diff --git a/nephio/optional/o2ims/app/deployment.yaml b/nephio/optional/o2ims/app/deployment.yaml
index 0d45029..26b22a3 100644
--- a/nephio/optional/o2ims/app/deployment.yaml
+++ b/nephio/optional/o2ims/app/deployment.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: 'UPSTREAM_PKG_REPO'
           value: 'catalog-infra-capi'
-        - name: 'KUBERNETES_BASE_URL'
-          value: 'https://kubernetes.default.svc'
         resources:
           requests:
             memory: "256Mi"