diff --git a/charts/gateway-helm/templates/envoy-gateway-deployment.yaml b/charts/gateway-helm/templates/envoy-gateway-deployment.yaml
index 89b63fb6259..bc4c6224845 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-helm/templates/envoy-gateway-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-helm/templates/envoy-gateway-deployment.yaml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ spec:
         - --v=0
         env:
         - name: KUBERNETES_CLUSTER_DOMAIN
-          value: {{ .Values.kubernetesClusterDomain }}
+          value: cluster.local
         image: {{ .Values.deployment.kubeRbacProxy.image.repository }}:{{ .Values.deployment.kubeRbacProxy.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion }}
         name: kube-rbac-proxy
         ports:
diff --git a/charts/gateway-helm/values.tmpl.yaml b/charts/gateway-helm/values.tmpl.yaml
index a53e94e49cd..bee921f397c 100644
--- a/charts/gateway-helm/values.tmpl.yaml
+++ b/charts/gateway-helm/values.tmpl.yaml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ deployment:
     targetPort: 18000
   replicas: 1
 
-rootNamespace: envoy-gateway-system
-
 config:
   envoyGateway:
     gateway:
@@ -43,5 +41,3 @@ envoyGatewayMetricsService:
     port: 8443
     protocol: TCP
     targetPort: https
-
-kubernetesClusterDomain: cluster.local