diff --git a/helm-chart/splunk-connect-for-kubernetes/charts/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml b/helm-chart/splunk-connect-for-kubernetes/charts/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml
index e825cef4..d5fa7aaa 100644
--- a/helm-chart/splunk-connect-for-kubernetes/charts/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/splunk-connect-for-kubernetes/charts/splunk-kubernetes-logging/templates/configMap.yaml
@@ -260,7 +260,6 @@ data:
       <filter tail.containers.**>
         @type kubernetes_metadata
         annotation_match [ ".*" ]
-        de_dot false
         watch {{ .Values.k8sMetadata.watch }}
         cache_ttl {{ .Values.k8sMetadata.cache_ttl }}
       </filter>
diff --git a/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml b/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml
index 4bfc5d90..32863920 100644
--- a/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/splunk-kubernetes-logging/configMap.yaml
@@ -244,7 +244,6 @@ data:
       <filter tail.containers.**>
         @type kubernetes_metadata
         annotation_match [ ".*" ]
-        de_dot false
         watch true
         cache_ttl 3600
       </filter>