diff --git a/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-care-partner-alerts-kafka-connector.yaml b/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-care-partner-alerts-kafka-connector.yaml
index e1929f72..60852906 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-care-partner-alerts-kafka-connector.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-care-partner-alerts-kafka-connector.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {{ if .Values.global.kafka.connect.enabled }}
+{{ if .Values.kafka.connectors.carePartnerAlerts.enabled }}
 apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
 kind: KafkaConnector
 metadata:
@@ -24,3 +25,4 @@ spec:
     heartbeat.topic.name: {{ .Release.Namespace }}-{{ .Values.global.kafka.connect.clusterName }}-heartbeat
   tasksMax: {{ .Values.global.kafka.connect.sourceTasksMax | int }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-device-data-kafka-connector.yaml b/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-device-data-kafka-connector.yaml
index d3da975d..ac7bbf37 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-device-data-kafka-connector.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/charts/data/templates/8-device-data-kafka-connector.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {{ if .Values.global.kafka.connect.enabled }}
+{{ if .Values.kafka.connectors.carePartnerAlerts.enabled }}
 apiVersion: kafka.strimzi.io/v1beta2
 kind: KafkaConnector
 metadata:
@@ -34,3 +35,4 @@ spec:
     heartbeat.topic.name: {{ .Release.Namespace }}-{{ .Values.global.kafka.connect.clusterName }}-heartbeat
   tasksMax: {{ .Values.global.kafka.connect.sourceTasksMax | int }}
 {{- end }}
+{{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/tidepool/charts/data/values.yaml b/charts/tidepool/charts/data/values.yaml
index 8089d4ca..ad04e107 100644
--- a/charts/tidepool/charts/data/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/tidepool/charts/data/values.yaml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ kafka:
   configmapName: kafka
   # -- name of the configmap containing the kafka broker and credentials to use
   secretName: kafka
+  connectors:
+    carePartnerAlerts:
+      enabled: false
 # -- node selector configuration
 nodeSelector: {}
 # -- tolerations