diff --git a/kubernetes/policy/components/policy-clamp-ac-k8s-ppnt/resources/config/KubernetesParticipantParameters.yaml b/kubernetes/policy/components/policy-clamp-ac-k8s-ppnt/resources/config/KubernetesParticipantParameters.yaml
index bbe905b..a3b82e7 100644
--- a/kubernetes/policy/components/policy-clamp-ac-k8s-ppnt/resources/config/KubernetesParticipantParameters.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/policy/components/policy-clamp-ac-k8s-ppnt/resources/config/KubernetesParticipantParameters.yaml
@@ -62,14 +62,14 @@
             - ${topicServer:message-router}
           topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
           fetchTimeout: 15000
-          useHttps: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary "true" "false" }}
+          useHttps: "false"
       topicSinks:
         -
           topic: POLICY-ACRUNTIME-PARTICIPANT
           servers:
             - ${topicServer:message-router}
           topicCommInfrastructure: dmaap
-          useHttps: {{ (eq "true" (include "common.needTLS" .)) | ternary "true" "false" }}
+          useHttps: "false"
 
 # If Strimzi Kafka to be used for communication, replace clampAutomationCompositionTopics configuration with below
 #    clampAutomationCompositionTopics: