diff --git a/system/metis-api/values.yaml b/system/metis-api/values.yaml
index 0c4d1de4eb..04ea0d5e20 100644
--- a/system/metis-api/values.yaml
+++ b/system/metis-api/values.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 namespace: metis
 global:
-  linkerd_enabled: false
   linkerd_requested: false
 
 alerts:
diff --git a/system/metis/values.yaml b/system/metis/values.yaml
index 77c6e4e1aa..f176171b2b 100644
--- a/system/metis/values.yaml
+++ b/system/metis/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ global:
   dbUser: "metis"
   #dbPassword: <defined-in-secrets>
   linkerd_requested: false
-  linkerd_enabled: false
 
 alerts:
   prometheus: "infra-collector"