diff --git a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/examples/use_logs.yaml b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/examples/use_logs.yaml
index 4a6788fa..3b2ae186 100644
--- a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/examples/use_logs.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/examples/use_logs.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ splunk:
     token: 11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555
     host: 12.34.56.78
 
-clusterName: "MY_CLUSTER"
-
 logs:
   # we want to read logs for `kube-apiserver` from a log file other then from the container logs
   kube-apiserver:
diff --git a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 44b8e999..cff71740 100644
--- a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -92,9 +92,6 @@ def extract_container_info:
   | .namespace = $parts[1]
   | .container_name = ($cparts[:-1] | join("-"))
   | .container_id = ($cparts[-1] | rtrimstr(".log"))
-  {{- if .Values.clusterName }}
-  | .cluster_name = "{{ .Values.clusterName }}"
-  {{- end }}
   | .;
   
 .record | extract_container_info | .sourcetype = (find_sourcetype(.pod; .container_name) // "kube:container:\(.container_name)")
diff --git a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml
index cd2fc74b..48e4d856 100644
--- a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml
@@ -228,9 +228,6 @@ data:
           namespace
           container_name
           container_id
-          {{- if .Values.clusterName }}
-          cluster_name
-          {{- end }}
         </fields>
         <buffer>
           @type memory
diff --git a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/values.yaml b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/values.yaml
index 4c00978a..a4bd9156 100644
--- a/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/splunk-kubernetes-logging/values.yaml
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ global:
       insecureSSL: false
 
 
-# If clusterName is set, a cluster_name field will be added to the log output
-clusterName:
-
-
 # logLevel is to set log level of the Splunk log collector. Avaiable values are:
 # * trace
 # * debug
diff --git a/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml b/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml
index 6873658e..986cf7af 100644
--- a/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml
@@ -219,7 +219,6 @@ data:
           namespace
           container_name
           container_id
-          cluster_name
         </fields>
         <buffer>
           @type memory