diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
index f6f5cce63ccd5d6f4250905bb0606709891570fb..2e9defcce0dad183564dfd8ff39830dfed83285c 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ dashboard_memory_limit: 256M
 dashboard_cpu_requests: 50m
 dashboard_memory_requests: 64M
 
-# SSL
-etcd_cert_dir: "/etc/ssl/etcd/ssl"
-canal_cert_dir: "/etc/canal/certs"
-
 # Set dashboard_use_custom_certs to true if overriding dashboard_certs_secret_name with a secret that
 # contains dashboard_tls_key_file and dashboard_tls_cert_file instead of using the initContainer provisioned certs
 dashboard_use_custom_certs: false
@@ -62,6 +58,10 @@ dashboard_certs_secret_name: kubernetes-dashboard-certs
 dashboard_tls_key_file: dashboard.key
 dashboard_tls_cert_file: dashboard.crt
 
+# SSL
+etcd_cert_dir: "/etc/ssl/etcd/ssl"
+canal_cert_dir: "/etc/canal/certs"
+
 rbac_resources:
   - sa
   - clusterrole
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dashboard.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dashboard.yml.j2
index ca6feea1ae684ad5817772461718fbe063aab0d8..b1ba1481de20b95ebd54575cf1767f207e5a25d4 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dashboard.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/dashboard.yml.j2
@@ -140,14 +140,6 @@ spec:
       labels:
         k8s-app: kubernetes-dashboard
     spec:
-{% if dashboard_use_custom_certs %}
-      initContainers:
-      - name: kubernetes-dashboard-init
-        image: {{ dashboard_init_image_repo }}:{{ dashboard_init_image_tag }}
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: kubernetes-dashboard-certs
-          mountPath: /certs
-{% endif %}
       containers:
       - name: kubernetes-dashboard
         image: {{ dashboard_image_repo }}:{{ dashboard_image_tag }}
@@ -166,10 +158,10 @@ spec:
 {% if dashboard_use_custom_certs %}
           - --tls-key-file={{ dashboard_tls_key_file }}
           - --tls-cert-file={{ dashboard_tls_cert_file }}
-          - --authentication-mode=token{% if kube_basic_auth|default(false) %},basic{% endif %}
 {% else %}
           - --auto-generate-certificates
 {% endif %}
+          - --authentication-mode=token{% if kube_basic_auth|default(false) %},basic{% endif %}
           # Uncomment the following line to manually specify Kubernetes API server Host
           # If not specified, Dashboard will attempt to auto discover the API server and connect
           # to it. Uncomment only if the default does not work.