diff --git a/charts/camunda-platform-8.8/templates/orchestration/files/_application-unified.yaml b/charts/camunda-platform-8.8/templates/orchestration/files/_application-unified.yaml
index 8e3a8f42ca..daa6707f28 100644
--- a/charts/camunda-platform-8.8/templates/orchestration/files/_application-unified.yaml
+++ b/charts/camunda-platform-8.8/templates/orchestration/files/_application-unified.yaml
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ zeebe:
               usageMetricsMinimumAge: {{ .Values.orchestration.history.retention.usageMetricsMinimumAge | quote }}
               usageMetricsPolicyName: {{ .Values.orchestration.history.retention.usageMetricsPolicyName | quote }}
           {{- end }}
-    {{- else -}}
+    {{- else if not .Values.orchestration.exporters.zeebe.enabled -}}
       {{ " {}" }}
     {{- end }}
 {{ end -}}
diff --git a/charts/camunda-platform-8.9/templates/orchestration/files/_application.yaml b/charts/camunda-platform-8.9/templates/orchestration/files/_application.yaml
index c05e20111e..7869df83ed 100644
--- a/charts/camunda-platform-8.9/templates/orchestration/files/_application.yaml
+++ b/charts/camunda-platform-8.9/templates/orchestration/files/_application.yaml
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ zeebe:
             waitPeriodBeforeArchiving: {{ .Values.orchestration.history.waitPeriodBeforeArchiving | quote }}
             delayBetweenRuns: {{ .Values.orchestration.history.delayBetweenRuns }}
             maxDelayBetweenRuns: {{ .Values.orchestration.history.maxDelayBetweenRuns }}
-    {{- else -}}
+    {{- else if not .Values.orchestration.exporters.zeebe.enabled -}}
       {{ " {}" }}
     {{- end }}
 {{ end -}}