diff --git a/deploy/charts/checkmk/templates/node-collector-container-metrics-ds.yaml b/deploy/charts/checkmk/templates/node-collector-container-metrics-ds.yaml
index 052b62f..0fb2278 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/checkmk/templates/node-collector-container-metrics-ds.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/checkmk/templates/node-collector-container-metrics-ds.yaml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ spec:
               readOnly: true
             - name: var-run
               mountPath: /var/run
-              {{- if .Values.nodeCollector.cadvisor.volumeMountPermissions.var_run.readOnly }}
+              {{- if .Values.gkeAutopilot.enabled }}
               readOnly: true
               {{- end }}
             - name: sys
diff --git a/deploy/charts/checkmk/values.yaml b/deploy/charts/checkmk/values.yaml
index 28711a1..f3d75da 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/checkmk/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/charts/checkmk/values.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ kubeVersionOverride: ""
 ## GKE Autopilot only allows privilegded workloads, if they are allowlisted.
 ## Requirement: Please first deploy the allowlist-synchronizer CRD [https://github.com/checkmk/checkmk_kube_agent/tree/main/deploy/manifests/gke-allowlist/cmk-allowlist-synchronizer.yaml]
 ## More info: https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/run-autopilot-partner-workloads 
-## To deploy in GKE Autopilot, please set to true.
+## To deploy in GKE Autopilot, please set to true. This will adapt the workloads to the specific requirements of GKE Autopilot.
 gkeAutopilot:
   enabled: false
 
@@ -223,11 +223,6 @@ nodeCollector:
       - "--allow_dynamic_housekeeping=true"
       - "--storage_duration=1m0s"
 
-    # For Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) Autopilot, the readOnly needs to be set to true
-    volumeMountPermissions:
-      var_run:
-        readOnly: false
-
     securityContext:
       seccompProfile:
         type: RuntimeDefault