diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/12_systems/gitaly/praefect_replication_queue_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/12_systems/gitaly/praefect_replication_queue_spec.rb
index 80ff1f250a25e482707f218cbc3a7a96f645dbcc..2c9940f29b3847ecdd04a266bdb605033ad5a82e 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/12_systems/gitaly/praefect_replication_queue_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/12_systems/gitaly/praefect_replication_queue_spec.rb
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ module QA
           repository.uri = project.repository_http_location.uri
           repository.use_default_credentials
           repository.clone
-          repository.configure_identity('GitLab QA', 'root@gitlab.com')
+          repository.use_default_identity
           1.upto(queue_size_target) do |i|
             repository.checkout("branch#{i}", new_branch: true)
             repository.commit_file("file#{i}", SecureRandom.random_bytes(10000000), "Add file#{i}")
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb
index 277e707aa037f2a37fec85ae339cfd71c96e10ea..122491e55fccddd13958e3b527d29875c28bf59b 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/add_list_delete_branches_spec.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ module QA
 
           repository.act do
             init_repository
-            configure_identity('GitLab QA', 'root@gitlab.com')
+            use_default_identity
 
             commit_file(filename, 'Test file content', default_branch_commit_message)
             push_changes
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/default_branch_name_setting_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/default_branch_name_setting_spec.rb
index 184c6d2419cfc44b8a9c307e56ddaf3f02a1d6ac..5e671a73d8acf4862a4eb29e9509bbc93f653e42 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/default_branch_name_setting_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/api/3_create/repository/default_branch_name_setting_spec.rb
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ module QA
           repository.init_repository
           repository.uri = "#{Runtime::Scenario.gitlab_address}/#{group.full_path}/#{project_name}"
           repository.use_default_credentials
-          repository.configure_identity('GitLab QA', 'root@gitlab.com')
+          repository.use_default_identity
           repository.checkout('trunk', new_branch: true)
           repository.commit_file('README.md', 'Created via the CLI', 'initial commit via CLI')
           repository.push_changes('trunk')
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/clone_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/clone_spec.rb
index 9dd50541d53e3abc27daeb08f65bab0fc9b215c5..1568c0174efb52c7d38342b86babf9d430782002 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/clone_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/clone_spec.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ module QA
 
           repository.act do
             clone
-            configure_identity('GitLab QA', 'root@gitlab.com')
+            use_default_identity
             checkout(default_branch, new_branch: true)
             commit_file('test.rb', 'class Test; end', 'Add Test class')
             commit_file('README.md', '# Test', 'Add Readme')
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_http_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_http_spec.rb
index ff46294fe37b98cb22154d669bd41b86e97b0c2e..a9e0129c80698a638e0aabb60e59fff6347f3424 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_http_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_http_spec.rb
@@ -17,13 +17,10 @@ module QA
         # Use Git to clone the project, push a file to it, and then check the
         # supported Git protocol
         Git::Repository.perform do |repository|
-          username = 'GitLab QA'
-          email = 'root@gitlab.com'
-
           repository.uri = project.repository_http_location.uri
           repository.use_default_credentials
           repository.clone
-          repository.configure_identity(username, email)
+          repository.use_default_identity
           repository.default_branch = project.default_branch
           repository.checkout(project.default_branch, new_branch: true)
 
diff --git a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_ssh_spec.rb b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_ssh_spec.rb
index 42003eec19939addbab319f93b5eae6d9bc0762a..bbfe8e358548881da2877452451f566ab4806ef6 100644
--- a/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_ssh_spec.rb
+++ b/qa/qa/specs/features/browser_ui/3_create/repository/protocol_v2_push_ssh_spec.rb
@@ -36,15 +36,12 @@ module QA
         # Use Git to clone the project, push a file to it, and then check the
         # supported Git protocol
         Git::Repository.perform do |repository|
-          username = 'GitLab QA'
-          email = 'root@gitlab.com'
-
           repository.uri = project.repository_ssh_location.uri
 
           begin
             repository.use_ssh_key(ssh_key)
             repository.clone
-            repository.configure_identity(username, email)
+            repository.use_default_identity
             repository.default_branch = project.default_branch
             repository.checkout(project.default_branch, new_branch: true)