diff --git a/helm-chart/templates/nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-deployment.yaml b/helm-chart/templates/nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-deployment.yaml
index d91f74ec..b2f48ee1 100755
--- a/helm-chart/templates/nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-deployment.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/templates/nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-deployment.yaml
@@ -28,13 +28,10 @@ spec:
             - chmod
             - "777"
             - /nextcloud-aio-nextcloud
-            - /nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-data
             - /nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-trusted-cacerts
           volumeMounts:
             - name: nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-trusted-cacerts
               mountPath: /nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-trusted-cacerts
-            - name: nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-data
-              mountPath: /nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-data
             - name: nextcloud-aio-nextcloud
               mountPath: /nextcloud-aio-nextcloud
       containers:
diff --git a/helm-chart/update-helm.sh b/helm-chart/update-helm.sh
index ff477cef..767fd767 100755
--- a/helm-chart/update-helm.sh
+++ b/helm-chart/update-helm.sh
@@ -73,8 +73,11 @@ for variable in "${DEPLOYMENTS[@]}"; do
         volumeNames="$(grep -A1 mountPath "$variable" | grep -v mountPath | sed 's|.*name: ||' | sed '/^--$/d')"
         mapfile -t volumeNames <<< "$volumeNames"
         for volumeName in "${volumeNames[@]}"; do
-            sed -i "/^.*volumeMountsInitContainer:/i\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ - /$volumeName" "$variable"
-            sed -i "/volumeMountsInitContainer:/a\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ - name: $volumeName\n\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ mountPath: /$volumeName" "$variable"
+            # The Nextcloud container runs as root user and sets the correct permissions automatically for the data-dir if the www-data user cannot write to it
+            if [ "$volumeName" != "nextcloud-aio-nextcloud-data" ]; then
+                sed -i "/^.*volumeMountsInitContainer:/i\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ - /$volumeName" "$variable"
+                sed -i "/volumeMountsInitContainer:/a\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ - name: $volumeName\n\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ mountPath: /$volumeName" "$variable"
+            fi
         done
         sed -i "s|volumeMountsInitContainer|volumeMounts|" "$variable"
         if grep -q claimName "$variable"; then