diff --git a/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml b/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml
index c6f0249..9976679 100644
--- a/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@
       vca_password: secret
       vca_pubkey: pubkey
       vca_cacert: cacert
-      vca_apiproxy: apiproxy
       use_external_vca: true
       DATABASE_COMMONKEY: osm
     annotations:
diff --git a/installers/charm/bundles/osm/bundle.yaml b/installers/charm/bundles/osm/bundle.yaml
index 7f712e2..6207fd8 100644
--- a/installers/charm/bundles/osm/bundle.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/bundles/osm/bundle.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@
       vca_password: secret
       vca_pubkey: pubkey
       vca_cacert: cacert
-      vca_apiproxy: apiproxy
       use_external_vca: false
       DATABASE_COMMONKEY: osm
     annotations:
diff --git a/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/lcm.py b/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/lcm.py
index 85ec9c5..3ada8cb 100644
--- a/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/lcm.py
+++ b/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/lcm.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
     config,
 )
 from charms import layer
-
+import yaml
 
 @hook("upgrade-charm")
 @when("leadership.is_leader")
@@ -131,4 +131,7 @@
     }
     data.update(cfg)
 
-    return pod_spec_template % data
+    spec = yaml.safe_dump(pod_spec_template % data)
+    if "vca_apiproxy" in cfg and cfg["vca_apiproxy"] != "":
+        spec["containers"][0]["config"]["OSMLCM_VCA_APIPROXY"] = cfg["vca_apiproxy"]
+    return spec
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/spec_template.yaml b/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/spec_template.yaml
index 82a76e0..d8b51e7 100644
--- a/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/spec_template.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/spec_template.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@
       OSMLCM_VCA_PUBKEY: %(vca_pubkey)s
       OSMLCM_VCA_SECRET: %(vca_password)s
       OSMLCM_VCA_CACERT: %(vca_cacert)s
-      OSMLCM_VCA_APIPROXY: %(vca_apiproxy)s
       OSMLCM_VCA_CLOUD: %(vca_cloud)s
       OSMLCM_VCA_K8S_CLOUD: %(vca_k8s_cloud)s