diff --git a/production/ksonnet/loki-simple-scalable/read.libsonnet b/production/ksonnet/loki-simple-scalable/read.libsonnet
index 3bdd98d76aaf..99ed09cc97b6 100644
--- a/production/ksonnet/loki-simple-scalable/read.libsonnet
+++ b/production/ksonnet/loki-simple-scalable/read.libsonnet
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet-util/kausal.libsonnet';
 
 {
   local container = k.core.v1.container,
-  local pvc = k.core.v1.persistentVolumeClaim,
-  local statefulSet = k.apps.v1.statefulSet,
+  local deployment = k.apps.v1.deployment,
   local volumeMount = k.core.v1.volumeMount,
   local service = k.core.v1.service,
 
@@ -11,12 +10,6 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet-util/kausal.libsonnet';
     read_replicas: 3,
   },
 
-  // Use PVC for queriers instead of node disk.
-  read_pvc::
-    pvc.new('read-data') +
-    pvc.mixin.spec.resources.withRequests({ storage: '10Gi' }) +
-    pvc.mixin.spec.withAccessModes(['ReadWriteOnce']),
-
   read_args::
     $._config.commonArgs {
       target: 'read',
@@ -26,28 +19,24 @@ local k = import 'ksonnet-util/kausal.libsonnet';
     container.new('read', $._images.read) +
     container.withPorts($.util.defaultPorts) +
     container.withArgsMixin(k.util.mapToFlags($.read_args)) +
-    container.withVolumeMountsMixin([volumeMount.new('read-data', '/data')]) +
     container.mixin.readinessProbe.httpGet.withPath('/ready') +
     container.mixin.readinessProbe.httpGet.withPort($._config.http_listen_port) +
     container.mixin.readinessProbe.withInitialDelaySeconds(15) +
     container.mixin.readinessProbe.withTimeoutSeconds(1),
 
-  read_statefulset:
-    statefulSet.new('read', $._config.read_replicas, [$.read_container], $.read_pvc) +
-    statefulSet.mixin.spec.withServiceName('read') +
-    statefulSet.mixin.metadata.withLabels({ app: $._config.headless_service_name, name: 'read' }) +
-    statefulSet.mixin.spec.selector.withMatchLabels({ name: 'read' }) +
-    statefulSet.mixin.spec.template.metadata.withLabels({ name: 'read', app: $._config.headless_service_name }) +
+  read_deployment:
+    deployment.new('read', $._config.read_replicas, [$.read_container]) +
+    deployment.mixin.metadata.withLabels({ app: $._config.headless_service_name, name: 'read' }) +
+    deployment.mixin.spec.selector.withMatchLabels({ name: 'read' }) +
+    deployment.mixin.spec.template.metadata.withLabels({ name: 'read', app: $._config.headless_service_name }) +
     $._config.config_hash_mixin +
     k.util.configVolumeMount('loki', '/etc/loki') +
     k.util.antiAffinity +
-    statefulSet.mixin.spec.updateStrategy.withType('RollingUpdate') +
-    statefulSet.mixin.spec.template.spec.securityContext.withFsGroup(10001) +  // 10001 is the group ID assigned to Loki in the Dockerfile
-    statefulSet.mixin.spec.template.spec.withTerminationGracePeriodSeconds(4800) +
-    statefulSet.mixin.spec.withPodManagementPolicy('Parallel'),
+    deployment.mixin.spec.template.spec.securityContext.withFsGroup(10001) +  // 10001 is the group ID assigned to Loki in the Dockerfile
+    deployment.mixin.spec.template.spec.withTerminationGracePeriodSeconds(4800),
 
   read_service:
-    k.util.serviceFor($.read_statefulset) +
+    k.util.serviceFor($.read_deployment) +
     service.mixin.spec.withType('ClusterIP') +
     service.mixin.spec.withPorts([
       k.core.v1.servicePort.newNamed('read-http-metrics', 80, 'http-metrics'),