diff --git a/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/kustomization.yaml b/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/kustomization.yaml
index 91eb5718..b0f75d0b 100644
--- a/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/kustomization.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ patches:
       version: v1
       kind: Deployment
     path: deployment_patch.yaml
+  - target:
+      kind: Secret
+      name: beta-atlantis-db-superuser
+    patch: |-
+      $patch: delete
 resources:
   - ../base
   - rbac.yaml
diff --git a/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/remove-db-secret.yaml b/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/remove-db-secret.yaml
index 9b407772..71a923c9 100644
--- a/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/remove-db-secret.yaml
+++ b/values/atlantis/kustomize/beta/remove-db-secret.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: beta-atlantis-db-superuser
-$patch: delete
\ No newline at end of file
+- op: remove
+  path: /
+  target:
+    kind: Secret
+    name: beta-atlantis-db-superuser
\ No newline at end of file