diff --git a/rest-fights/src/main/resources/application.properties b/rest-fights/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 05109d1b1..14708e66e 100644
--- a/rest-fights/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/rest-fights/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ quarkus.kubernetes-client.generate-rbac=false
 %kubernetes-17.quarkus.config.profile.parent=kubernetes
 %kubernetes-17.quarkus.docker.dockerfile-jvm-path=${paths.dockerfile.jvm-17}
 quarkus.kubernetes.part-of=fights-service
+quarkus.kubernetes.externalize-init=false
 quarkus.kubernetes.env.configmaps=${quarkus.application.name}-config
 quarkus.kubernetes.env.secrets=${quarkus.application.name}-config-creds
 quarkus.kubernetes.annotations."app.openshift.io/connects-to"=fights-db,fights-kafka,apicurio,rest-villains,rest-heroes,otel-collector
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ quarkus.kubernetes.labels.system=quarkus-super-heroes
 %openshift-17.quarkus.docker.dockerfile-jvm-path=${paths.dockerfile.jvm-17}
 %openshift-17.quarkus.openshift.jvm-dockerfile=${paths.dockerfile.jvm-17}
 %openshift-17.quarkus.openshift.base-jvm-image=${paths.base-image.jvm-17}
+quarkus.openshift.externalize-init=false
 quarkus.openshift.base-jvm-image=${paths.base-image.jvm-11}
 quarkus.openshift.base-native-image=${paths.base-image.native}
 quarkus.openshift.part-of=${quarkus.kubernetes.part-of}
diff --git a/scripts/generate-k8s-resources.sh b/scripts/generate-k8s-resources.sh
index 9d57fbebd..d22ba9838 100755
--- a/scripts/generate-k8s-resources.sh
+++ b/scripts/generate-k8s-resources.sh
@@ -94,10 +94,6 @@ process_quarkus_project() {
   if [[ -f "$app_generated_input_file" ]]; then
     echo "Copying app generated input ($app_generated_input_file) to $project_output_file and $all_apps_output_file"
 
-    # This is a temporary fix until https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues/33097 is resolved
-    yq -i 'del(select(.kind == "DeploymentConfig" and .metadata.name == "rest-fights") | .spec.template.spec.initContainers)' $app_generated_input_file &&
-    yq -i 'del(select(.kind == "Job" and .metadata.name == "liquibase-mongodb-init"))' $app_generated_input_file
-
     cat $app_generated_input_file >> $project_output_file
     cat $app_generated_input_file >> $all_apps_output_file
   fi