diff --git a/braintrust/templates/api-configmap.yaml b/braintrust/templates/api-configmap.yaml
index e83bcbd..04202c4 100644
--- a/braintrust/templates/api-configmap.yaml
+++ b/braintrust/templates/api-configmap.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ data:
   BRAINSTORE_DEFAULT: "force"
   BRAINSTORE_URL: "http://{{ .Values.brainstore.reader.service.name | default .Values.brainstore.reader.name }}.{{ .Values.global.namespace }}:{{ .Values.brainstore.reader.service.port }}"
   BRAINSTORE_WRITER_URL: "http://{{ .Values.brainstore.writer.service.name | default .Values.brainstore.writer.name }}.{{ .Values.global.namespace }}:{{ .Values.brainstore.writer.service.port }}"
-  BRAINSTORE_ENABLE_HISTORICAL_FULL_BACKFILL: {{ .Values.api.enableHistoricalFullBackfill | quote }}
-  BRAINSTORE_BACKFILL_NEW_OBJECTS: {{ .Values.api.backfillNewObjects | quote }}
   BRAINSTORE_BACKFILL_DISABLE_HISTORICAL: {{ .Values.api.backfillDisableHistorical | quote }}
   BRAINSTORE_BACKFILL_DISABLE_NONHISTORICAL: {{ .Values.api.backfillDisableNonhistorical | quote }}
   CONTROL_PLANE_TELEMETRY: {{ .Values.global.controlPlaneTelemetry | quote }}
diff --git a/braintrust/values.yaml b/braintrust/values.yaml
index fe86266..b9ee788 100644
--- a/braintrust/values.yaml
+++ b/braintrust/values.yaml
@@ -91,8 +91,6 @@ api:
   # Allow running user generated code functions (e.g. scorers/tools)
   allowCodeFunctionExecution: true
   # Brainstore backfill configuration. These defaults are fine for most cases.
-  enableHistoricalFullBackfill: true
-  backfillNewObjects: true
   backfillDisableHistorical: false
   backfillDisableNonhistorical: false
   allowInvalidBase64: false # By default, we will error on invalid base64 strings. Setting this to true will allow invalid base64 strings to be processed.