diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/README.md b/tests/stress_tests/README.md
index a99146ad180..cc8a2911d16 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/README.md
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/README.md
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ when executing continuously.
 - StressUnitTests executing various Inference Engine use cases in parallel
 threads and processes.
 
-Each test refers to configuration files located in `<test dir>\local_configs`
-folder. The configuration files are installed along with tests on build time.
+Each test refers to configuration files located in `<test dir>\.automation`
+folder. 
 
 ## Getting Started
 
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 22661277511..7de857dd2a7 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,8 +16,3 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE StressTestsCommon)
 install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
             RUNTIME DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
-# Copy local configs to BIN_FOLDER
-configure_file(local_configs/test_config.xml 
-        ${OUTPUT_ROOT}/${BIN_FOLDER}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/stress_tests_configs/memcheck_tests/test_config.xml COPYONLY)
-configure_file(local_configs/references_config.xml
-        ${OUTPUT_ROOT}/${BIN_FOLDER}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/stress_tests_configs/memcheck_tests/references_config.xml COPYONLY)
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/local_configs/references_config.xml b/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/local_configs/references_config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c2c5213ff1..00000000000
--- a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/local_configs/references_config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<attributes>
-    <models>
-        <model path="public/mobilenet-ssd/FP32/mobilenet-ssd.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="CPU" vmsize="740214" vmpeak="805110" vmrss="129308" vmhwm="129308" />
-        <model path="public/mobilenet-ssd/FP32/mobilenet-ssd.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="GPU" vmsize="922147" vmpeak="922147" vmrss="587522" vmhwm="587522" />
-        <model path="public/mobilenet-ssd/FP32/mobilenet-ssd.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="CPU" vmsize="1007890" vmpeak="1007890" vmrss="138652" vmhwm="138652" />
-        <model path="public/mobilenet-ssd/FP32/mobilenet-ssd.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="GPU" vmsize="1006439" vmpeak="1091636" vmrss="587241" vmhwm="587241" />
-        <model path="public/mtcnn-r/FP32/mtcnn-r.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="CPU" vmsize="691589" vmpeak="922864" vmrss="31054" vmhwm="31054" />
-        <model path="public/mtcnn-r/FP32/mtcnn-r.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="GPU" vmsize="626194" vmpeak="626194" vmrss="290695" vmhwm="290695" />
-        <model path="public/mtcnn-r/FP32/mtcnn-r.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="CPU" vmsize="958240" vmpeak="1043437" vmrss="31366" vmhwm="31366" />
-        <model path="public/mtcnn-r/FP32/mtcnn-r.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="GPU" vmsize="708734" vmpeak="793930" vmrss="287877" vmhwm="287877" />
-        <model path="public/ssd300/FP32/ssd300.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="CPU" vmsize="1046988" vmpeak="1179042" vmrss="307990" vmhwm="439457" />
-        <model path="public/ssd300/FP32/ssd300.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="GPU" vmsize="1267775" vmpeak="1279647" vmrss="932672" vmhwm="944626" />
-        <model path="public/ssd300/FP32/ssd300.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="CPU" vmsize="1321819" vmpeak="1321819" vmrss="374207" vmhwm="439748" />
-        <model path="public/ssd300/FP32/ssd300.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="GPU" vmsize="1356565" vmpeak="1441762" vmrss="941418" vmhwm="947060" />
-        <model path="public/vgg16/FP32/vgg16.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="CPU" vmsize="2133814" vmpeak="2836412" vmrss="1438049" vmhwm="2140533" />
-        <model path="public/vgg16/FP32/vgg16.xml" precision="FP32" test="create_exenetwork" device="GPU" vmsize="2801422" vmpeak="3915366" vmrss="2465065" vmhwm="3578811" />
-        <model path="public/vgg16/FP32/vgg16.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="CPU" vmsize="2401380" vmpeak="2836412" vmrss="1469832" vmhwm="2140377" />
-        <model path="public/vgg16/FP32/vgg16.xml" precision="FP32" test="infer_request_inference" device="GPU" vmsize="2892432" vmpeak="3939166" vmrss="2472017" vmhwm="3602924" />
-    </models>
-</attributes>
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/local_configs/test_config.xml b/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/local_configs/test_config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cbb163c0a48..00000000000
--- a/tests/stress_tests/memcheck_tests/local_configs/test_config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<attributes>
-    <devices>
-        <value>CPU</value>
-        <value>GPU</value>
-    </devices>
-    <models>
-        <!--Models with FP32 precision-->
-        <model name="vgg16" precision="FP32" source="omz" />
-        <model name="mtcnn-r" precision="FP32" source="omz" />
-        <model name="mobilenet-ssd" precision="FP32" source="omz" />
-        <model name="ssd300" precision="FP32" source="omz" />
-    </models>
-</attributes>
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/memleaks_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/stress_tests/memleaks_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index da395c4d9fd..e62a9413110 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/memleaks_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/memleaks_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,3 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE StressTestsCommon)
 install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
             RUNTIME DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
-# Copy local configs to BIN_FOLDER
-configure_file(local_configs/test_config.xml
-        ${OUTPUT_ROOT}/${BIN_FOLDER}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/stress_tests_configs/memleaks_tests/test_config.xml COPYONLY)
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/memleaks_tests/local_configs/test_config.xml b/tests/stress_tests/memleaks_tests/local_configs/test_config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ce92ba10d50..00000000000
--- a/tests/stress_tests/memleaks_tests/local_configs/test_config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<attributes>
-<!--[ WARNING ] Use of attribute "processes" from config isn't implemented yet. It will be ignored.-->
-    <processes>
-        <value>1</value>
-    </processes>
-    <threads>
-        <value>1</value>
-    </threads>
-    <iterations>
-        <value>30</value>
-    </iterations>
-    <devices>
-        <value>CPU</value>
-<!--        <value>GPU</value>-->
-    </devices>
-    <models>
-        <model name="mobilenet-ssd" precision="FP32" source="omz"/>
-    </models>
-</attributes>
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/stress_tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c6972f9c56..58474e6d832 100644
--- a/tests/stress_tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/stress_tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME} PRIVATE StressTestsCommon)
 
 install(TARGETS ${TARGET_NAME}
             RUNTIME DESTINATION tests COMPONENT tests EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-
-# Copy local configs to BIN_FOLDER
-configure_file(local_configs/test_config.xml
-    ${OUTPUT_ROOT}/${BIN_FOLDER}/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/stress_tests_configs/unittests/test_config.xml COPYONLY)
diff --git a/tests/stress_tests/unittests/local_configs/test_config.xml b/tests/stress_tests/unittests/local_configs/test_config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index aa988200a41..00000000000
--- a/tests/stress_tests/unittests/local_configs/test_config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<attributes>
-    <processes>
-        <value>1</value>
-    </processes>
-    <threads>
-        <value>1</value>
-    </threads>
-    <iterations>
-        <value>100</value>
-    </iterations>
-    <devices>
-        <value>CPU</value>
-        <value>GPU</value>
-    </devices>
-    <models>
-        <model name="alexnet" precision="FP32" source="omz"/>
-    </models>
-</attributes>