            errors.append(msg)
+        container = add_container(self, pool)
 
-        # Verify checksum chunk size.
-        if cont_prop.dpp_entries[3].dpe_val != chunk_size_exp:
-            msg = ("Unexpected checksum chunk size from query! "
-                   "Expected = {}; Actual = {}".format(
-                       chunk_size_exp, cont_prop.dpp_entries[3].dpe_val))
-            errors.append(msg)
+        expected_props = {
+            "layout_type": self.params.get("layout_type", "/run/expected_get_prop/*"),
+            "cksum": self.params.get("cksum", "/run/expected_get_prop/*"),
+            "cksum_size": self.params.get("cksum_size", "/run/expected_get_prop/*"),
+            "srv_cksum": self.params.get("srv_cksum", "/run/expected_get_prop/*")}
 
-        if errors:
-            self.fail("\n----- Errors detected! -----\n{}".format("\n".join(errors)))
+        self.log_step("Verify container get-prop matches create")
+        if not container.verify_prop(expected_props):
+            self.fail("Unexpected properties from daos container get-prop")
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.yaml
index 18c0447e8651..621de7b60b7b 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/query_properties.yaml
@@ -20,15 +20,11 @@ pool:
   scm_size: 1G
 
 container:
-  control_method: API
+  type: POSIX
+  properties: cksum:crc16,cksum_size:16384,srv_cksum:on
 
-properties:
-  chksum_type:
-    configured: 100  # Default
-    expected: 1
-  srv_verify:
-    configured: true  # Updated
-    expected: 1
-  chunk_size:
-    configured: 0  # Default
-    expected: 16384
+expected_get_prop:
+  layout_type: "POSIX (1)"
+  cksum: "crc16"
+  cksum_size: "16384"
+  srv_cksum: "on"
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/container/snapshot.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/container/snapshot.yaml
index d6ad5bab0e69..434ed451975f 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/container/snapshot.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/container/snapshot.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,3 @@ object_class: !mux
     obj_class: OC_SX
   OC_RP_2GX:
     obj_class: OC_RP_2GX
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/control/dmg_system_cleanup.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/control/dmg_system_cleanup.yaml
index 1eacdd1a6eab..905e4010b36f 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/control/dmg_system_cleanup.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/control/dmg_system_cleanup.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ server_config:
 pool:
   scm_size: 1GB
 container:
-  control_method: API
   akey_size: 5
   dkey_size: 5
   data_size: 32
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/datamover/obj_small.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/datamover/obj_small.yaml
index 0fd4d8c4ccf8..fb7f4f572926 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/datamover/obj_small.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/datamover/obj_small.yaml
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1G
-container:
-  control_method: API
 dcp:
   client_processes:
     np: 3
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/datamover/serial_small.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/datamover/serial_small.yaml
index 0a609336ce8f..a30bb50a1860 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/datamover/serial_small.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/datamover/serial_small.yaml
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1G
-container:
-  control_method: API
 dserialize:
   client_processes:
     np: 3
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/dtx/basic.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/dtx/basic.yaml
index bc3c22191513..ed26708ee145 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/dtx/basic.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/dtx/basic.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,3 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1073741824
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/offline_rebuild_single.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/offline_rebuild_single.yaml
index 5e1e6caf22e6..210dd4589f65 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/offline_rebuild_single.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/offline_rebuild_single.yaml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ pool:
   pool_query_timeout: 30
 container:
   type: POSIX
-  control_method: API
   single_data_set:
     # [object_qty, record_qty, dkey, akey, data_size]
     - [1, 1, 1, 1, 4194304]
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/online_rebuild_single.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/online_rebuild_single.yaml
index 7284a1f7134a..781605d841b2 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/online_rebuild_single.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/online_rebuild_single.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ pool:
   properties: rd_fac:2
 container:
   type: POSIX
-  control_method: API
   single_data_set:
     # [object_qty, record_qty, dkey, akey, data_size]
     - [1, 1, 1, 1, 4194304]
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/rank_failure.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/rank_failure.yaml
index 4b1319f8be15..51efe6370951 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/rank_failure.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/erasurecode/rank_failure.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,3 @@ gen_io_conf:
   record_size: "1000"
   obj_num: "3"
   obj_class: "EC_8P2GX"
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/object.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/object.yaml
index c2c2adbeea43..9df027486522 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/object.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/object.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ pool_3:
   scm_size: 4GB
   nvme_size: 350GB
 container:
-  control_method: API
   object_qty: 10
   record_size:
     - 1
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/object/create_many_dkeys.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/object/create_many_dkeys.yaml
index 1ac3f1f3807c..66f06ce59f7e 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/object/create_many_dkeys.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/object/create_many_dkeys.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,3 @@ pool:
   scm_size: 3G
 dkeys:
   number_of_dkeys: 1000000
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/object/fetch_bad_param.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/object/fetch_bad_param.yaml
index c2ee039ddc44..dc9c81ccd9e1 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/object/fetch_bad_param.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/object/fetch_bad_param.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,3 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1073741824
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/object/integrity.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/object/integrity.yaml
index b6779465caf1..fefea0e42525 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/object/integrity.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/object/integrity.yaml
@@ -46,6 +46,3 @@ record: !mux
       - 32
       - 512
       - 1024
-
-container:
-  control_method: APi
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/object/open_bad_param.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/object/open_bad_param.yaml
index f59b15bc1640..722fe1dd5f32 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/object/open_bad_param.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/object/open_bad_param.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,3 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1073741824
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/object/punch_test.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/object/punch_test.yaml
index 784c410c91e0..a6b0874ef0cb 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/object/punch_test.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/object/punch_test.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,3 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1073741824
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/object/update_bad_param.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/object/update_bad_param.yaml
index d597e8df23d5..302650e4424c 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/object/update_bad_param.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/object/update_bad_param.yaml
@@ -14,6 +14,3 @@ server_config:
   system_ram_reserved: 1
 pool:
   scm_size: 1073741824
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/osa/dmg_negative_test.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/osa/dmg_negative_test.yaml
index 90bd43720462..b2adbe6584f7 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/osa/dmg_negative_test.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/osa/dmg_negative_test.yaml
@@ -38,9 +38,7 @@ pool:
   nvme_size: 54000000000
   svcn: 4
 container:
-  control_method: API
-  properties:
-    enable_checksum: true
+  properties: cksum:crc16,cksum_size:16384
 test_sequence:
   dmg_cmd_test:
     # Rank list, target_list, Pass/Fail Condition
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/pool/evict.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/pool/evict.yaml
index 1834742b9868..599129ee189f 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/pool/evict.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/pool/evict.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pool:
   scm_size: 1G
 
