diff --git a/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml b/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml
index c6f0249dcdfbabd0bf41451988623f72c3b95fd5..9976679de7e6f56a4068806ac8e814fe18daf20b 100644
--- a/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/bundles/osm-ha/bundle.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ applications:
       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 7f712e29dab06a782e034fd4df99608404cc2e8c..6207fd88c5d08d8ed7247016a6dc7fb17267573c 100644
--- a/installers/charm/bundles/osm/bundle.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/bundles/osm/bundle.yaml
@@ -145,7 +145,6 @@ applications:
       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 85ec9c5b0cd311b09108eeaafa8298c785c8fff2..3ada8cb27395e40501a5aac9c4fbc932145e3d7d 100644
--- a/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/lcm.py
+++ b/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/lcm.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ from charmhelpers.core.hookenv import (
     config,
 )
 from charms import layer
-
+import yaml
 
 @hook("upgrade-charm")
 @when("leadership.is_leader")
@@ -131,4 +131,7 @@ def make_pod_spec(ro_host, ro_port, kafka_host, kafka_port, mongo_uri):
     }
     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 82a76e09060049903e09f912161e8e82e4d98cca..d8b51e77af310f53bc2371abb26ad401fc77a039 100644
--- a/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/spec_template.yaml
+++ b/installers/charm/lcm-k8s/reactive/spec_template.yaml
@@ -45,6 +45,5 @@ containers:
       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