diff --git a/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/ocean-strategy.yaml b/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/ocean-strategy.yaml
index 9528d431..b0f11735 100644
--- a/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/ocean-strategy.yaml
+++ b/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/ocean-strategy.yaml
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ properties:
     description: |
       Define the provisioning model of the launched instances
     enum: [ "SPOT", "PREEMPTIBLE" ]
-  scalingOrientation:
-    type: string
-    default: "BALANCED"
-    description: |
-      Control the approach that Ocean takes while launching nodes by configuring this value.
-    enum: [ "COST", "AVAILABILITY", "BALANCED" ]
   preemptiblePercentage:
     type: integer
     minimum: 0
diff --git a/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/oceanLaunchSpecStrategy.yaml b/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/oceanLaunchSpecStrategy.yaml
index f3394607..e7fbeac1 100644
--- a/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/oceanLaunchSpecStrategy.yaml
+++ b/api/services/ocean/gke/schemas/oceanLaunchSpecStrategy.yaml
@@ -12,12 +12,6 @@ properties:
       The desired percentage of Spot/Preemptible instances out of all running instances for this VNG.\
       Only available when the field is **not** set in the cluster directly (cluster.strategy.preemptiblePercentage).
     example: 80
-  scalingOrientation:
-    type: string
-    default: "BALANCED"
-    description: |
-      Control the approach that Ocean takes while launching nodes by configuring this value.
-    enum: [ "COST", "AVAILABILITY", "BALANCED" ]
   shouldUtilizeCommitments:
     type: boolean
     example: true