diff --git a/backend/charts/api/README.md b/backend/charts/api/README.md
index c485abe050..35fca182f9 100644
--- a/backend/charts/api/README.md
+++ b/backend/charts/api/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ A Helm chart for the Neosync Backend API
 | migrations.db.port | int | `5432` | The database port |
 | migrations.db.schemaDir | string | `"/migrations"` | The directory where the migrations are located. |
 | migrations.db.username | string | `nil` | The username that will be used for authentication |
+| migrations.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether or not the migrations init container will be added to the deployment |
 | migrations.extraEnvVars | list | `[]` | Provide extra environment variables that will be applied to the migration init container. |
 | nameOverride | string | `nil` | Override the name specified on the Chart, which defaults to .Chart.Name |
 | neosyncCloud.enabled | bool | `false` | Whether or not this is NeosyncCloud |
diff --git a/backend/charts/api/templates/deployment.yaml b/backend/charts/api/templates/deployment.yaml
index 6e3d235c7e..14885727da 100644
--- a/backend/charts/api/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/backend/charts/api/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ spec:
         {{- toYaml .Values.affinity | nindent 8 }}
       {{- end }}
 
+      {{- if .Values.migrations.enabled }}
       initContainers:
         - name: db-migration
           image: '{{ .Values.image.repository | default "ghcr.io/nucleuscloud/neosync/api" }}:{{ .Values.image.tag | default .Chart.AppVersion  }}'
@@ -117,6 +118,7 @@ spec:
           envFrom:
             - secretRef:
                 name: {{ template "neosync-api.fullname" . }}-migration-evs
+      {{- end }}
 
       {{- with .Values.volumes }}
       volumes:
@@ -219,10 +221,6 @@ spec:
           envFrom:
             - secretRef:
                 name: {{ template "neosync-api.fullname" . }}-service-evs
-          # {{- if eq .Values.nucleusEnv "dev" }} # config created by Tilt; keep this at the bottom to override
-          #   - configMapRef:
-          #       name: dev-config
-          # {{- end }}
 
       {{- if .Values.sidecarContainers }}
       {{- toYaml .Values.sidecarContainers | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/backend/charts/api/values.yaml b/backend/charts/api/values.yaml
index 8e4cd7601d..0db0c4058c 100644
--- a/backend/charts/api/values.yaml
+++ b/backend/charts/api/values.yaml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ db:
 
 # Specify connection information for the migrations init container
 migrations:
+  # -- Whether or not the migrations init container will be added to the deployment
+  enabled: true
   ## Specify database connection information for the migrations init container to connect to
   db:
     # -- The database hostname
diff --git a/charts/neosync/README.md b/charts/neosync/README.md
index 96791b9377..3e9be4e6fa 100644
--- a/charts/neosync/README.md
+++ b/charts/neosync/README.md
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ A Helm chart for Neosync that contains the api, app, and worker
 | api.migrations.db.port | int | `5432` | The database port |
 | api.migrations.db.schemaDir | string | `"/migrations"` | The directory where the migrations are located. |
 | api.migrations.db.username | string | `nil` | The username that will be used for authentication |
+| api.migrations.enabled | bool | `true` | Whether or not the migrations init container will be added to the deployment |
 | api.migrations.extraEnvVars | list | `[]` | Provide extra environment variables that will be applied to the migration init container. |
 | api.nameOverride | string | `nil` | Override the name specified on the Chart, which defaults to .Chart.Name |
 | api.neosyncCloud.enabled | bool | `false` | Whether or not this is NeosyncCloud |
diff --git a/worker/charts/worker/templates/env-vars.yaml b/worker/charts/worker/templates/env-vars.yaml
index 57ba7374b9..79c362ca9e 100644
--- a/worker/charts/worker/templates/env-vars.yaml
+++ b/worker/charts/worker/templates/env-vars.yaml
@@ -73,17 +73,9 @@ stringData:
     REDIS_MASTER: {{ .Values.redis.master }}
     {{- end }}
 
-    {{- if and .Values.redis .Values.redis.tls .Values.redis.tls.enabled }}
     REDIS_TLS_ENABLED: {{ .Values.redis.tls.enabled | default "false" | quote }}
-    {{- end }}
-
-    {{- if and .Values.redis .Values.redis.tls .Values.redis.tls.skipCertVerify }}
     REDIS_TLS_SKIP_CERT_VERIFY: {{ .Values.redis.tls.skipCertVerify | default "false" | quote }}
-    {{- end }}
-
-    {{- if and .Values.redis .Values.redis.tls .Values.redis.tls.enableRenegotiation }}
     REDIS_TLS_ENABLE_RENEGOTIATION: {{ .Values.redis.tls.enableRenegotiation | default "false" | quote }}
-    {{- end }}
 
     {{- if and .Values.redis .Values.redis.tls .Values.redis.tls.rootCertAuthority }}
     REDIS_TLS_ROOT_CERT_AUTHORITY: {{ .Values.redis.tls.rootCertAuthority }}