diff --git a/helmfiles/helmfile.d/00-flux.yaml b/helmfiles/helmfile.d/00-flux.yaml
index 6cf4a4bf53947e2eff21d3b1bc551915140f1164..d535369ee74fa66ca01a0478eb2a647ac88c3d1d 100644
--- a/helmfiles/helmfile.d/00-flux.yaml
+++ b/helmfiles/helmfile.d/00-flux.yaml
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ releases:
           # Delete resources originally created by Flux when their manifests
           # are removed from the git repo.
           enabled: true
-        # bug in memcached chart?
-        memcached:
-          securityContext:
-            allowPrivilegeEscalation: null
     wait: false
   - name: "oas-{{ .Environment.Values.releaseName }}-helm-operator"
     namespace: "oas"