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
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+            port: http