diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ebd5ddda..fc17728d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,7 +80,14 @@ Depending on the cluster that you're running on, you may wish to use an `Ingress
       ...
       tower_ingress_type: Route
 
-By default, this is configured to use `Ingress`.
+OR
+
+    ---
+    spec:
+      ...
+      tower_ingress_type: Ingress
+
+By default, no ingress/route is deployed as the default is set to `none`.
 
 ### Privileged Tasks
 
diff --git a/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_awx.yaml b/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_awx.yaml
index 13f9b05a..4f34e5be 100644
--- a/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_awx.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_awx.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: example-tower
 spec:
   deployment_type: awx
-  tower_ingress_type: ingress
+  tower_ingress_type: none
   tower_task_privileged: false
 
   tower_hostname: example-tower.test
diff --git a/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_tower.yaml b/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_tower.yaml
index 33d877a4..2876af0e 100644
--- a/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_tower.yaml
+++ b/deploy/crds/tower_v1beta1_tower_cr_tower.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
   namespace: example-tower
 spec:
   deployment_type: tower
-  tower_ingress_type: route
+  tower_ingress_type: none 
   tower_task_privileged: false
 
   tower_hostname: example-tower.test
diff --git a/roles/tower/defaults/main.yml b/roles/tower/defaults/main.yml
index e75ccaff..ed15fd66 100644
--- a/roles/tower/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/tower/defaults/main.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ---
 tower_task_privileged: false
-tower_ingress_type: ingress
+tower_ingress_type: none
 
 tower_hostname: example-tower.test
 tower_secret_key: aabbcc