diff --git a/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-globalnode.yaml b/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-globalnode.yaml
index 57a5383bdac7b937ffe96aebb4b024729449336d..44d32bf02a2865a7f05e21689a30b5ebe926112c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-globalnode.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-globalnode.yaml
@@ -26,9 +26,10 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: monetdb
         image: {{ .Values.mipengine_images.repository }}/mipenginedb:{{ .Values.mipengine_images.version }}
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            memory: "{{ .Values.db.max_memory }}Mi"
+        # LIMITS REMOVED DUE TO MONETDB NOT SEEING THEM PROPERLY
+        # resources:
+        #  limits:
+        #    memory: "{{ .Values.db.max_memory }}Mi"
         env:
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
           value: {{ .Values.log_level }}
diff --git a/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-localnode.yaml b/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-localnode.yaml
index ad36239a18cfefba746ebbb3217758e9a0c694a6..2b8734dda3ebbe0ff65148a92e2efe53b77e1741 100644
--- a/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-localnode.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/templates/mipengine-localnode.yaml
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: monetdb
         image: {{ .Values.mipengine_images.repository }}/mipenginedb:{{ .Values.mipengine_images.version }}
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            memory: "{{ .Values.db.max_memory }}Mi"
+        # LIMITS REMOVED DUE TO MONETDB NOT SEEING THEM PROPERLY
+        # resources:
+        #  limits:
+        #    memory: "{{ .Values.db.max_memory }}Mi"
         env:
         - name: LOG_LEVEL
           value: {{ .Values.log_level }}