diff --git a/kubernetes/contrib/components/ejbca/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/contrib/components/ejbca/templates/deployment.yaml
index 46f7d35..fc163ee 100644
--- a/kubernetes/contrib/components/ejbca/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/contrib/components/ejbca/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@
         env:
         - name: INITIAL_ADMIN
           value: ";PublicAccessAuthenticationToken:TRANSPORT_ANY;"
+        - name: NO_CREATE_CA
+          value: "true"
         - name: DATABASE_JDBC_URL
           value: jdbc:mariadb://{{ include "common.mariadbService" . }}:{{ include "common.mariadbPort" . }}/{{ .Values.mysqlDatabase }}
         - name: DATABASE_USER