diff --git a/charts/karpenter/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/karpenter/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 701fab128153..70827dcc0e70 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/karpenter/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -140,29 +140,3 @@ This works because Helm treats dictionaries as mutable objects and allows passin
 {{- include "karpenter.patchLabelSelector" (merge (dict "_target" $constraint) $) }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-
-{{/*
-Flatten the stdout logging outputs from args provided
-*/}}
-{{- define "karpenter.outputPathsList" -}}
-{{ $paths := list -}}
-{{- range .Values.logOutputPaths -}}
-    {{- if not (has (printf "%s" . | quote) $paths) -}}
-        {{- $paths = printf "%s" . | quote  | append $paths -}}
-    {{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
-{{ $paths | join ", " }}
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{/*
-Flatten the stderr logging outputs from args provided
-*/}}
-{{- define "karpenter.errorOutputPathsList" -}}
-{{ $paths := list -}}
-{{- range .Values.logErrorOutputPaths -}}
-    {{- if not (has (printf "%s" . | quote) $paths) -}}
-        {{- $paths = printf "%s" . | quote  | append $paths -}}
-    {{- end -}}
-{{- end -}}
-{{ $paths | join ", " }}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml
index 15389c2342ce..f6ce7ff5ca39 100644
--- a/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/karpenter/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -87,6 +87,14 @@ spec:
           {{- with .Values.logLevel }}
             - name: LOG_LEVEL
               value: "{{ . }}"
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.logOutputPaths }}
+            - name: LOG_OUTPUT_PATHS
+              value: "{{ join "," . }}"
+          {{- end }}
+          {{- with .Values.logErrorOutputPaths }}
+            - name: LOG_ERROR_OUTPUT_PATHS
+              value: "{{ join "," . }}"
           {{- end }}
             - name: METRICS_PORT
               value: "{{ .Values.controller.metrics.port }}"