diff --git a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-kafka.yaml b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-kafka.yaml
index 1564f9b..3e2628b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-kafka.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/message-router/templates/message-router-kafka.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#{{ if not .Values.disableMessageRouterGlobalKafka }}
 apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
@@ -87,3 +88,4 @@
           path: /dockerdata-nfs/{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}/message-router/dcae-startup-vm-message-router/docker_files/start-kafka.sh
       imagePullSecrets:
       - name: "{{ .Values.nsPrefix }}-docker-registry-key"
+#{{ end }}
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