diff --git a/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml b/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
index 3ad67b8..7347816 100644
--- a/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
+++ b/templates/gitea/statefulset.yaml
@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ spec:
           {{- range .Values.persistence.accessModes }}
             - {{ . | quote }}
           {{- end }}
-        storageClassName: {{ .Values.persistence.storageClass | default "standard" | quote }}
+        {{- if .Values.persistence.storageClass }}
+        storageClassName: {{ .Values.persistence.storageClass | quote }}
+        {{- end }}
         resources:
           requests:
             storage: {{ .Values.persistence.size | quote }}
diff --git a/values.yaml b/values.yaml
index 237f449..45ae117 100644
--- a/values.yaml
+++ b/values.yaml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ persistence:
   size: 10Gi
   accessModes:
     - ReadWriteOnce
-  storageClass: standard
 
 gitea:
   admin: