diff --git a/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml b/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
index 0b54a52..8da40d2 100644
--- a/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
+++ b/smardigo/templates/connect/secret.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,6 @@ metadata:
   annotations:
     "helm.sh/resource-policy": "keep"
 data:
-  # try to get the old secret
-  # keep in mind, that a dry-run only returns an empty map 
-  {{- $old_sec := lookup "v1" "Secret" .Release.Namespace "connect-secrets" }}
-
- # check, if a secret is already set
-  {{- if or (not $old_sec) (not $old_sec.data) }}
-  # if not set, then generate a new password
   JWT_SECRET: "{{ .Values.connect.jwt.secret | b64enc }}"
   ADMIN_PASSWORD: "{{ .Values.connect.admin.password | b64enc }}"
   DATASOURCE_USERNAME: "{{ .Values.connect.database.username | b64enc }}"
@@ -22,15 +15,3 @@ data:
   OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET: "{{ .Values.connect.oidc.client_secret | b64enc }}"
   MAIL_USER: "{{ .Values.connect.mail.username | b64enc }}"
   MAIL_PASSWORD: "{{ .Values.connect.mail.password | b64enc }}"
-  {{ else }}
-  # if set, then use the old value
-  JWT_SECRET: {{ index $old_sec.data "JWT_SECRET" }}
-  ADMIN_PASSWORD: {{ index $old_sec.data "ADMIN_PASSWORD" }}
-  DATASOURCE_USERNAME: {{ index $old_sec.data "DATASOURCE_USERNAME" }}
-  DATASOURCE_PASSWORD: {{ index $old_sec.data "DATASOURCE_PASSWORD" }}
-  ELASTIC_USERNAME: {{ index $old_sec.data "ELASTIC_USERNAME" }}
-  ELASTIC_PASSWORD: {{ index $old_sec.data "ELASTIC_PASSWORD" }}
-  OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET: {{ index $old_sec.data "OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET" }}
-  MAIL_USER: {{ index $old_sec.data "MAIL_USER" }}
-  MAIL_PASSWORD: {{ index $old_sec.data "MAIL_PASSWORD" }}
-  {{ end }}