diff --git a/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/templates/cluster-class.yaml b/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/templates/cluster-class.yaml
index 071935c..d0b62fa 100644
--- a/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/templates/cluster-class.yaml
+++ b/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/templates/cluster-class.yaml
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ cre ate group names like oidc:engineering and oidc:infra."
             matchResources:
               infrastructureCluster: true
           jsonPatches:
-          - op: add
+          - op: replace
             path: "/spec/template/spec/apiServerLoadBalancer/enabled"
             value: true
           - op: add
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ cre ate group names like oidc:engineering and oidc:infra."
             matchResources:
               infrastructureCluster: true
           jsonPatches:
-          - op: add
+          - op: replace
             path: "/spec/template/spec/apiServerLoadBalancer/enabled"
             value: true
           - op: add
diff --git a/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/values.yaml b/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/values.yaml
index ba9dd87..97e1c87 100644
--- a/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/values.yaml
+++ b/providers/openstack/scs/cluster-class/values.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ worker_flavor: SCS-2V-4-20
 restrict_kubeapi: []
 
 # newly introduced:
-openstack_loadbalancer_apiserver: true
+openstack_loadbalancer_apiserver: false
 
 # TBD, currently needed:
 images: