diff --git a/internal/pusher/v2/options.go b/internal/pusher/v2/options.go
index 20a097d98..c65e61beb 100644
--- a/internal/pusher/v2/options.go
+++ b/internal/pusher/v2/options.go
@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@ var (
 
 		// Max bytes to hold queued
 		// 0: Disabled
-		maxQueuedBytes: 128 * 1024,
-
-		// Max items (check results) to hold in memory (per tenant per type)
-		// 0: Disabled
-		maxQueuedItems: 128,
+		maxQueuedBytes: 1024 * 1024,
 
 		// Max time to keep an item in the queue before it's discarded
 		// Note that loki/mimir will probably reject data older than 1h anyway.
@@ -37,11 +33,11 @@ var (
 
 		// Max number of retries in case of network(retriable) error.
 		// Ideally we make this big and have data expired with the above limits.
-		maxRetries: 20,
+		maxRetries: 50,
 
 		// Backoff between retries. Doubling at each attempt.
-		minBackoff: time.Millisecond * 30,
-		maxBackoff: time.Second * 2,
+		minBackoff: time.Millisecond * 50,
+		maxBackoff: time.Second * 30,
 
 		// Max time a tenant pusher is active. This is useful to cause the tenant info
 		// to be refreshed.
@@ -53,7 +49,7 @@ var (
 		// How long without receiving check results until a tenant pusher is stopped.
 		// This is to cleanup tenants that don't have active checks anymore.
 		// Set it to a value higher than the max interval between a single check run.
-		maxIdleTime: 5 * time.Minute,
+		maxIdleTime: 65 * time.Minute,
 
 		// How long to wait before refreshing tenant due to an error.
 		tenantDelay: 10 * time.Second,
@@ -78,7 +74,6 @@ var (
 type pusherOptions struct {
 	maxPushBytes      uint64        // Max bytes to send on a single push request
 	maxQueuedBytes    uint64        // Max bytes to hold queued
-	maxQueuedItems    int           // Max items (check results) to hold in memory
 	maxQueuedTime     time.Duration // Max time an item can be queued until it expires
 	maxRetries        int           // Max retries for a push
 	minBackoff        time.Duration
diff --git a/internal/pusher/v2/queue.go b/internal/pusher/v2/queue.go
index 1dbccaec0..6f5731a95 100644
--- a/internal/pusher/v2/queue.go
+++ b/internal/pusher/v2/queue.go
@@ -155,25 +155,12 @@ func (q *queue) insert(data *[]byte) {
 }
 
 func (q *queue) applyLimits() {
-	numDropped := q.limitNumItems(q.options.maxQueuedItems) + q.limitBytes(q.options.maxQueuedBytes) + q.limitAge(q.options.maxQueuedTime)
+	numDropped := q.limitBytes(q.options.maxQueuedBytes) + q.limitAge(q.options.maxQueuedTime)
 	if numDropped > 0 {
 		q.options.metrics.DroppedCounter.WithLabelValues().Add(float64(numDropped))
 	}
 }
 
-func (q *queue) limitNumItems(max int) (numRemoved int) {
-	var (
-		n      = len(q.data)
-		excess = n - max
-	)
-	if max <= 0 || excess <= 0 {
-		return 0
-	}
-	q.options.pool.returnAll(q.data[:excess])
-	q.data = q.data[excess:]
-	return excess
-}
-
 func (q *queue) limitBytes(max uint64) (numRemoved int) {
 	n := len(q.data)
 	if max <= 0 {
diff --git a/internal/pusher/v2/queue_test.go b/internal/pusher/v2/queue_test.go
index a27f6ef8a..49d207614 100644
--- a/internal/pusher/v2/queue_test.go
+++ b/internal/pusher/v2/queue_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ func TestQueue(t *testing.T) {
 	defaultOptions := pusherOptions{
 		maxPushBytes:   1024 * 1024,
 		maxQueuedBytes: 0,
-		maxQueuedItems: 0,
 		maxQueuedTime:  0,
 	}
 
@@ -136,42 +135,6 @@ func TestQueue(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			countDropped: 2,
 		},
-		"max queued items": {
-			options: &pusherOptions{
-				maxPushBytes:   1024,
-				maxQueuedItems: 2,
-			},
-			actions: []testAction{
-				insert(9),
-				insert(11),
-				expect(timeout, []int{9, 11}),
-				insert(10),
-				insert(11),
-				insert(15),
-				insert(5),
-				insert(1),
-				expect(timeout, []int{5, 1}),
-				expectEmpty(),
-			},
-			countDropped: 3,
-		},
-		"max queued items return last": {
-			options: &pusherOptions{
-				maxPushBytes:   1024,
-				maxQueuedItems: 3,
-			},
-			actions: []testAction{
-				insert(1),
-				insert(2),
-				expect(timeout, []int{1, 2}),
-				insert(3),
-				insert(4),
-				returnLast(),
-				expect(timeout, []int{2, 3, 4}),
-				expectEmpty(),
-			},
-			countDropped: 1,
-		},
 		"max queued time": {
 			options: &pusherOptions{
 				maxQueuedTime: 100 * time.Millisecond,
@@ -227,6 +190,11 @@ func TestQueuePush(t *testing.T) {
 			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(body))
 		}
 	}
+
+	testOptions := defaultPusherOptions
+	testOptions.minBackoff = 10 * time.Millisecond
+	testOptions.maxBackoff = 50 * time.Millisecond
+
 	for title, tc := range map[string]struct {
 		options     *pusherOptions
 		responses   []http.HandlerFunc
@@ -277,7 +245,7 @@ func TestQueuePush(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		"max retries": {
 			options: func() *pusherOptions {
-				opt := defaultPusherOptions
+				opt := testOptions
 				opt.maxRetries = 3
 				return &opt
 			}(),
@@ -330,7 +298,7 @@ func TestQueuePush(t *testing.T) {
 			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), time.Second*15)
 			defer cancel()
 
-			opt := defaultPusherOptions
+			opt := testOptions
 			if tc.options != nil {
 				opt = *tc.options
 			}