diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
index be8c293d7..b68ad04a8 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/values.yaml
@@ -96,10 +96,6 @@ controller:
   # -- Required for use with CNI based kubernetes installations (such as ones set up by kubeadm),
   # since CNI and hostport don't mix yet. Can be deprecated once https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/23920
   # is merged
-  strictValidatePathType: false
-  # -- Set strict valdiation for paths
-  # When pathType is configured as `Exact` or `Prefix`, there should be a more strict validation, allowing only paths starting with "/" and
-  # containing only alphanumeric characters and "-", "_" and additional "/".
   hostNetwork: false
   ## Use host ports 80 and 443
   ## Disabled by default