diff --git a/helm/Chart.lock b/helm/Chart.lock
index 7e66de4..344ccf1 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.lock
+++ b/helm/Chart.lock
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 dependencies:
 - name: nginx
   repository: oci://acrarolibotnonprod.azurecr.io/helm/common
-  version: 2.1.0
-digest: sha256:18e8ad9d643309745bcdd30df03b0e01ec004d295ce2d5a7a81fc8c40e0e9206
-generated: "2025-09-02T12:36:32.560619638+03:00"
+  version: 2.1.2
+digest: sha256:83c525d0b74b939863f38f4a6716d1e7a3b1b955433cda7ee0e36f1af473d798
+generated: "2026-03-30T12:20:07.932221448+03:00"
diff --git a/helm/Chart.yaml b/helm/Chart.yaml
index cadbb9c..f30f670 100644
--- a/helm/Chart.yaml
+++ b/helm/Chart.yaml
@@ -6,5 +6,5 @@ version: 2.2.0
 appVersion: 2.2.0
 dependencies:
   - name: nginx
-    version: 2.1.0
+    version: 2.1.2
     repository: oci://acrarolibotnonprod.azurecr.io/helm/common
diff --git a/helm/config/log_format.conf b/helm/config/log_format.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index bf44a2f..0000000
--- a/helm/config/log_format.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-map $msec $nanosec {
-    ~(.*)\.(.*) $1$2000000;
-}
-
-log_format json escape=json 
-'{'
-    '"Timestamp":"$nanosec",'
-    '"Attributes":{'
-        '"mapcolonies.time_local":"$time_local",'
-        '"mapcolonies.http.auth.token.client_name":"$jwt_payload_sub",'
-        '"http.request.method":"$request_method",'
-        '"http.request.header.referer":"$http_referer",'
-        '"http.request.body.size":"$content_length",'
-        '"http.response.body.size":"$body_bytes_sent",'
-        '"http.response.header.x_forwarded_for":"$proxy_add_x_forwarded_for",'
-        '"http.response.status_code":"$status",'
-        '"user_agent.original":"$http_user_agent",'
-        '"network.protocol":"$server_protocol",'
-        '"mapcolonies.request_time":"$request_time",'
-        '"mapcolonies.http.upstream_connect_time":"$upstream_connect_time",'
-        '"mapcolonies.http.upstream_response_time":"$upstream_response_time",'
-        '"mapcolonies.http.upstream_addr":"$upstream_addr",'
-        '"mapcolonies.http.upstream_status_code":"$upstream_status",'
-        '"mapcolonies.http.upstream_cache_status":"$upstream_cache_status",'
-        '"mapcolonies.server":"$hostname",'
-        '"server.address":"$host",'
-        '"server.port":"$server_port",'
-        '"client.address":"$remote_addr",'
-        '"client.port":"$remote_port",'
-        '"url.scheme":"$scheme",'
-        '"url.path":"$uri",'
-        '"url.full":"$request_uri"'
-    '},'
-    '"Resource":{'
-        '"service.name":"{{ .Values.image.repository }}",'
-        '"service.version":"{{ .Values.image.tag }}"'
-    '},'
-    '"TraceId":"$otel_trace_id",' ## this is a byte sequence (hex-encoded in JSON)
-    '"SpanId":"$otel_span_id",'
-    '"SeverityText":"INFO",'
-    '"SeverityNumber":"9",'
-    '"InstrumentationScope":"access.log",'
-    '"Body":"$request"'
-'}';
diff --git a/helm/config/nginx.conf b/helm/config/nginx.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 6651bac..0000000
--- a/helm/config/nginx.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#user  nginx;
-load_module modules/ngx_http_js_module.so;
-load_module modules/ngx_otel_module.so;
-worker_processes 4;
-
-error_log  /var/log/nginx/error.log warn;
-pid        /tmp/nginx.pid;
-
-events {
-    worker_connections  1024;
-}
-
-http {
-    otel_service_name {{ .Values.nginx.opentelemetry.serviceName }};
-    otel_exporter {
-        endpoint {{ .Values.nginx.opentelemetry.exporterHost }}:{{ .Values.nginx.opentelemetry.exporterPort }};
-    }
-
-    include       /etc/nginx/mime.types;
-    default_type  application/octet-stream;
-
-    {{ if .Values.nginx.authorization.enabled }}
-    js_import auth from /etc/nginx/auth.js;
-    js_set $jwt_payload_sub auth.jwtPayloadSub;
-
-    js_var $opa_result;
-    js_var $opa_reason;
-    {{ end }}
-
-    include /etc/nginx/log_format.conf;
-    access_log  /var/log/nginx/access.log json;
-
-    sendfile        on;
-    #tcp_nopush     on;
-
-    keepalive_timeout  65;
-
-    #gzip  on;
-
-    include /etc/nginx/conf.d/*.conf;
-}
diff --git a/helm/templates/nginx-configmap.yaml b/helm/templates/nginx-configmap.yaml
index 315bc2d..66cab39 100644
--- a/helm/templates/nginx-configmap.yaml
+++ b/helm/templates/nginx-configmap.yaml
@@ -10,7 +10,5 @@ metadata:
     environment: {{ include "heights.environment" . }}
     release: {{ .Release.Name }}
 data:
-  log_format.conf: {{ tpl (.Files.Get "config/log_format.conf") . | quote }}
   default.conf: {{ tpl (.Files.Get "config/default.conf") . | quote }}
-  nginx.conf: {{ tpl (.Files.Get "config/nginx.conf") . | quote }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/helm/values.yaml b/helm/values.yaml
index a0e5d8b..bba45ad 100644
--- a/helm/values.yaml
+++ b/helm/values.yaml
@@ -100,12 +100,6 @@ nginx:
     - name: nginx-config
       mountPath: "/etc/nginx/conf.d/default.conf"
       subPath: default.conf
-    - name: nginx-config
-      mountPath: "/etc/nginx/nginx.conf"
-      subPath: nginx.conf
-    - name: nginx-config
-      mountPath: "/etc/nginx/log_format.conf"
-      subPath: log_format.conf
   resources:
     enabled: true
     value: