diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_kubernetes/plugin.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_kubernetes/plugin.py
index 62ffffda..f7ff00f7 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_kubernetes/plugin.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_kubernetes/plugin.py
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def build_secret(secret_format, secret_name, body, private_key, cert_chain):
     if secret_format == "TLS":
         secret["type"] = "kubernetes.io/tls"
         secret["data"] = {
-            "tls.crt": base64encode(cert_chain),
+            "tls.crt": base64encode(body),
             "tls.key": base64encode(private_key),
         }
     if secret_format == "Certificate":
diff --git a/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py b/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
index 7bf517b7..a0e2d1cb 100644
--- a/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
+++ b/lemur/plugins/lemur_verisign/plugin.py
@@ -111,11 +111,6 @@ def process_options(options):
 
     data["subject_alt_names"] = ",".join(get_additional_names(options))
 
-    if options.get("validity_end") > arrow.utcnow().shift(years=2):
-        raise Exception(
-            "Verisign issued certificates cannot exceed two years in validity"
-        )
-
     if options.get("validity_end"):
         # VeriSign (Symantec) only accepts strictly smaller than 2 year end date
         if options.get("validity_end") < arrow.utcnow().shift(years=2, days=-1):