diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/README.md b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/README.md
index c653998ec..83a39630c 100644
--- a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/README.md
+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/README.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ To install applications into the target cluster created using Cluster API (CAPI)
 
 **Reference:** https://fluxcd.io/flux/components/helm/helmreleases/#remote-clusters--cluster-api
 
-This chart/template already defines the following applications under `templates/apps` to be installed into the target cluster:
+This chart/template already defines the following applications under `templates/apps` which can be be installed into the target cluster by setting `.Values.installApps=true`:
 1. cert-manager
 2. nginx-ingress
 
diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/cert-manager.yaml b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/cert-manager.yaml
index 59e4df9c0..6fc40244b 100644
--- a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/cert-manager.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/cert-manager.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.installApps }}
 apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
 kind: HelmRepository
 metadata:
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ spec:
         hmc.mirantis.com/managed: "true"
     spec:
       chart: cert-manager
-      version: ">=v1.12.3"
+      version: "v1.12.3"
       sourceRef:
         kind: HelmRepository
         name: cert-manager
@@ -38,3 +39,4 @@ spec:
   storageNamespace: cert-manager
   values:
     installCRDs: true
+{{- end }}
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diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/nginx-ingress.yaml b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/nginx-ingress.yaml
index 0d3017c6a..f71f50d85 100644
--- a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/nginx-ingress.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/templates/apps/nginx-ingress.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.installApps }}
 apiVersion: source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1beta2
 kind: OCIRepository
 metadata:
@@ -32,3 +33,4 @@ spec:
       retries: -1
   values:
     fullnameOverride: nginx-ingress
+{{- end }}
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diff --git a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml
index 79c8e7ee1..1782a87f7 100644
--- a/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml
+++ b/templates/aws-standalone-cp/values.yaml
@@ -44,3 +44,7 @@ worker:
 # K0s parameters
 k0s:
   version: v1.30.2+k0s.0
+
+# Optionally install apps defined under 
+# template/apps into target cluster
+installApps: false
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