diff --git a/helm/polaris/ci/persistence-values.yaml b/helm/polaris/ci/persistence-values.yaml
index 5f684d3500..9807217ba9 100644
--- a/helm/polaris/ci/persistence-values.yaml
+++ b/helm/polaris/ci/persistence-values.yaml
@@ -35,6 +35,5 @@ logging:
 persistence:
   type: relational-jdbc
   relationalJdbc:
-    dbKind: postgres
     secret:
       name: polaris-persistence
diff --git a/helm/polaris/templates/configmap.yaml b/helm/polaris/templates/configmap.yaml
index 82443fdfec..6d12fbd7e1 100644
--- a/helm/polaris/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/polaris/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ data:
     {{- $_ = set $map "polaris.persistence.eclipselink.persistence-unit" .Values.persistence.eclipseLink.persistenceUnit -}}
     {{- $_ = set $map "polaris.persistence.eclipselink.configuration-file" (printf "%s/persistence.xml" .Values.image.configDir ) -}}
     {{- end -}}
-    {{- if eq .Values.persistence.type "relational-jdbc" -}}
-    {{- if .Values.persistence.relationalJdbc.dbKind -}}
-    {{- $_ = set $map "quarkus.datasource.db-kind" .Values.persistence.relationalJdbc.dbKind -}}
-    {{- end -}}
-    {{- end -}}
 
     {{- /* File IO */ -}}
     {{- $_ = set $map "polaris.file-io.type" .Values.fileIo.type -}}
diff --git a/helm/polaris/tests/deployment_test.yaml b/helm/polaris/tests/deployment_test.yaml
index 00c5eb52cd..1b8c942bb2 100644
--- a/helm/polaris/tests/deployment_test.yaml
+++ b/helm/polaris/tests/deployment_test.yaml
@@ -1022,7 +1022,7 @@ tests:
 
   - it: should set relational-jdbc persistence environment variables
     set:
-      persistence: { type: "relational-jdbc", dbKind: postgres, relationalJdbc: { secret: { name: "polaris-persistence" } } }
+      persistence: { type: "relational-jdbc", relationalJdbc: { secret: { name: "polaris-persistence" } } }
     asserts:
       - contains:
           path: spec.template.spec.containers[0].env
diff --git a/helm/polaris/values.yaml b/helm/polaris/values.yaml
index e6308a95d3..d985582f45 100644
--- a/helm/polaris/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/polaris/values.yaml
@@ -526,8 +526,6 @@ persistence:
   type: in-memory  # relational-jdbc
   # -- The configuration for the relational-jdbc persistence manager.
   relationalJdbc:
-    # -- The type of database to use. Valid values are: h2, postgres.
-    dbKind: postgres  # h2
     # -- The secret name to pull the database connection properties from.
     secret:
       # -- The secret name to pull the database connection properties from.