diff --git a/chart/templates/back/deployment.yaml b/chart/templates/back/deployment.yaml
index c51cea55..06a551d0 100644
--- a/chart/templates/back/deployment.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/back/deployment.yaml
@@ -43,30 +43,6 @@ spec:
       {{- end }}
       serviceAccountName: {{ include "kyoo.back.serviceAccountName" . }}
       initContainers:
-        - name: migrations
-          image: {{ .Values.back.kyoo_migrations.image.repository | default (printf "%s/kyoo_migrations" .Values.global.image.repositoryBase) }}:{{ default (include "kyoo.defaultTag" .) .Values.back.kyoo_migrations.image.tag }}
-          imagePullPolicy: {{ default .Values.global.image.imagePullPolicy }}
-          args:
-            {{- with .Values.back.kyoo_migrations.extraArgs }}
-              {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-            {{- end }}
-          env:
-            - name: POSTGRES_USER
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  key: {{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_back.kyoo_migrations.userKey }}
-                  name: {{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_back.kyoo_migrations.existingSecret }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  key: {{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_back.kyoo_migrations.passwordKey }}
-                  name: {{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_back.kyoo_migrations.existingSecret }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_DB
-              value: {{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_back.database }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_SERVER
-              value: {{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_back.host }}
-            - name: POSTGRES_PORT
-              value: "{{ .Values.global.postgres.kyoo_back.port }}"
         {{- with .Values.back.extraInitContainers }}
           {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 6 }}
         {{- end }}
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index 8a236d03..a5b2252d 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ global:
       host: kyoo-postgresql
       port: 5432
       database: kyoo_back
-      # kyoo_migrations workload specific settings
-      kyoo_migrations:
-        userKey: postgres_user
-        passwordKey: postgres_password
-        existingSecret: bigsecret
       # kyoo_back workload specific settings
       kyoo_back:
         userKey: postgres_user
@@ -137,6 +132,7 @@ media:
   baseMountPath: "/media"
 
 # configures workloads that require access to contentdatabase
+# unused until autosync pulled into kyoo_back
 contentdatabase:
   # TheMovieDB
   tmdb:
@@ -185,18 +181,6 @@ auth:
 # back deployment configuration
 back:
   name: back
-  # kyoo_migrations init container configuration
-  kyoo_migrations:
-    livenessProbe: {}
-    readinessProbe: {}
-    resources: {}
-    containerSecurityContext: {}
-    extraVolumeMounts: []
-    extraArgs: []
-    extraEnv: []
-    image:
-      repository: ~
-      tag: ~
   # kyoo_back container configuration
   kyoo_back:
     livenessProbe: {}