diff --git a/.github/workflows/helm-install-smoketest.yaml b/.github/workflows/helm-install-smoketest.yaml
index dc35c384..abdc7b81 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/helm-install-smoketest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/helm-install-smoketest.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: helm install spin-operator
         run: |
-          make helm-install IMG=spin-operator:latest HELM_EXTRA_ARGS=--debug
+          make helm-install IMG=spin-operator:latest
 
       - name: create containerd-shim-spin executor
         run: kubectl create -f config/samples/spin-shim-executor.yaml