diff --git a/ImportFromOSDU.md b/ImportFromOSDU.md
index aacffeebe03c57065d2db2b39d8250efb5c16d0c..819f0ba08f7f6175f1977a93e4ce07594dd8947b 100644
--- a/ImportFromOSDU.md
+++ b/ImportFromOSDU.md
@@ -23,3 +23,11 @@ variables:
     -  name: Azure
        environments: ['dev']
 ```
+
+4. Disable AAD filer and use externalized Auth form Istio: remove following two settings if they are present from 'devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml'
+```
+ - name: azure_activedirectory_session_stateless
+   value: "true"
+ - name: azure_activedirectory_AppIdUri
+   value: "api://$(aad_client_id)" 
+```
diff --git a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
index f625bb35fa08968199f48c6f4e0488a0fec45450..970010316c2313463716c5cbae79631f5da3ecce 100644
--- a/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/devops/azure/chart/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -108,5 +108,3 @@ spec:
           value: http://partition/api/partition/v1
         - name: azure_istioauth_enabled
           value: "true"
-        - name: azure_activedirectory_AppIdUri
-          value: "api://$(aad_client_id)"