diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
index 47a8902db..45d18a4fe 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/keycloak-deployment.yaml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "20m"
             limits:
               memory: "3Gi"
-              cpu: "1"
           env:
             - name: DB_ADDR
               valueFrom:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
index 1a95f95c8..860d6b820 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/lapis-silo-deployment.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "10m"
             limits:
               memory: "2Gi"
-              cpu: "200m"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8081
           args:
@@ -49,7 +48,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "10m"
             limits:
               memory: "500Mi"
-              cpu: "200m"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 8080
           args:
@@ -70,7 +68,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "10m"
             limits:
               memory: "1Gi"
-              cpu: "1000m"
           command:
             - sh
             - /silo_import_wrapper.sh
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-backend.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-backend.yaml
index bef66c4fa..ce44abe81 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-backend.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-backend.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "100m"
             limits:
               memory: "1Gi" # Backend requires at least 635741K of memory
-              cpu: "1000m"
           livenessProbe:
             httpGet:
               path: "/actuator/health/liveness"
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
index 214068d6b..780f74829 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-database-standin.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ spec:
             cpu: "100m"
           limits:
             memory: "2Gi"
-            cpu: "500m"
         ports:
         - containerPort: 5432
         env:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-ingest-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-ingest-deployment.yaml
index 1406b3e05..21ec157d4 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-ingest-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-ingest-deployment.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "100m"
             limits:
               memory: "10Gi"
-              cpu: "1000m"
           env:
             - name: KEYCLOAK_INGEST_PASSWORD
               valueFrom:
@@ -87,7 +86,6 @@ spec:
                   cpu: "100m"
                 limits:
                   memory: "10Gi"
-                  cpu: "1000m"
               env:
                 - name: KEYCLOAK_INGEST_PASSWORD
                   valueFrom:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml
index fef838aeb..86c5d40da 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-preprocessing-deployment.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "10m"
             limits:
               memory: "1Gi"
-              cpu: "1000m"
           env:
             - name: KEYCLOAK_PASSWORD
               valueFrom:
diff --git a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-website.yaml b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-website.yaml
index 440ccf465..94b76650d 100644
--- a/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-website.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/loculus/templates/loculus-website.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ spec:
               cpu: "100m"
             limits:
               memory: "1Gi"
-              cpu: "1000m"
           ports:
             - containerPort: 3000
           volumeMounts: