diff --git a/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml b/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml
index 2a7669c123..df04d10ebf 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,9 @@ spec:
               cpu: {{ .Values.resources.api.requests.cpu | quote }}
               memory: {{ .Values.resources.api.requests.memory | quote }}
           {{- end }}
+          command:
+            - bash
+            - /tmp/start.sh
           env:
             - name: INTERFACE_NAME
               value: "eth0"
@@ -81,8 +84,6 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-            - name: COMMAND
-              value: "bash /tmp/start.sh"
           ports:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.network.port.mariadb }}
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}
diff --git a/mariadb/templates/job-seed.yaml b/mariadb/templates/job-seed.yaml
index 77a0eca18c..90b49dc35a 100644
--- a/mariadb/templates/job-seed.yaml
+++ b/mariadb/templates/job-seed.yaml
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ spec:
               cpu: {{ .Values.resources.job.seed.requests.cpu | quote }}
               memory: {{ .Values.resources.job.seed.requests.memory | quote }}
           {{- end }}
+          command:
+            - bash
+            - /tmp/seed.sh
           env:
             - name: INTERFACE_NAME
               value: "eth0"
@@ -54,8 +57,6 @@ spec:
               valueFrom:
                 fieldRef:
                   fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-            - name: COMMAND
-              value: "bash /tmp/seed.sh"
           ports:
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.network.port.mariadb }}
             - containerPort: {{ .Values.network.port.wsrep }}