diff --git a/data/service/service/standard.go b/data/service/service/standard.go
index 70a87965a..132f8cd95 100644
--- a/data/service/service/standard.go
+++ b/data/service/service/standard.go
@@ -483,22 +483,13 @@ func (s *Standard) initializeAlertsEventsHandler() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// In addition to the CloudEventsConfig, additional specific config values
-	// are needed.
-	config := &struct {
-		KafkaAlertsTopics  []string `envconfig:"KAFKA_ALERTS_TOPICS" default:"alerts,deviceData.alerts"`
-		KafkaAlertsGroupID string   `envconfig:"KAFKA_ALERTS_CONSUMER_GROUP" required:"true"`
-	}{}
-	if err := envconfig.Process("", config); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "Unable to process envconfig")
-	}
-
+	topics := []string{"data.alerts", "data.deviceData.alerts"}
 	// Some kafka topics use a `<env>-` as a prefix. But MongoDB CDC topics are created with
 	// `<env>.`. This code is using CDC topics, so ensuring that a `.` is used for alerts events
 	// lines everything up as expected.
 	topicPrefix := strings.ReplaceAll(commonConfig.KafkaTopicPrefix, "-", ".")
-	prefixedTopics := make([]string, 0, len(config.KafkaAlertsTopics))
-	for _, topic := range config.KafkaAlertsTopics {
+	prefixedTopics := make([]string, 0, len(topics))
+	for _, topic := range topics {
 		prefixedTopics = append(prefixedTopics, topicPrefix+topic)
 	}
 
@@ -517,7 +508,7 @@ func (s *Standard) initializeAlertsEventsHandler() error {
 
 	runnerCfg := dataEvents.SaramaRunnerConfig{
 		Brokers: commonConfig.KafkaBrokers,
-		GroupID: config.KafkaAlertsGroupID,
+		GroupID: "alerts",
 		Topics:  prefixedTopics,
 		Sarama:  commonConfig.SaramaConfig,
 		MessageConsumer: &dataEvents.AlertsEventsConsumer{