diff --git a/charts/datasets/values.yaml b/charts/datasets/values.yaml
index 2a0b013..2eb395e 100644
--- a/charts/datasets/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/datasets/values.yaml
@@ -8,17 +8,3 @@ datasets:
       secretName: ispyb
       secretKey: password
   otelCollectorUrl: http://federation-opentelemetry-collector:4317
-  affinity:
-    podAffinity:
-      requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-        - labelSelector:
-            matchExpressions:
-              - key: app.kubernetes.io/instance
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                  - ispyb
-              - key: app.kubernetes.io/name
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                  - mariadb-galera
-          topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname