diff --git a/gitops/components/multus/daemon-config.json b/gitops/components/multus/daemon-config.json
index 780769a..ffdfe77 100644
--- a/gitops/components/multus/daemon-config.json
+++ b/gitops/components/multus/daemon-config.json
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@
     "multusConfigFile": "auto",
     "socketDir": "/host/run/multus/"
 }
+
diff --git a/gitops/components/multus/kustomization.yaml b/gitops/components/multus/kustomization.yaml
index d70bc8f..c9d0b48 100644
--- a/gitops/components/multus/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/gitops/components/multus/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ images:
   - name: ghcr.io/k8snetworkplumbingwg/multus-cni
     newTag: v4.1.3-thick
 
-configMapGenerator:
-  - name: multus-daemon-config
-    namespace: kube-system
-    behavior: replace
-    files:
-      - daemon-config.json
-
 patches:
   - target:
       group: apps
@@ -28,6 +21,26 @@ patches:
       kind: DaemonSet
       name: kube-multus-ds
     path: ./overlays/multus-daemonset-readiness.yaml
+  - patch: |-
+      apiVersion: v1
+      kind: ConfigMap
+      metadata:
+        name: multus-daemon-config
+        namespace: kube-system
+      data:
+        daemon-config.json: |
+          {
+              "chrootDir": "/hostroot",
+              "cniVersion": "0.4.0",
+              "logFile": "/var/log/aws-routed-eni/multus.log",
+              "logLevel": "error",
+              "logToStderr": true,
+              "cniConfigDir": "/host/etc/cni/net.d",
+              "multusAutoconfigDir": "/host/etc/cni/net.d",
+              "multusMasterCNI": "10-aws.conflist",
+              "multusConfigFile": "auto",
+              "socketDir": "/host/run/multus/"
+          }
   - target:
       group: argoproj.io
       version: v1alpha1