diff --git a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
index 83e9991..541edd0 100644
--- a/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
+++ b/asterix-app/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/api/common/AsterixHyracksIntegrationUtil.java
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 
     public static final int DEFAULT_HYRACKS_CC_CLUSTER_PORT = 1099;
 
-    public static final int FRAME_SIZE = 32768;
 
     private static ClusterControllerService cc;
     private static NodeControllerService nc1;
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@
         ncConfig1.clusterNetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig1.nodeId = NC1_ID;
-        ncConfig1.frameSize = FRAME_SIZE;
         nc1 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig1);
         nc1.start();
 
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@
         ncConfig2.clusterNetIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.dataIPAddress = "127.0.0.1";
         ncConfig2.nodeId = NC2_ID;
-        ncConfig2.frameSize = FRAME_SIZE;
         nc2 = new NodeControllerService(ncConfig2);
         nc2.start();
 
diff --git a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
index 36e8a4c..d676cb5 100644
--- a/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
+++ b/asterix-common/src/main/java/edu/uci/ics/asterix/common/context/AsterixAppRuntimeContext.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import edu.uci.ics.hyracks.storage.common.file.IFileMapProvider;
 
 public class AsterixAppRuntimeContext {
+    private static final int DEFAULT_BUFFER_CACHE_PAGE_SIZE = 32768;
     private final INCApplicationContext ncApplicationContext;
     
     private IndexRegistry<IIndex> indexRegistry;
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
     }
 
     private int getBufferCachePageSize() {
-        int pageSize = ncApplicationContext.getRootContext().getFrameSize();
+        int pageSize = DEFAULT_BUFFER_CACHE_PAGE_SIZE;
         String pageSizeStr = System.getProperty(GlobalConfig.BUFFER_CACHE_PAGE_SIZE_PROPERTY, null);
         if (pageSizeStr != null) {
             try {