diff --git a/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml b/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml
index 0798b0774..557603c74 100644
--- a/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml
+++ b/applications/90-ibm-sync-resources/templates/01-aws-docdb_Secret.yaml
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ metadata:
   namespace: mas-{{ .Values.instance.id}}-syncres
   annotations:
     argocd.argoproj.io/sync-wave: "01"
-    avp.kubernetes.io/remove-missing: "true"
 stringData:
   docdb_master_username: {{ .Values.docdb.master_username }}
   docdb_master_password: {{ .Values.docdb.master_password }}
   docdb_master_info: {{ .Values.docdb.master_info }}
-  docdb_instance_password: {{ .Values.docdb.instance_password }}
   docdb_host: {{ .Values.docdb.host }}
   docdb_port: {{ .Values.docdb.port }}
 type: Opaque