diff --git a/acm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/acm/templates/_helpers.tpl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fdd91273
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{{/*
+Default always defined valueFiles to be included when pushing the cluster wide argo application via acm
+*/}}
+{{- define "acm.app.policies.valuefiles" -}}
+- "/values-global.yaml"
+- "/values-{{ .name }}.yaml"
+- '/values-{{ `{{ (lookup "config.openshift.io/v1" "Infrastructure" "" "cluster").spec.platformSpec.type }}` }}.yaml'
+- '/values-{{ `{{ (lookup "config.openshift.io/v1" "Infrastructure" "" "cluster").spec.platformSpec.type }}` }}-{{ `{{ printf "%d.%d" ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Major) ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Minor) }}` }}.yaml'
+- '/values-{{ `{{ (lookup "config.openshift.io/v1" "Infrastructure" "" "cluster").spec.platformSpec.type }}` }}-{{ .name }}.yaml'
+# We cannot use $.Values.global.clusterVersion because that gets resolved to the
+# hub's cluster version, whereas we want to include the spoke cluster version
+- '/values-{{ `{{ printf "%d.%d" ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Major) ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Minor) }}` }}-{{ .name }}.yaml'
+{{- end }} {{- /*acm.app.policies.valuefiles */}}
diff --git a/acm/templates/policies/application-policies.yaml b/acm/templates/policies/application-policies.yaml
index f1c7bbdd..5bc5de6a 100644
--- a/acm/templates/policies/application-policies.yaml
+++ b/acm/templates/policies/application-policies.yaml
@@ -43,14 +43,7 @@ spec:
                     helm:
                       ignoreMissingValueFiles: true
                       valueFiles:
-                      - "/values-global.yaml"
-                      - "/values-{{ .name }}.yaml"
-                      - '/values-{{ `{{ (lookup "config.openshift.io/v1" "Infrastructure" "" "cluster").spec.platformSpec.type }}` }}.yaml'
-                      - '/values-{{ `{{ (lookup "config.openshift.io/v1" "Infrastructure" "" "cluster").spec.platformSpec.type }}` }}-{{ `{{ printf "%d.%d" ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Major) ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Minor) }}` }}.yaml'
-                      - '/values-{{ `{{ (lookup "config.openshift.io/v1" "Infrastructure" "" "cluster").spec.platformSpec.type }}` }}-{{ .name }}.yaml'
-                      # We cannot use $.Values.global.clusterVersion because that gets resolved to the
-                      # hub's cluster version, whereas we want to include the spoke cluster version
-                      - '/values-{{ `{{ printf "%d.%d" ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Major) ((semver (lookup "operator.openshift.io/v1" "OpenShiftControllerManager" "" "cluster").status.version).Minor) }}` }}-{{ .name }}.yaml'
+                      {{- include "acm.app.policies.valuefiles" . | nindent 24 }}
                       {{- range $valueFile := .extraValueFiles }}
                       - {{ $valueFile | quote }}
                       {{- end }}