diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0a4582583..bc124d61f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -337,64 +337,6 @@ jobs:
             hubploy deploy --timeout 30m workshop hub ${CIRCLE_BRANCH}
           no_output_timeout: 30m
 
-
-  deploy-node-placeholder:
-    docker:
-      - image: buildpack-deps:bionic-scm
-    working_directory: ~/repo
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-
-      - run:
-          name: install google-cloud-sdk
-          command: |
-            export GCLOUD_URL=https://dl.google.com/dl/cloudsdk/channels/rapid/downloads/google-cloud-sdk-457.0.0-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
-            curl -sSL $GCLOUD_URL | tar -xzf - -C ${HOME}
-            # Be careful with quote ordering here. ${PATH} must not be expanded
-            # Don't use ~ here - bash can interpret PATHs containing ~, but most other things can't.
-            # Always use full PATHs in PATH!
-            echo 'export PATH="${HOME}/google-cloud-sdk/bin:${PATH}"' >> ${BASH_ENV}
-
-      - run:
-          name: Setup helm3
-          command: |
-            curl -L https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.13.3-linux-amd64.tar.gz | \
-              tar -xzf -
-            mv linux-amd64/helm /usr/local/bin
-            helm repo add prometheus-community https://prometheus-community.github.io/helm-charts
-
-      - run:
-          name: Install sops
-          command: |
-            echo $SOPS_ACCOUNT_KEY > ${HOME}/repo/sops.key
-            echo 'export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS=${HOME}/repo/sops.key' >> ${BASH_ENV}
-            mkdir -p ${HOME}/repo/bin
-            curl -sSL https://github.com/mozilla/sops/releases/download/v3.7.0/sops-v3.7.0.linux -o ${HOME}/repo/bin/sops
-            chmod 755 ${HOME}/repo/bin/sops
-            echo 'export PATH="${HOME}/repo/bin:${PATH}"' >> ${BASH_ENV}
-
-      - run:
-          name: Activate credentials for datahub cluster (spring-2024)
-          command: |
-            gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin
-            sops -d -i deployments/datahub/secrets/gke-key.json
-            gcloud auth \
-              activate-service-account \
-              --key-file deployments/datahub/secrets/gke-key.json
-
-            gcloud container clusters \
-              --region=us-central1 --project=ucb-datahub-2018 \
-              get-credentials spring-2024
-
-      - run:
-          name: Deploy node placeholder chart
-          command: |
-            sops -d -i node-placeholder/secrets.yaml
-            helm upgrade \
-              --install --wait \
-              --namespace=node-placeholder node-placeholder node-placeholder \
-              -f node-placeholder/secrets.yaml --debug
-
   deploy-support:
     docker:
       - image: buildpack-deps:bionic-scm
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-node-placeholder.yaml.disabled b/.github/workflows/deploy-node-placeholder.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/deploy-node-placeholder.yaml.disabled
rename to .github/workflows/deploy-node-placeholder.yaml
diff --git a/node-placeholder/values.yaml b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
index 2c3932b5b..8d485f037 100644
--- a/node-placeholder/values.yaml
+++ b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ nodePools:
       requests:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 29247442944
-    replicas: 0
+    replicas: 1
   dlab:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: dlab-pool