diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d3bf6029..56c0cd58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,11 +7,15 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+- Remove API check for `HorizontalPodautoscaler`.
+
 ## [0.7.9] - 2024-05-03
 
 ### Changed
 
-- Switched API version from the `HorizontalPodAutoscaler` from `autoscaling/v2beta1` to `autoscaling/v1`. 
+- Switched API version from the `HorizontalPodAutoscaler` from `autoscaling/v2beta1` to `autoscaling/v1`.
 
 ## [0.7.8] - 2024-01-16
 
diff --git a/helm/starboard-exporter/templates/customMetricsHpa.yaml b/helm/starboard-exporter/templates/customMetricsHpa.yaml
index 6ee41cb8..6aed5d83 100644
--- a/helm/starboard-exporter/templates/customMetricsHpa.yaml
+++ b/helm/starboard-exporter/templates/customMetricsHpa.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-{{- if .Capabilities.APIVersions.Has "autoscaling/v2beta1" -}}
 {{- if .Values.customMetricsHPA.enabled -}}
 apiVersion: autoscaling/v1
 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
@@ -20,4 +19,3 @@ spec:
       metricName: {{ .Values.customMetricsHPA.metricName }}
       targetAverageValue: {{ .Values.customMetricsHPA.targetAverageValueSeconds }}
 {{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}