diff --git a/helm/fence/templates/fence-deployment.yaml b/helm/fence/templates/fence-deployment.yaml
index 97e24651..3139a243 100644
--- a/helm/fence/templates/fence-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/fence/templates/fence-deployment.yaml
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ spec:
           args:
             - "-c"
             - |
-              echo "${FENCE_PUBLIC_CONFIG:-""}" > "/var/www/fence/fence-config-public.yaml"
               python /var/www/fence/yaml_merge.py /var/www/fence/fence-config-public.yaml /var/www/fence/fence-config-secret.yaml /var/www/fence/fence-config.yaml
               if fence-create migrate --help > /dev/null 2>&1; then
                 if ! grep -E 'ENABLE_DB_MIGRATION"?: *false' /var/www/fence/fence-config.yaml; then