diff --git a/deployment/ovn/ovn-controller-container-puppet.yaml b/deployment/ovn/ovn-controller-container-puppet.yaml
index b11512e243..15f378ef3d 100644
--- a/deployment/ovn/ovn-controller-container-puppet.yaml
+++ b/deployment/ovn/ovn-controller-container-puppet.yaml
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ outputs:
             net: host
             privileged: true
             user: root
-            command: ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'CMS_OPTS=$(hiera ovn::controller::ovn_cms_options -c /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml);  if [ X"$CMS_OPTS" !=  X ]; then ovs-vsctl set open . external_ids:ovn-cms-options=$CMS_OPTS; fi']
+            command: ['/bin/bash', '-c', 'CMS_OPTS=$(hiera ovn::controller::ovn_cms_options -c /etc/puppet/hiera.yaml);  if [ X"$CMS_OPTS" !=  X ]; then ovs-vsctl set open . external_ids:ovn-cms-options=$CMS_OPTS;else ovs-vsctl remove open . external_ids ovn-cms-options; fi']
             image: &ovn_controller_image {get_param: ContainerOvnControllerImage}
             volumes:
               list_concat: