diff --git a/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/configmap-vmpooler-baseconfig.yaml b/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/configmap-vmpooler-baseconfig.yaml
index e914e3a..5b71e19 100644
--- a/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/configmap-vmpooler-baseconfig.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/vmpooler/templates/configmap-vmpooler-baseconfig.yaml
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@ data:
     :tagfilter:
       project: '^([^/]+)'
 
+    {{- if .Values.auth }}
     :auth:
       {{- with .Values.auth }}
         {{- toYaml . | nindent 6 }}
       {{- end }}
+    {{- end }}
     :prometheus:
       prefix: {{ .Values.vmpoolerInstance }}
diff --git a/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml b/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml
index 88bde85..e049a6c 100644
--- a/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/vmpooler/values.yaml
@@ -44,8 +44,7 @@ baseconfig_extras: {}
   #     vmware_cluster2: 100
   #     vmware_cluster4: 180
 
-auth:
-  provider: 'dummy'
+# auth:
   # provider: 'ldap'
   # :ldap:
   #   host: 'ldap.example.com'