diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5bc5ccddbfb305fb3742220998b8849e7933ea41..8a687a7f53c73e8973c0e54f4d11fc8572217aef 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -126,3 +126,4 @@ Thumbs.db
 output
 package-lock.json
 pnpm-lock.yaml
+helm/core-ui-middleware/charts/
diff --git a/helm/core-ui-middleware/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml b/helm/core-ui-middleware/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d26cda74b884cea5822d84fe8577ab444b28432..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/helm/core-ui-middleware/templates/tests/test-connection.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Pod
-metadata:
-  name: "{{ include "core-ui-middleware.fullname" . }}-test-connection"
-  labels:
-    {{- include "core-ui-middleware.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-  annotations:
-    "helm.sh/hook": test
-spec:
-  containers:
-    - name: wget
-      image: busybox
-      command: ['wget']
-      args: ['{{ include "core-ui-middleware.fullname" . }}:{{ .Values.service.port }}']
-  restartPolicy: Never