diff --git a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
index 3a0bd68d8..e3f84cdae 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -26,13 +26,6 @@ spec:
       annotations:
         confighash: secret-{{ .Values.dendrite_config | toYaml | sha256sum | trunc 32 }}
     spec:
-      strategy:
-        type: {{ $.Values.strategy.type }}
-        {{- if eq $.Values.strategy.type "RollingUpdate" }}
-        rollingUpdate:
-          maxSurge: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxSurge }}
-          maxUnavailable: {{ $.Values.strategy.rollingUpdate.maxUnavailable }}
-        {{- end }}
       volumes:
       - name: {{ include "dendrite.fullname" . }}-conf-vol
         secret:
@@ -116,4 +109,4 @@ spec:
           failureThreshold: 10
           httpGet:
             path: /_dendrite/monitor/up
-            port: http
\ No newline at end of file
+            port: http
diff --git a/helm/dendrite/values.yaml b/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
index 396e70319..8a72f6693 100644
--- a/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/dendrite/values.yaml
@@ -65,16 +65,6 @@ extraVolumeMounts: []
 # - mountPath: /etc/dendrite/extra-config
 #   name: extra-config
 
-strategy:
-  # -- Strategy to use for rolling updates (e.g. Recreate, RollingUpdate)
-  # If you are using ReadWriteOnce volumes, you should probably use Recreate
-  type: RollingUpdate
-  rollingUpdate:
-    # -- Maximum number of pods that can be unavailable during the update process
-    maxUnavailable: 25%
-    # -- Maximum number of pods that can be scheduled above the desired number of pods
-    maxSurge: 25%
-
 strategy:
   # -- Strategy to use for rolling updates (e.g. Recreate, RollingUpdate)
   # If you are using ReadWriteOnce volumes, you should probably use Recreate