diff --git a/templates/deployment-client.yaml b/templates/deployment-client.yaml
index 267b97f..22195e4 100644
--- a/templates/deployment-client.yaml
+++ b/templates/deployment-client.yaml
@@ -46,11 +46,9 @@ spec:
             - name: OPAL_SERVER_URL
               value: {{ printf "http://%s:%v" (include "opal.serverName" .) .Values.server.port | quote }}
             {{- if not (or (.Values.server.dataConfigSources.external_source_url) (.Values.server.dataConfigSources.config) ) }}
-            {{- if not  (len .Values.server.dataConfigSources.config.entries)}}
             - name: OPAL_DATA_UPDATER_ENABLED
               value: "False"
             {{- end }}
-            {{- end }}
           {{- end }}
           {{- if .Values.client.extraEnv }}
           {{- range $name, $value := .Values.client.extraEnv }}