diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
index 3cc3c29e1..01e09359e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ spec:
               value: "8080"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
-          args:
-            - "--silo.url=http://localhost:8081"
           volumeMounts:
             - name: lapis-silo-database-config-processed
               mountPath: /workspace/database_config.yaml