diff --git a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml
index 1fe6f956a..c588f902a 100644
--- a/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ingress-nginx/ci/deployment-opentelemetry-customregistry-values.yaml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ controller:
   opentelemetry:
     enabled: true
     image:
-      registry: registry.k8s.io # must be a valid registry containing the ingress-nginx/opentelemetry image, otherwise ci tests fail
+      registry: registry.k8s.io
       image: ingress-nginx/opentelemetry