diff --git a/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml b/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml
index aa6b99b726f574933827a1064e79fba7a2e86e5f..f9235220fe900c5f7d00d32ba6641941d75be957 100644
--- a/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml
+++ b/flux2/core/base/nginx/nginx-values-configmap.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ data:
         whitelist-source-range: '0.0.0.0/0'
       resources:
         limits:
-          cpu: 200m
           memory: 1Gi
         requests:
           cpu: 100m