diff --git a/helm/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/helm/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 80ab3d1e96e..0d3a2551487 100644
--- a/helm/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/helm/litellm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -27,20 +27,11 @@ Common naming + label helpers shared by gateway, backend, and ui templates.
 {{- printf "%s-ui" (include "litellm.fullname" .) | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
 {{- end -}}
 
-{{/*
-Chart label. Kubernetes caps a label value at 63 bytes, and .Chart.Version is
-unbounded: CI branch builds version charts as 0.0.0-branch-<branch>-<sha>, which
-overflows and makes the API server reject every labeled resource.
-*/}}
-{{- define "litellm.chart" -}}
-{{- printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" | trunc 63 | trimSuffix "-" -}}
-{{- end -}}
-
 {{- define "litellm.commonLabels" -}}
 app.kubernetes.io/name: {{ include "litellm.name" . }}
 app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
 app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: {{ .Release.Service }}
-helm.sh/chart: {{ include "litellm.chart" . }}
+helm.sh/chart: {{ printf "%s-%s" .Chart.Name .Chart.Version | replace "+" "_" }}
 {{- end -}}
 
 {{/*
diff --git a/helm/litellm/tests/chart_label_tests.yaml b/helm/litellm/tests/chart_label_tests.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bd0a4b9b4e..00000000000
--- a/helm/litellm/tests/chart_label_tests.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-suite: test helm.sh/chart label stays within the 63 byte kubernetes limit
-templates:
-  - gateway/deployment.yaml
-  - gateway/configmap.yaml
-  - backend/deployment.yaml
-  - ui/deployment.yaml
-  - migrations-job.yaml
-values:
-  - ./values/required.yaml
-tests:
-  - it: renders the plain chart label for a normal semver version
-    template: gateway/deployment.yaml
-    chart:
-      version: 0.1.0
-    asserts:
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels["helm.sh/chart"]
-          value: litellm-0.1.0
-
-  # CI publishes branch builds as 0.0.0-branch-<branch>-<sha>. Untruncated, the
-  # label is 64 bytes and the API server rejects every labeled resource with
-  # "must be no more than 63 bytes", which wedges the whole release.
-  - it: truncates a long branch-build version to 63 bytes on the gateway
-    template: gateway/deployment.yaml
-    chart:
-      version: 0.0.0-branch-litellm-enterprise-request-metering-f0b217f
-    asserts:
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels["helm.sh/chart"]
-          value: litellm-0.0.0-branch-litellm-enterprise-request-metering-f0b217
-
-  - it: truncates the long version on the migrations job that blocked the sync
-    template: migrations-job.yaml
-    chart:
-      version: 0.0.0-branch-litellm-enterprise-request-metering-f0b217f
-    asserts:
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels["helm.sh/chart"]
-          value: litellm-0.0.0-branch-litellm-enterprise-request-metering-f0b217
-
-  - it: truncates the long version on backend and ui
-    templates:
-      - backend/deployment.yaml
-      - ui/deployment.yaml
-    chart:
-      version: 0.0.0-branch-litellm-enterprise-request-metering-f0b217f
-    asserts:
-      - equal:
-          path: metadata.labels["helm.sh/chart"]
-          value: litellm-0.0.0-branch-litellm-enterprise-request-metering-f0b217
-
-  # trunc can land on the separator; a label value may not end in a dash.
-  - it: never leaves a trailing dash after truncation
-    template: gateway/deployment.yaml
-    chart:
-      version: 0.0.0-branch-aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-bbb
-    asserts:
-      - matchRegex:
-          path: metadata.labels["helm.sh/chart"]
-          pattern: "[^-]$"