diff --git a/chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns-route53.yaml b/chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns-route53.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4efe95126b..0000000000
--- a/chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns-route53.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-{{ if .Values.route53.enabled }}
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: external-dns-route53
-spec:
-  strategy:
-    type: Recreate
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: external-dns-route53
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: external-dns-route53
-    spec:
-      serviceAccountName: external-dns
-      securityContext: {{- toYaml .Values.externaldns.securityContext | nindent 8 }}
-      containers:
-      - name: external-dns
-        image: {{ .Values.externaldns.image }}
-        args:
-        - --source=crd
-        - --domain-filter={{ .Values.k8gb.edgeDNSZone }} # will make ExternalDNS see only the hosted zones matching provided domain, omit to process all available hosted zones
-        - --annotation-filter=k8gb.absa.oss/dnstype=route53 # filter out only relevant DNSEntrypoints
-        - --provider=aws
-        - --txt-owner-id=k8gb-{{ .Values.route53.hostedZoneID }}-{{ .Values.k8gb.clusterGeoTag }}
-        - --policy=sync # enable full synchronization including record removal
-        - --log-level=debug # debug only
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            memory: "32Mi"
-            cpu: "100m"
-          limits:
-            memory: "128Mi"
-            cpu: "500m"
-        securityContext:
-          readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-{{ end }}
diff --git a/chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns-ns1.yaml b/chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns.yaml
similarity index 76%
rename from chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns-ns1.yaml
rename to chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns.yaml
index 8965a73911..1517ff5616 100644
--- a/chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns-ns1.yaml
+++ b/chart/k8gb/templates/external-dns/external-dns.yaml
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
-{{ if .Values.ns1.enabled }}
+{{ if or .Values.ns1.enabled .Values.route53.enabled }}
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
-  name: external-dns-ns1
+  name: external-dns
 spec:
   strategy:
     type: Recreate
   selector:
     matchLabels:
-      app: external-dns-ns1
+      app: external-dns
   template:
     metadata:
       labels:
-        app: external-dns-ns1
+        app: external-dns
     spec:
       serviceAccountName: external-dns
       securityContext:
@@ -25,23 +25,32 @@ spec:
         args:
         - --source=crd
         - --domain-filter={{ .Values.k8gb.edgeDNSZone }} # will make ExternalDNS see only the hosted zones matching provided domain, omit to process all available hosted zones
+{{- if .Values.ns1.enabled }}
         - --annotation-filter=k8gb.absa.oss/dnstype=ns1 # filter out only relevant DNSEntrypoints
         - --provider=ns1
+        - --txt-owner-id=k8gb-{{ .Values.k8gb.dnsZone }}-{{ .Values.k8gb.clusterGeoTag }}
 {{- if .Values.ns1.endpoint }}
         - --ns1-endpoint={{ .Values.ns1.endpoint }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- if .Values.ns1.ignoreSSL }}
         - --ns1-ignoressl
 {{- end }}
-        - --txt-owner-id=k8gb-{{ .Values.k8gb.dnsZone }}-{{ .Values.k8gb.clusterGeoTag }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- if .Values.route53.enabled }}
+        - --annotation-filter=k8gb.absa.oss/dnstype=route53 # filter out only relevant DNSEntrypoints
+        - --provider=aws
+        - --txt-owner-id=k8gb-{{ .Values.route53.hostedZoneID }}-{{ .Values.k8gb.clusterGeoTag }}
+{{- end }}
         - --policy=sync # enable full synchronization including record removal
         - --log-level=debug # debug only
+{{- if .Values.ns1.enabled }}
         env:
         - name: NS1_APIKEY
           valueFrom:
             secretKeyRef:
               name: ns1
               key: apiKey
+{{- end }}
         resources:
           requests:
             memory: "32Mi"