diff --git a/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/variables.tf b/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/variables.tf
index 6487703cb8f8b8..e9723589f7f674 100644
--- a/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/variables.tf
+++ b/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/variables.tf
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ variable "preview_namespace" {
 
 variable "vm_type" {
   type    = string
-  default = "n2d-standard-8"
+  default = "n2d-standard-16"
 }
 
 variable "ssh_key" {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ variable "gcp_project_dns" {
 
 variable "use_spot" {
   type        = bool
-  default     = false
+  default     = true
   description = "Flag to decide whether to use spot instances"
 }
 
diff --git a/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/vm.tf b/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/vm.tf
index 5b069c35ac7a92..04293cca9539ba 100644
--- a/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/vm.tf
+++ b/dev/preview/infrastructure/modules/gce/vm.tf
@@ -80,5 +80,5 @@ locals {
     ssh_authorized_keys = var.ssh_key
   })
 
-  machine_type = var.with_large_vm ? "n2d-standard-16" : var.vm_type
+  machine_type = var.with_large_vm ? "n2d-standard-32" : var.vm_type
 }
diff --git a/dev/preview/infrastructure/variables.tf b/dev/preview/infrastructure/variables.tf
index 54c2806962e66f..738c73807ae886 100644
--- a/dev/preview/infrastructure/variables.tf
+++ b/dev/preview/infrastructure/variables.tf
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ variable "dev_kube_context" {
 
 variable "vm_type" {
   type    = string
-  default = "n2d-standard-8"
+  default = "n2d-standard-16"
 }
 
 variable "vm_image" {
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ variable "gcp_project_dns" {
 
 variable "gce_use_spot" {
   type        = bool
-  default     = false
+  default     = true
   description = "Flag to decide whether to use spot instances"
 }
 
diff --git a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-harvester.sh b/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-harvester.sh
index 7544bcc14335eb..5423977f712cc3 100755
--- a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-harvester.sh
+++ b/dev/preview/workflow/preview/deploy-harvester.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ shopt -os allexport
 
 terraform_init
 
-source "${SCRIPT_PATH}/determine-env.sh"
+# avoid harvester entirely
+export TF_VAR_infra_provider="gce"
 
 PLAN_EXIT_CODE=0
 terraform_plan || PLAN_EXIT_CODE=$?
diff --git a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/determine-env.sh b/dev/preview/workflow/preview/determine-env.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 93b767c6664d6d..00000000000000
--- a/dev/preview/workflow/preview/determine-env.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# this is meant to be sourced by the deploy script
-
-# If we're IN CI, quit for now
-if [ -n "${GITHUB_ACTIONS-}" ] || [ -n "${WERFT_SERVICE_HOST-}" ]; then
-  return
-fi
-
-state_output=$(terraform_output "infra_provider")
-# If we don't have the provider_choice in the outputs, bail. This is temporary until all envs have it set
-if [[ "${state_output}" != "harvester" && "${state_output}" != "gce" ]]; then
-  return
-fi
-
-# If we're switching providers, try to delete the old context if there was one, as they will be different and we won't install it again
-if [ -n "${TF_VAR_infra_provider-}" ] && [[ "${state_output}" != "${TF_VAR_infra_provider-}" ]]; then
-  kubectl config delete-context "${TF_WORKSPACE}" &>/dev/null || true
-  kubectl config delete-cluster "${TF_WORKSPACE}" &>/dev/null || true
-fi
-
-if [ -n "${TF_VAR_infra_provider-}" ]; then
-  return
-fi
-
-# Reuse the one we set in the state and exit
-# Otherwise if we haven't set it, the default value of the variable will be reused and might overwrite a change
-# A bit hacky for now, but will prevent destruction if you run it once with GCE, and next time you don't set the var explicitly
-export TF_VAR_infra_provider=$state_output
-return
-
-# Leaving this unreachable for now
-options=("harvester" "gce")
-provider_choice=$(choose "Choose your infra provider" "${options[@]}")
-
-if [ "${state_output}" != "${provider_choice}" ]; then
-  ask "You have chosen [${provider_choice}], but in the state we have [${state_output}]. Continuing will destroy and recreate your environment. Are you sure?"
-  export TF_VAR_infra_provider=${provider_choice}
-  return
-fi