diff --git a/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks-0.1.8.tgz b/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks-0.1.8.tgz
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diff --git a/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks-latest.tgz b/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks-latest.tgz
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diff --git a/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/Chart.yaml b/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/Chart.yaml
index e141b37df..f92124aca 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: virtual-kubelet-for-aks
-version: 0.1.7
+version: 0.1.8
 description: a Helm chart to install virtual kubelet in an AKS or ACS cluster.
 sources:
   - https://github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet
diff --git a/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/templates/deployment.yaml
index 39959d994..c9953991e 100644
--- a/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/virtual-kubelet-for-aks/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ spec:
         - name: acs-credential
           mountPath: "/etc/acs/azure.json"
         command: ["virtual-kubelet"]
-        args: ["--provider", "azure", "--namespace", {{ default "" .Values.env.monitoredNamespace | quote }}, "--nodename", {{ default "virtual-kubelet" .Values.env.nodeName | quote }} , "--os", {{ default "Linux" .Values.env.nodeOsType | quote }}, "--taint", {{ default "azure.com/aci" .Values.env.nodeTaint | quote }}]
+        args: ["--provider", "azure", "--namespace", {{ default "" .Values.env.monitoredNamespace | quote }}, "--nodename", {{ default "virtual-kubelet" .Values.env.nodeName | quote }} , "--os", {{ default "Linux" .Values.env.nodeOsType | quote }} ]
       volumes:
       - name: credentials
         secret: