diff --git a/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/dco-values.yaml b/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/dco-values.yaml
index 6b570389..fe0116ac 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/dco-values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/dco-values.yaml
@@ -11,10 +11,7 @@ global:
   istio:
     cni: true
     enabled: false
-    httpIdleTimeout:
-      timeout: 24h
     install: false
-    rootConfigNamespace: istio-system
 mpi:
   initImage:
     registry: quay.io
diff --git a/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/templates/http-timeout-envoyfilter.yaml b/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/templates/http-timeout-envoyfilter.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69dcb3fe..00000000
--- a/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/templates/http-timeout-envoyfilter.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{{- if and (.Values.global.istio.enabled) (.Values.global.istio.httpIdleTimeout.timeout)  }}
-{{- $commonFullname := include "common.names.fullname" . }}
-{{- $justRootConfigNamespace := list .Values.global.istio.rootConfigNamespace }}
-{{- $defaultNamespaces := .Values.config.watchNamespaces | default $justRootConfigNamespace }}
-{{- $namespaces := .Values.global.istio.httpIdleTimeout.namespaces | default $defaultNamespaces }}
-{{- range $namespace := $namespaces }}
-apiVersion: networking.istio.io/v1alpha3
-kind: EnvoyFilter
-metadata:
-  name: {{ $commonFullname }}-envoyfilter
-  namespace: {{ $namespace }}
-spec:
-  workloadSelector:
-    labels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: distributed-compute-operator
-  configPatches:
-  - applyTo: NETWORK_FILTER
-    match:
-      listener:
-        filterChain:
-          filter:
-            name: "envoy.filters.network.http_connection_manager"
-    patch:
-      operation: MERGE
-      value:
-        name: "envoy.filters.network.http_connection_manager"
-        typed_config:
-          "@type": "type.googleapis.com/envoy.extensions.filters.network.http_connection_manager.v3.HttpConnectionManager"
-          common_http_protocol_options:
-            idle_timeout: {{ $.Values.global.istio.httpIdleTimeout.timeout }}
-  - applyTo: NETWORK_FILTER
-    match:
-      listener:
-        filterChain:
-          filter:
-            name: envoy.filters.network.tcp_proxy
-    patch:
-      operation: MERGE
-      value:
-        name: envoy.filters.network.tcp_proxy
-        typed_config:
-          '@type': type.googleapis.com/envoy.config.filter.network.tcp_proxy.v2.TcpProxy
-          idle_timeout: {{ $.Values.global.istio.httpIdleTimeout.timeout }}
-{{- end }}
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/values.yaml
index df719b20..bf283bd0 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/distributed-compute-operator/values.yaml
@@ -9,18 +9,6 @@ global:
     # Elevate pod execution permissions so that Istio's init container can modify
     # network settings when CNI plugin is NOT installed
     cniPluginInstalled: true
-    # namespace for istio mesh-level settings
-    rootConfigNamespace: istio-config
-    # set the HTTP connection idle timeout for pods managed by the distributed-compute-operator
-    httpIdleTimeout:
-      # the timeout to set. Leave empty for istio default.
-      timeout: ""
-      # If timeout and namespaces are set, sets the timeout only in given namespaces.
-      # If timeout is set but namespaces is empty:
-      #   - if config.watchNamespaces is empty, then timeout is set across the whole istio mesh
-      #   - else timeout is set for namespaces in config.watchNamespaces
-      # If any namespaces in the istio mesh are unaffected by this setting, they get istio default.
-      namespaces: []
 
 # Number of controller instances to run
 replicaCount: 1