diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi-support/Chart.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi-support/Chart.yaml
index fcd3fb7..bb5c9f9 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi-support/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi-support/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 apiVersion: v2
 name: eoapi-support
 
-appVersion: "0.1.8"
-version: "0.1.8"
+appVersion: "0.1.7"
+version: "0.1.7"
 
 dependencies:
   - name: metrics-server
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi-support/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm-chart/eoapi-support/templates/_helpers.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index c9ea0f7..0000000
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi-support/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-Fetch the CA Bundle from a specified secret if enabled
-*/}}
-{{- define "eoapi-support.fetchCaBundle" -}}
-{{- if .Values.enableCaBundleFetch -}}
-  {{- $secretName := .Values.caBundleSecretName | default "eoepca-ca-secret" -}}
-  {{- $caBundle := "" -}}
-  {{- with (lookup "v1" "Secret" "default" $secretName) -}}
-    {{- $caBundle = index .data "ca.crt" | b64dec -}}
-  {{- end -}}
-  {{- $caBundle -}}
-{{- else -}}
-  ""  # Return an empty string if not enabled
-{{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/helm-chart/eoapi-support/values.yaml b/helm-chart/eoapi-support/values.yaml
index 32ed45a..715a784 100644
--- a/helm-chart/eoapi-support/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/eoapi-support/values.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-# when enabled, metrics-server will use the caBundle from the provided secret
-# ref: https://github.com/developmentseed/eoapi-k8s/issues/154
-enableCaBundleFetch: false
-caBundleSecretName: ""
-
 # most of this was cribbed from https://github.com/2i2c-org/infrastructure/blob/master/helm-charts/support/
 # so giving props where props are due to Yuvi Panda :sparkles:
 prometheus-adapter: