diff --git a/charts/cryostat/templates/alpha_config.yaml b/charts/cryostat/templates/alpha_config.yaml
index e86013b8..94f1fa07 100644
--- a/charts/cryostat/templates/alpha_config.yaml
+++ b/charts/cryostat/templates/alpha_config.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
+{{/*
+   Alpha Configuration is not used with OpenShift OAuth Proxy
+*/}}
+{{- if not (.Values.authentication.openshift).enabled -}}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: ConfigMap
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Release.Name }}-alpha-config
+  labels:
+    {{- include "cryostat.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
 data:
   alpha_config.yaml: |-
     server:
@@ -27,3 +33,4 @@ data:
         clientId: CLIENT_ID
         clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET
         provider: google
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/cryostat/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/cryostat/templates/deployment.yaml
index 1307ebcf..07f1fecc 100644
--- a/charts/cryostat/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/cryostat/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -265,9 +265,11 @@ spec:
       - name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
         emptyDir: {}
       {{- end }}
+      {{- if not (.Values.authentication.openshift).enabled }}
       - name: alpha-config
         configMap:
           name: {{ .Release.Name }}-alpha-config
+      {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.authentication.basicAuth.enabled }}
       - name: {{ .Release.Name }}-htpasswd
         secret:
diff --git a/charts/cryostat/tests/alpha_config_test.yaml b/charts/cryostat/tests/alpha_config_test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..22b0deb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/charts/cryostat/tests/alpha_config_test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+suite: test alpha_config.yaml
+templates:
+  - templates/alpha_config.yaml
+
+tests:
+  - it: should create configmap with correct alpha configurations
+    asserts:
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data['alpha_config.yaml']
+          pattern: "server:\\s*BindAddress: http://0.0.0.0:4180"
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data['alpha_config.yaml']
+          pattern: "upstreamConfig:\\s*proxyRawPath: true\\s*upstreams:\\s*- id: cryostat\\s*path: /\\s*uri: http://localhost:8181"
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data['alpha_config.yaml']
+          pattern: "- id: grafana\\s*path: /grafana/\\s*uri: http://localhost:3000"
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data['alpha_config.yaml']
+          pattern: "- id: storage\\s*path: \\^/storage/\\(\\.\\*\\)\\$\\s*rewriteTarget: /\\$1\\s*uri: http://localhost:8333\\s*passHostHeader: false\\s*proxyWebSockets: false"
+      - matchRegex:
+          path: data['alpha_config.yaml']
+          pattern: "providers:\\s*- id: dummy\\s*name: Unused - Sign In Below\\s*clientId: CLIENT_ID\\s*clientSecret: CLIENT_SECRET\\s*provider: google"
+
+  - it: should not create alpha_config when openshift authentication is enabled
+    set:
+      authentication:
+        openshift:
+          enabled: true
+    asserts:
+      - hasDocuments:
+          count: 0