diff --git a/helm/schedulerservice/templates/deployment.yaml b/helm/schedulerservice/templates/deployment.yaml
index 16fc8ab..74c203d 100644
--- a/helm/schedulerservice/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm/schedulerservice/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -75,10 +75,7 @@ spec:
               echo "MySQL is fully initialized!"
           env:
             - name: MYSQL_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: {{ .Release.Namespace }}-os-schedules-argo-syncer-mysql
-                  key: mysql-password
+              value: {{ .Values.externalDatabase.password | quote }}
           volumeMounts:
             - name: db-config
               mountPath: /db-config