diff --git a/.k8s/otel.yml b/.k8s/otel.yml
index 28595f36..c27dd16c 100644
--- a/.k8s/otel.yml
+++ b/.k8s/otel.yml
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ data:
       zpages: { }
       health_check:
         endpoint: "${env:MY_POD_IP}:13133"
-      memory_ballast:
-        # Memory Ballast size should be max 1/3 to 1/2 of memory.
-        size_mib: 683
     exporters:
       otlp/oteldb:
         endpoint: otel-oteldb.faster.svc.cluster.local:4317
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ data:
           level: "info"
           encoding: "json"
           disable_stacktrace: true
-      extensions: [ zpages, memory_ballast, health_check ]
+      extensions: [ zpages, health_check ]
       pipelines:
         traces/spanmetrics:
           receivers: [ otlp ]
@@ -376,9 +373,6 @@ data:
       health_check:
         endpoint: "${env:MY_POD_IP}:13133"
       zpages: {}
-      memory_ballast:
-        # Memory Ballast size should be max 1/3 to 1/2 of memory.
-        size_mib: 683
     exporters:
       otlp:
         endpoint: otel-collector.monitoring.svc.cluster.local:4317
@@ -390,7 +384,7 @@ data:
           level: "info"
           encoding: "json"
           disable_stacktrace: true
-      extensions: [zpages, memory_ballast, health_check]
+      extensions: [zpages, health_check]
       pipelines:
         metrics:
           receivers: [kubeletstats, hostmetrics, hostmetrics/disks]