diff --git a/charts/ace/README.md b/charts/ace/README.md
index 5ed4363fe..6421ef238 100644
--- a/charts/ace/README.md
+++ b/charts/ace/README.md
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ The following table lists the configurable parameters of the `ace` chart and the
 | settings.db.auth.username                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>postgres</code>                                                                                                                                                                          |
 | settings.db.auth.password                            |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>"xyz"</code>                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | settings.db.logSQL                                   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>false</code>                                                                                                                                                                             |
-| settings.pgpool.enabled                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>true</code>                                                                                                                                                                              |
+| settings.pgpool.enabled                              |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>false</code>                                                                                                                                                                             |
 | settings.pgpool.replicas                             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>2</code>                                                                                                                                                                                 |
 | settings.pgpool.config.num_init_children             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>"32"</code>                                                                                                                                                                              |
 | settings.pgpool.config.max_pool                      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | <code>"3"</code>                                                                                                                                                                               |
diff --git a/charts/ace/values.yaml b/charts/ace/values.yaml
index 989cb9b4a..4a04223e0 100644
--- a/charts/ace/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/ace/values.yaml
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ settings:
       password: "xyz"
     logSQL: false
   pgpool:
-    enabled: true
+    enabled: false
     replicas: 2
     config:
       num_init_children: "32"