 container:
-  control_method: API
   akey_size: 5
   dkey_size: 5
   data_size: 32
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml
index 90443b8422f0..31d203f3036f 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/basic.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ pool:
   pool_query_timeout: 30
   properties: rd_fac:2
 container:
-  control_method: API
   akey_size: 5
   dkey_size: 5
   debug: true
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/cascading_failures.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/cascading_failures.yaml
index 0a771da31a2a..abc15a45f29f 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/cascading_failures.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/cascading_failures.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ pool:
   pool_query_timeout: 30
   properties: rd_fac:2
 container:
-  control_method: API
   akey_size: 5
   dkey_size: 5
   data_size: 5
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/delete_objects.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/delete_objects.yaml
index 63ca43d3bdb3..e80a2aec9c4d 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/delete_objects.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/delete_objects.yaml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ pool:
   pool_query_timeout: 30
   properties: rd_fac:2
 container:
-  control_method: API
   akey_size: 5
   dkey_size: 5
   sizes: !mux
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/read_array.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/read_array.yaml
index 144e9ef5043b..b7a64dfc3e28 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/read_array.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/rebuild/read_array.yaml
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ pool:
   pool_query_timeout: 30
   properties: rd_fac:2
 container:
-  control_method: API
   object_qty: 10
   record_qty: 10
   akey_size: 5
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/recovery/ddb.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/recovery/ddb.yaml
index 1c5b90f22019..616bbe1b8c75 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/recovery/ddb.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/recovery/ddb.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,3 @@ setup:
 
 pool:
   scm_size: 1G
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/server/metadata.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/server/metadata.yaml
index 442d4b1a8381..e257ec8bcc64 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/server/metadata.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/server/metadata.yaml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ pool:
 #  properties: svc_ops_entry_age:300
 #  properties: svc_ops_entry_age:600
 container:
-  control_method: API
   silent: true
 ior:
   clientslots:
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/telemetry/dkey_akey_enum_punch.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/telemetry/dkey_akey_enum_punch.yaml
index aef14b8001dc..761086f2c2c3 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/telemetry/dkey_akey_enum_punch.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/telemetry/dkey_akey_enum_punch.yaml
@@ -17,6 +17,3 @@ server_config:
 
 pool:
   scm_size: 1G
-
-container:
-  control_method: API
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/util/test_utils_container.py b/src/tests/ftest/util/test_utils_container.py
index 6dc3dd407368..da87f5e835a9 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/util/test_utils_container.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/util/test_utils_container.py
@@ -456,11 +456,10 @@ def skip_cleanup(self):
 
     @fail_on(DaosApiError)
     @fail_on(CommandFailure)
-    def create(self, con_in=None, query_id=None):
+    def create(self, query_id=None):
         """Create a container.
 
         Args:
-            con_in (optional): to be defined. Defaults to None.
             query_id (str, optional): container uuid or label which if specified will be used to
                 find an existing container through a daos query. Defaults to None which will use a
                 create command to populate this object.
@@ -496,16 +495,8 @@ def create(self, con_in=None, query_id=None):
 
             # Refer daos_api for setting input params for DaosContainer.
             cop = self.input_params.get_con_create_params()
-            if con_in is not None:
-                cop.type = con_in[0]
-                cop.enable_chksum = con_in[1]
-                cop.srv_verify = con_in[2]
-                cop.chksum_type = con_in[3]
-                cop.chunk_size = con_in[4]
-                cop.rd_lvl = con_in[5]
-            else:
-                # Default to RANK fault domain (rd_lvl:1) when not specified
-                cop.rd_lvl = ctypes.c_uint64(1)
+            # Default to RANK fault domain (rd_lvl:1)
+            cop.rd_lvl = ctypes.c_uint64(1)
 
             kwargs["con_prop"] = cop