diff --git a/templates/injector-deployment.yaml b/templates/injector-deployment.yaml
index 8c947ac..1c5b951 100644
--- a/templates/injector-deployment.yaml
+++ b/templates/injector-deployment.yaml
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ spec:
             periodSeconds: 2
             successThreshold: 1
             timeoutSeconds: 5
-      {{- if .Values.injector.priorityClassName }}
-      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.injector.priorityClassName }}
-      {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.injector.certs.secretName }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: webhook-certs
diff --git a/templates/server-statefulset.yaml b/templates/server-statefulset.yaml
index 174feee..3f40709 100644
--- a/templates/server-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/server-statefulset.yaml
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ spec:
         {{- if .Values.server.extraContainers }}
           {{ toYaml .Values.server.extraContainers | nindent 8}}
         {{- end }}
-      {{- if .Values.server.priorityClassName }}
-      priorityClassName: {{ .Values.server.priorityClassName }}
-      {{- end }}
       {{- if .Values.global.imagePullSecrets }}
       imagePullSecrets:
         {{- toYaml .Values.global.imagePullSecrets | nindent 8 }}
diff --git a/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats b/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
index 1f3f2f0..3fa7ba4 100755
--- a/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
+++ b/test/unit/server-statefulset.bats
@@ -872,29 +872,6 @@ load _helpers
   [[ "${actual}" = *"foobar"* ]]
 }
 
-#--------------------------------------------------------------------
-# priorityClassName
-
-@test "server/standalone-StatefulSet: priorityClassName disabled by default" {
-  cd `chart_dir`
-  local actual=$(helm template \
-      -x templates/server-statefulset.yaml  \
-      . | tee /dev/stderr |
-      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.priorityClassName' | tee /dev/stderr)
-
-  [ "${actual}" = "null" ]  
-}
-
-@test "server/standalone-StatefulSet: priorityClassName enabled" {
-  cd `chart_dir`
-  local actual=$(helm template \
-      -x templates/server-statefulset.yaml  \
-      --set 'server.priorityClassName=foo' \
-      . | tee /dev/stderr |
-      yq -r '.spec.template.spec.priorityClassName' | tee /dev/stderr)
-
-  [ "${actual}" = "foo" ]  
-
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 # preStop
 @test "server/standalone-StatefulSet: preStop sleep duration default" {
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 851ef25..2385dcc 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ injector:
   #     memory: 256Mi
   #     cpu: 250m
 
-  # priorityClassName launches injector pods with a priority class.
-  # See: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/
-  # for more details.
-  priorityClassName: null
-
   # extraEnvironmentVars is a list of extra enviroment variables to set in the
   # injector deployment.
   extraEnvironmentVars: {}
@@ -136,12 +131,6 @@ server:
   #     cpu: 250m
 
   # Ingress allows ingress services to be created to allow external access
-  # priorityClassName launches server pods with a priority class.
-  # See: https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/configuration/pod-priority-preemption/
-  # for more details.
-  priorityClassName: null
-
-  # Ingress allows ingress services to be created to allow external access 
   # from Kubernetes to access Vault pods.
   ingress:
     enabled: false