diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0e00ce1c8b..7cc3a1b74f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ IMPROVEMENTS:
 BUG FIXES:
 * Helm:
   * Use the correct autogenerated cert for the API Gateway Controller when connecting to servers versus clients. [[GH-1753](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1753)]
+  * Don't mount the CA cert when `externalServers.useSystemRoots` is `true`. [[GH-1753](https://github.com/hashicorp/consul-k8s/pull/1753)]
 
 ## 1.0.1 (November 21, 2022)
 
diff --git a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-deployment.yaml b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-deployment.yaml
index 276cc858c7..808f93b421 100644
--- a/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/consul/templates/api-gateway-controller-deployment.yaml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ spec:
           name: sds
           protocol: TCP
         env:
-        {{- if .Values.global.tls.enabled }}
         {{- if or (not (and .Values.externalServers.enabled .Values.externalServers.useSystemRoots)) .Values.client.enabled }}
+        {{- if .Values.global.tls.enabled }}
         - name: CONSUL_CACERT
           value: /consul/tls/ca/tls.crt
         {{- end }}
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ spec:
         - name: consul-bin
           mountPath: /consul-bin
         {{- end }}
+        {{- if not (and .Values.externalServers.enabled .Values.externalServers.useSystemRoots) }}
         {{- if .Values.global.tls.enabled }}
         {{- if and .Values.client.enabled .Values.global.tls.enableAutoEncrypt }}
         - name: consul-auto-encrypt-ca-cert
@@ -158,6 +159,7 @@ spec:
           mountPath: /consul/tls/ca
           readOnly: true
         {{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
         - mountPath: /consul/login
           name: consul-data
           readOnly: true
diff --git a/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-deployment.bats b/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-deployment.bats
index 1f6c1a2967..e0d646dc9a 100755
--- a/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-deployment.bats
+++ b/charts/consul/test/unit/api-gateway-controller-deployment.bats
@@ -1492,6 +1492,23 @@ load _helpers
   [ "${actual}" = "false" ]
 }
 
+@test "apiGateway/Deployment: consul-ca-cert volume mount is not set when using externalServers and useSystemRoots" {
+  cd `chart_dir`
+  local actual=$(helm template \
+      -s templates/api-gateway-controller-deployment.yaml  \
+      --set 'apiGateway.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'apiGateway.image=bar' \
+      --set 'global.acls.manageSystemACLs=true' \
+      --set 'global.tls.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'server.enabled=false' \
+      --set 'externalServers.hosts[0]=external-consul.host' \
+      --set 'externalServers.enabled=true' \
+      --set 'externalServers.useSystemRoots=true' \
+      . | tee /dev/stderr |
+      yq '.spec.template.spec.containers[0].env[] | select(.name == "consul-ca-cert")' | tee /dev/stderr)
+  [ "${actual}" = "" ]
+}
+
 @test "apiGateway/Deployment: consul-ca-cert volume mount is not set on acl-init when using externalServers and useSystemRoots" {
   cd `chart_dir`
   local actual=$(helm template \