diff --git a/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh b/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh
index 6d3d6566f7d8e4d14768e567473d747aa1520f5e..182febbec83e951f6a486043aa4b343a6db62065 100644
--- a/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh
+++ b/charts/vs-registrar/files/init-db.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 {{- if .Values.global.collections }}
 if python3 manage.py id check {{ index (keys $.Values.global.collections | sortAlpha) 0 | quote }}; then
     echo "Initializing database"
-    {{- if .Values.config.createDefaultCoverageTypes }}
+    {{- if .Values.config.createDefaultCoverageTypes | default true }}
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/rgbnir_definition.json --traceback
 
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/def-sentinel-2-l1c-l2a.json --traceback
diff --git a/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml b/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml
index 257e64a2bad1d8860aba14cfd86a20044818e5c9..837c62a3215f4b0500f6b98a7ae04e947a1bf78f 100644
--- a/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/vs-registrar/values.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ config:
   pathBackends: []
   preHandlers: []
   postHandlers: []
-  createDefaultCoverageTypes: true
 
 global:
   env:
diff --git a/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh b/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh
index 6d3d6566f7d8e4d14768e567473d747aa1520f5e..182febbec83e951f6a486043aa4b343a6db62065 100644
--- a/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh
+++ b/charts/vs-renderer/files/init-db.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
 {{- if .Values.global.collections }}
 if python3 manage.py id check {{ index (keys $.Values.global.collections | sortAlpha) 0 | quote }}; then
     echo "Initializing database"
-    {{- if .Values.config.createDefaultCoverageTypes }}
+    {{- if .Values.config.createDefaultCoverageTypes | default true }}
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/rgbnir_definition.json --traceback
 
     python3 manage.py coveragetype import /opt/core/def-sentinel-2-l1c-l2a.json --traceback
diff --git a/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml b/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml
index d17d4df396d41bbba3ca6998336f372778c45e25..ec583ac4f8109bbe77e4eb9d2dc42e4f57ed8b93 100644
--- a/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/vs-renderer/values.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ ingress:
 
 config:
   enableHttpAccess: false
-  createDefaultCoverageTypes: true
 
 global:
   env: