diff --git a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
index 29953b4..0673dee 100644
--- a/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/aai/components/aai-sparky-be/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2018 Amdocs, Bell Canada, AT&T
 # Modifications Copyright (c) 2020 Nokia, Orange
+# Modifications Copyright © 2023 Nordix Foundation
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -27,40 +28,6 @@
   searchData:
     serviceName: aai-search-data
 
-
-#################################################################
-# Certificate configuration
-#################################################################
-certInitializer:
-  nameOverride: aai-sparky-cert-initializer
-  aafDeployFqi: deployer@people.osaaf.org
-  aafDeployPass: demo123456!
-  # aafDeployCredsExternalSecret: some secret
-  fqdn: "aai"
-  app_ns: "org.osaaf.aaf"
-  fqi_namespace: "org.onap.aai"
-  fqi: "aai@aai.onap.org"
-  public_fqdn: "aaf.osaaf.org"
-  cadi_longitude: "0.0"
-  cadi_latitude: "0.0"
-  credsPath: /opt/app/osaaf/local
-  aaf_add_config: |
-    echo "*** changing passwords into shell safe ones"
-    export KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=$(tr -cd '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | fold -w64 | head -n1)
-    export TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=$(tr -cd '[:alnum:]' < /dev/urandom | fold -w64 | head -n1)
-    cd {{ .Values.credsPath }}
-    keytool -storepasswd -new "${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
-      -storepass "${cadi_keystore_password_p12}" \
-      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.p12
-    keytool -storepasswd -new "${TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD}" \
-      -storepass "${cadi_truststore_password}" \
-      -keystore {{ .Values.fqi_namespace }}.trust.jks
-    echo "*** save the generated passwords"
-    echo "KEYSTORE_PASSWORD=${KEYSTORE_PASSWORD}" > mycreds.prop
-    echo "TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD=${TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD}" >> mycreds.prop
-    echo "*** change ownership of certificates to targeted user"
-    chown -R 1000 {{ .Values.credsPath }}
-
 # application image
 image: onap/sparky-be:2.0.3
 pullPolicy: Always
@@ -78,7 +45,6 @@
   portalPassword: OBF:1t2v1vfv1unz1vgz1t3b # aaiui
   portalCookieName: UserId
   portalAppRoles: ui_view
-  cadiFileLocation: /opt/app/sparky/config/portal/cadi.properties
   cookieDecryptorClass: org.onap.aai.sparky.security.BaseCookieDecryptor
 
 # ONAP Cookie Processing - During initial development, the following flag, if true, will