diff --git a/manifests/config-secret.yaml b/manifests/config-secret.yaml
index f8113b5..e83fb66 100644
--- a/manifests/config-secret.yaml
+++ b/manifests/config-secret.yaml
@@ -5,22 +5,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: openclaw
 type: Opaque
 stringData:
-  # IMPORTANT: Fill this in with the OpenClaw gateway config JSON (or whatever the new format is).
-  # This is a placeholder so Argo has a resource to manage.
+  # Minimal placeholder config for a clean install.
+  # Add settings back only as needed (Telegram, approvals, memorySearch, etc.).
   openclaw.json: |
-    {
-      "agents": {
-        "defaults": {
-          "memorySearch": {
-            "enabled": true,
-            "provider": "openai",
-            "model": "BAAI/bge-base-en-v1.5",
-            "remote": {
-              "baseUrl": "http://text-embeddings.tei.svc.cluster.local:8080/v1/",
-              "apiKey": "not-needed",
-              "batch": {"enabled": false}
-            }
-          }
-        }
-      }
-    }
+    {}