diff --git a/chart/templates/istio/operator/values.yaml b/chart/templates/istio/operator/values.yaml
index 374680e93c3f3bd74bf74267254cf250c10fb644..0e9eefc2d50839c90923e2fbd2454a08d3620f30 100644
--- a/chart/templates/istio/operator/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/templates/istio/operator/values.yaml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- define "bigbang.defaults.istiooperator" -}}
-hub: registry1.dso.mil/ironbank/opensource/istio
-tag: 1.7.3
 createNamespace: false
 
 imagePullSecrets: