diff --git a/core/tests/ledger_cleanup.rs b/core/tests/ledger_cleanup.rs
index 3e43eb8c8..450e25324 100644
--- a/core/tests/ledger_cleanup.rs
+++ b/core/tests/ledger_cleanup.rs
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ mod tests {
                         shred_storage_type: ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(
                             BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions {
                                 shred_data_cf_size: config.shred_data_cf_size,
-                                ..BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default()
+                                shred_code_cf_size: config.shred_data_cf_size,
                             },
                         ),
                         ..LedgerColumnOptions::default()
diff --git a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
index b7c14fed7..cd4f61455 100644
--- a/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
+++ b/ledger-tool/src/main.rs
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ use {
         blockstore::{create_new_ledger, Blockstore, BlockstoreError, PurgeType},
         blockstore_db::{self, columns as cf, Column, ColumnName, Database},
         blockstore_options::{
-            AccessType, BlockstoreOptions, BlockstoreRecoveryMode, BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions,
-            LedgerColumnOptions, ShredStorageType, MAX_ROCKS_FIFO_SHRED_STORAGE_SIZE_BYTES,
+            AccessType, BlockstoreOptions, BlockstoreRecoveryMode, LedgerColumnOptions,
+            ShredStorageType, BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO,
+            MAX_ROCKS_FIFO_SHRED_STORAGE_SIZE_BYTES,
         },
         blockstore_processor::{self, BlockstoreProcessorError, ProcessOptions},
         shred::Shred,
@@ -2310,8 +2311,7 @@ fn main() {
                      the default RocksLevel will be used. \
                      If you want to use FIFO shred_storage_type on an empty target_db, \
                      create {} foldar the specified target_db directory.",
-                        ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default())
-                            .blockstore_directory()
+                        BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO,
                     ),
                 );
 
diff --git a/ledger/src/blockstore.rs b/ledger/src/blockstore.rs
index 38375e2fd..992beb78e 100644
--- a/ledger/src/blockstore.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/blockstore.rs
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ use {
         },
         blockstore_meta::*,
         blockstore_options::{
-            AccessType, BlockstoreOptions, BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions, LedgerColumnOptions,
-            ShredStorageType,
+            AccessType, BlockstoreOptions, LedgerColumnOptions, BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO,
+            BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_LEVEL,
         },
         leader_schedule_cache::LeaderScheduleCache,
         next_slots_iterator::NextSlotsIterator,
@@ -429,15 +429,9 @@ impl Blockstore {
     pub fn destroy(ledger_path: &Path) -> Result<()> {
         // Database::destroy() fails if the root directory doesn't exist
         fs::create_dir_all(ledger_path)?;
-        Database::destroy(
-            &Path::new(ledger_path).join(ShredStorageType::RocksLevel.blockstore_directory()),
+        Database::destroy(&Path::new(ledger_path).join(BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_LEVEL)).and(
+            Database::destroy(&Path::new(ledger_path).join(BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO)),
         )
-        .and(Database::destroy(
-            &Path::new(ledger_path).join(
-                ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default())
-                    .blockstore_directory(),
-            ),
-        ))
     }
 
     /// Returns the SlotMeta of the specified slot.
@@ -4062,7 +4056,7 @@ macro_rules! create_new_tmp_ledger_fifo {
             $genesis_config,
             $crate::blockstore_options::LedgerColumnOptions {
                 shred_storage_type: $crate::blockstore_options::ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(
-                    $crate::blockstore_options::BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default(),
+                    $crate::blockstore_options::BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::new_for_tests(),
                 ),
                 ..$crate::blockstore_options::LedgerColumnOptions::default()
             },
@@ -4089,7 +4083,7 @@ macro_rules! create_new_tmp_ledger_fifo_auto_delete {
             $genesis_config,
             $crate::blockstore_options::LedgerColumnOptions {
                 shred_storage_type: $crate::blockstore_options::ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(
-                    $crate::blockstore_options::BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default(),
+                    $crate::blockstore_options::BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::new_for_tests(),
                 ),
                 ..$crate::blockstore_options::LedgerColumnOptions::default()
             },
@@ -4389,7 +4383,7 @@ pub mod tests {
     use {
         super::*,
         crate::{
-            blockstore_options::BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions,
+            blockstore_options::{BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions, ShredStorageType},
             genesis_utils::{create_genesis_config, GenesisConfigInfo},
             leader_schedule::{FixedSchedule, LeaderSchedule},
             shred::{max_ticks_per_n_shreds, ShredFlags},
@@ -4463,7 +4457,7 @@ pub mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(ticks, entries);
         assert!(Path::new(ledger_path.path())
-            .join(ShredStorageType::RocksLevel.blockstore_directory())
+            .join(BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_LEVEL)
             .exists());
     }
 
@@ -4478,7 +4472,7 @@ pub mod tests {
             BlockstoreOptions {
                 column_options: LedgerColumnOptions {
                     shred_storage_type: ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(
-                        BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default(),
+                        BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::new_for_tests(),
                     ),
                     ..LedgerColumnOptions::default()
                 },
@@ -4492,10 +4486,7 @@ pub mod tests {
 
         assert_eq!(ticks, entries);
         assert!(Path::new(ledger_path.path())
-            .join(
-                ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default())
-                    .blockstore_directory()
-            )
+            .join(BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO)
             .exists());
     }
 
diff --git a/ledger/src/blockstore_options.rs b/ledger/src/blockstore_options.rs
index 8ee43aabb..2c1aaf717 100644
--- a/ledger/src/blockstore_options.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/blockstore_options.rs
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ impl Default for ShredStorageType {
     }
 }
 
-const BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_LEVEL: &str = "rocksdb";
-const BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO: &str = "rocksdb_fifo";
+pub const BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_LEVEL: &str = "rocksdb";
+pub const BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO: &str = "rocksdb_fifo";
 
 impl ShredStorageType {
     /// Returns ShredStorageType::RocksFifo where the specified
@@ -212,19 +212,8 @@ pub struct BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions {
     pub shred_code_cf_size: u64,
 }
 
-// The default storage size for storing shreds when `rocksdb-shred-compaction`
-// is set to `fifo` in the validator arguments.  This amount of storage size
-// in bytes will equally allocated to both data shreds and coding shreds.
-pub const DEFAULT_ROCKS_FIFO_SHRED_STORAGE_SIZE_BYTES: u64 = 250 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024;
-
 pub const MAX_ROCKS_FIFO_SHRED_STORAGE_SIZE_BYTES: u64 = std::u64::MAX;
 
-impl Default for BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions {
-    fn default() -> Self {
-        BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::new(DEFAULT_ROCKS_FIFO_SHRED_STORAGE_SIZE_BYTES)
-    }
-}
-
 impl BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions {
     fn new(shred_storage_size: u64) -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -232,6 +221,13 @@ impl BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions {
             shred_code_cf_size: shred_storage_size / 2,
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn new_for_tests() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            shred_data_cf_size: 150_000_000_000,
+            shred_code_cf_size: 150_000_000_000,
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
@@ -266,7 +262,11 @@ fn test_rocksdb_directory() {
         BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_LEVEL
     );
     assert_eq!(
-        ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions::default()).blockstore_directory(),
+        ShredStorageType::RocksFifo(BlockstoreRocksFifoOptions {
+            shred_code_cf_size: 0,
+            shred_data_cf_size: 0
+        })
+        .blockstore_directory(),
         BLOCKSTORE_DIRECTORY_ROCKS_FIFO
     );
 }