diff --git a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/README.md b/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/README.md
index 9594131ea..482338903 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/README.md
+++ b/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/README.md
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ It's easier to just manage this configuration outside of the operator.
 | image.tag | string | `""` | Overrides the image tag whose default is the chart appVersion. |
 | imagePullSecrets | list | `[]` | image pull secrets |
 | isOpenShift | bool | `false` | Determines if the target cluster is OpenShift. Additional rbac permissions for routes will be added on OpenShift |
-| leaderElect | bool | `false` | If you want to run multiple replicas of the grafana-operator, this is not recommended. |
+| leaderElect | bool | `true` | This is recommended in most scenarios, even when only running a single instance of the operator. |
 | logging.encoder | string | `"console"` | Log encoding ("console", "json") |
 | logging.level | string | `"info"` | Configure the verbosity of logging ("debug", "error", "info") |
 | logging.time | string | `"rfc3339"` | Time encoding ("epoch", "iso8601", "millis", "nano", "rfc3339", "rfc3339nano") |
diff --git a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/templates/cm.yaml b/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/templates/cm.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69dd923b1..000000000
--- a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/templates/cm.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.leaderElect }}
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: {{ include "grafana-operator.fullname" . }}
-  namespace: {{ include "grafana-operator.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "grafana-operator.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: operator
-data:
-  controller_manager_config.yaml: |
-    apiVersion: controller-runtime.sigs.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-    kind: ControllerManagerConfig
-    health:
-      healthProbeBindAddress: :8081
-    metrics:
-      bindAddress: 127.0.0.1:8080
-    webhook:
-      port: 9443
-    leaderElection:
-      leaderElect: true
-      resourceName: f75f3bba.integreatly.org
-{{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/values.yaml b/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/values.yaml
index 37fe5082b..3819f681b 100644
--- a/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/deploy/helm/grafana-operator/values.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 # if true the operator will only be able to manage instances in the same namespace
 namespaceScope: false
 
-# -- If you want to run multiple replicas of the grafana-operator, this is not recommended.
-leaderElect: false
+# -- This is recommended in most scenarios, even when only running a single instance of the operator.
+leaderElect: true
 
 # -- Sets the `WATCH_NAMESPACE` environment variable,
 # it defines which namespaces the operator should be listening for (e.g. `"grafana, foo"`).