diff --git a/wfcommons/wfbench/translator/airflow.py b/wfcommons/wfbench/translator/airflow.py
index e8c9d9db..47570d8d 100644
--- a/wfcommons/wfbench/translator/airflow.py
+++ b/wfcommons/wfbench/translator/airflow.py
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ def __init__(self,
         self.script = f"""
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import os
-from datetime import datetime
 from airflow.models.dag import DAG
 from airflow.operators.bash import BashOperator
 
@@ -64,9 +62,6 @@ def translate(self, output_folder: pathlib.Path, name: Optional[str] = None) ->
 with DAG(
     "{name}",
     description="airflow translation of a wfcommons instance",
-    schedule="0 0 * * *",
-    start_date=datetime(2021, 1, 1),
-    catchup=False,
     tags=["wfcommons"],
 ) as dag:
 """
@@ -77,12 +72,10 @@ def translate(self, output_folder: pathlib.Path, name: Optional[str] = None) ->
             self.script += f"""
     {self._sanitize_varname(task.task_id)} = BashOperator(
         task_id="{task.task_id}",
-        depends_on_past=False,
         bash_command='{self.task_commands[task.task_id]}',
-        env={{"AIRFLOW_HOME": os.environ["AIRFLOW_HOME"]}},
-        retries=3,
         )
 """
+
         for task in self.tasks.values():
             # Comma-separated list of the task's parents
             parents = ", ".join(map(self._sanitize_varname, self.task_parents[task.task_id]))