diff --git a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/resources/config/application.yaml b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/resources/config/application.yaml
index 6024309..6ee2201 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/resources/config/application.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/resources/config/application.yaml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@
     pollingInterval: 15
     pollingTimeout: 60
     relevantArtifactTypes: TOSCA_CSAR
-    consumerGroup: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.consumerGroup }}
-    consumerId: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.clientId }}
+    consumerGroup: {{ (first .Values.kafkaUser.acls).name }}
+    consumerId: {{ (first .Values.kafkaUser.acls).name }}-sdc-listener
     environmentName: AUTO
     keyStorePassword:
     keyStorePath:
diff --git a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/cds-sdc-list-kafka-user.yaml b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/cds-sdc-list-kafka-user.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 58d99dd..0000000
--- a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/cds-sdc-list-kafka-user.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-{{/*
-# Copyright © 2022 Nordix Foundation
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-*/}}
-apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
-kind: KafkaUser
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "common.release" . }}-{{ .Values.global.cdsSdcListenerKafkaUser }}
-  labels:
-    strimzi.io/cluster: {{ include "common.release" . }}-strimzi
-spec:
-  authentication:
-    type: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslMechanism | lower }}
-  authorization:
-    type: {{ .Values.config.kafka.authType }}
-    acls:
-    - resource:
-        type: group
-        name: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.consumerGroup }}
-      operation: All
-    - resource:
-        type: topic
-        patternType: prefix
-        name: {{ .Values.config.kafka.sdcTopic.pattern }}
-      operation: All
diff --git a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/deployment.yaml
index d01e3b0..d08390b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 */}}
-
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -60,12 +59,11 @@
           env:
           - name: APP_CONFIG_HOME
             value: {{ .Values.config.appConfigDir }}
-          - name: SECURITY_PROTOCOL
-            value: {{ .Values.config.kafka.securityProtocol }}
-          - name: SASL_MECHANISM
-            value: {{ .Values.config.kafka.saslMechanism }}
           - name: SASL_JAAS_CONFIG
-            value: {{- include "common.secret.envFromSecretFast" (dict "global" . "uid" "cds-sdc-kafka-secret" "key" "sasl.jaas.config") | indent 12 }}
+            valueFrom:
+              secretKeyRef:
+                name: {{ include "common.name" . }}-ku
+                key: sasl.jaas.config
           ports:
           - containerPort: {{ .Values.service.http.internalPort }}
             name: {{ .Values.service.http.portName }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/kafkauser.yaml b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/kafkauser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..324a068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/templates/kafkauser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{{/*
+# Copyright © 2022-23 Nordix Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+*/}}
+{{ include "common.kafkauser" . }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/values.yaml b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/values.yaml
index 3d13802..8108d5f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cds/components/cds-sdc-listener/values.yaml
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@
   persistence:
     mountPath: /dockerdata-nfs
 
-  cdsSdcListenerKafkaUser: cds-sdc-list-user
-
 #################################################################
 # Application configuration defaults.
 #################################################################
@@ -39,27 +37,18 @@
 # flag to enable debugging - application support required
 debugEnabled: false
 
-secrets:
-  - uid: cds-sdc-kafka-secret
-    externalSecret: '{{ tpl (default "" .Values.config.jaasConfExternalSecret) . }}'
-    type: genericKV
-    envs:
-      - name: sasl.jaas.config
-        value: '{{ .Values.config.someConfig }}'
-        policy: generate
+kafkaUser:
+  acls:
+    - name: cds
+      type: group
+      operations: [Read]
+    - name: SDC-DISTR
+      type: topic
+      patternType: prefix
+      operations: [Read, Write]
 
-# application configuration
 config:
   appConfigDir: /opt/app/onap/config
-  someConfig: blah
-  kafka:
-    securityProtocol: SASL_PLAINTEXT
-    saslMechanism: SCRAM-SHA-512
-    authType: simple
-    sdcTopic:
-      pattern: SDC-DIST
-      consumerGroup: cds
-      clientId: cds-sdc-listener
 
 # default number of instances
 replicaCount: 1
diff --git a/kubernetes/cds/values.yaml b/kubernetes/cds/values.yaml
index 4c06d30..58e6b65 100644
--- a/kubernetes/cds/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/cds/values.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
   persistence:
     mountPath: /dockerdata-nfs
   cdsKafkaUser: cds-kafka-user
-  cdsSdcListenerKafkaUser: cds-sdc-list-user
 
 #################################################################
 # Secrets metaconfig
@@ -225,8 +224,6 @@
 
 cds-sdc-listener:
   enabled: true
-  config:
-    jaasConfExternalSecret: '{{ include "common.release" . }}-{{ .Values.global.cdsSdcListenerKafkaUser }}'
 
 cds-ui:
   enabled: true