diff --git a/k8s/nginx/nginx-dep.yaml b/k8s/nginx/nginx-dep.yaml
index 2009775d..133e2688 100644
--- a/k8s/nginx/nginx-dep.yaml
+++ b/k8s/nginx/nginx-dep.yaml
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ spec:
             configMapKeyRef:
               name: mongodb-whitelist
               key: allowed-hosts
-        - name: BIGCHAINDB_WS_FRONTEND_PORT
-          value: "81"
-        - name: BIGCHAINDB_WS_BACKEND_PORT
-          value: "9985"
         ports:
         - containerPort: 27017
           hostPort: 27017