diff --git a/templates/persistentVolumeClaim.yaml b/templates/persistentVolumeClaim.yaml
index c8a2d26..e3eb0e7 100644
--- a/templates/persistentVolumeClaim.yaml
+++ b/templates/persistentVolumeClaim.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+{{- if .Values.persistence.enabled -}}
 {{ if and (.Values.config.DRONE_DATABASE_DRIVER | default "sqlite3" | eq "sqlite3") (not .Values.persistence.existingClaim) }}
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: PersistentVolumeClaim
@@ -14,4 +15,5 @@ spec:
   {{- if .Values.persistence.storageClass }}
   storageClassName: {{ .Values.persistence.storageClass | quote }}
   {{- end }}
-{{- end }}
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+{{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index f6891fb..39ac1c7 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ affinity: {}
 # persistence is only required when config.DATABASE_DRIVER is sqlite3 or
 # undefined.
 persistence:
+  enabled: true
   annotation: {}
   # existingClaim:
   size: 5Gi
@@ -614,4 +615,4 @@ extraVolumeMounts: {}
 # - name: custom-ca-anchor
 #   mountPath: /usr/local/share/ca-certificates
 # - name: custom-tls-certificates
-#   mountPath: /etc/drone/tls
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+#   mountPath: /etc/drone/tls