diff --git a/components/node/kustomization.yaml b/components/node/kustomization.yaml
index 1173899..c15e2c7 100644
--- a/components/node/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/components/node/kustomization.yaml
@@ -2,12 +2,27 @@ apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Component
 
 resources:
-- resources/cm.yaml
 - resources/sa.yaml
 - resources/statefulset.yaml
 - resources/svc.yaml
 
 configMapGenerator:
+- name: valkey-env
+  literals:
+  - NAMESPACE="default"
+  - VALKEY_ENV="base"
+  - VALKEY_NAME="valkey-node"
+  - VALKEY_SERVICE="valkey-node"
+  - VALKEY_HEADLESS_SERVICE="valkey-node-headless"
+  - VALKEY_REPLICAS="4"
+  - VALKEY_PORT="6379"
+  - VALKEY_SENTINEL_PORT="26379"
+  - ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD="yes"
+  - VALKEY_TLS_ENABLED="no"
+  - VALKEY_SENTINEL_TLS_ENABLED="no"
+  - VALKEY_DATA_DIR="/data"
+  - VALKEY_LOG_LEVEL="warning"
+  - VALKEY_QUORUM="2"
 - name: valkey-config
   files:
   - files/conf/replication.conf.tpl
diff --git a/components/node/resources/cm.yaml b/components/node/resources/cm.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index febbb33..0000000
--- a/components/node/resources/cm.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: valkey-env
-data:
-  NAMESPACE: "default"
-  VALKEY_ENV: "base"
-  VALKEY_NAME: "valkey-node"
-  VALKEY_SERVICE: "valkey-node"
-  VALKEY_HEADLESS_SERVICE: "valkey-node-headless"
-  VALKEY_REPLICAS: "4"
-  VALKEY_PORT: "6379"
-  VALKEY_SENTINEL_PORT: "26379"
-  ALLOW_EMPTY_PASSWORD: "yes"
-  VALKEY_TLS_ENABLED: "no"
-  VALKEY_SENTINEL_TLS_ENABLED: "no"
-  VALKEY_DATA_DIR: "/data"
-  VALKEY_LOG_LEVEL: "warning"
-  VALKEY_QUORUM: "2"