diff --git a/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/Chart.yaml b/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/Chart.yaml
index 1a24cf622520dde4eb1ece4bdf7c78c5f82d612c..da119df8e8c6761c1b20dd70a00de2651572fe3a 100644
--- a/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/Chart.yaml
+++ b/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/Chart.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type: application
 # This is the chart version. This version number should be incremented each time you make changes
 # to the chart and its templates, including the app version.
 # Versions are expected to follow Semantic Versioning (https://semver.org/)
-version: 0.16.8
+version: 0.16.9
 # This is the version number of the application being deployed. This version number should be
 # incremented each time you make changes to the application. Versions are not expected to
 # follow Semantic Versioning. They should reflect the version the application is using.
diff --git a/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/templates/configmap_custom.yaml b/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/templates/configmap_custom.yaml
index 0a68b5a8a62ca694a81f7c15d7f68d75c6f4e0ce..deb29eb3ec88646c8aec489677e46f6a3c4fc15c 100644
--- a/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/templates/configmap_custom.yaml
+++ b/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/templates/configmap_custom.yaml
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ data:
             ( has "JSC-Cloud" .Values.customConfig.systems )
           }}
           "repo2docker":
-            name: "Repo2docker (Binder) - beta"
+            name: "Repo2docker (Binder)"
             userInput:
               isRepo2Docker: true
             allowedLists:
diff --git a/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/values.yaml b/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/values.yaml
index 1ba9b44d2d05aa744a4a6bd1158f8e4ccd72b609..ee0004173c6c737cc0a9dd02755fb942d1d83d06 100644
--- a/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/jupyter-hub-customizations/values.yaml
@@ -334,19 +334,6 @@ customConfig:
       requestKwargs:
         request_timeout: 10
       clientId: jupyter-jsc.fz-juelich.de
-  authStateKeys:
-    - services
-    - userModules
-    - backendServices
-    - groups
-    - systems
-    - incidentCheck
-    - binderRepos
-    - mapSystems
-    - mapPartitions
-    - defaultPartitions
-    - resources
-    - share
   selfapihandler:
     allowedAuthStateKeys:
       - "access_token"
@@ -354,7 +341,6 @@ customConfig:
       - "groups"
       - "preferred_username"
       - "outpost_flavors"
-      - "options_form"
   services:
     JupyterLab:
       defaultOption: "4.2"
@@ -456,21 +442,6 @@ customConfig:
             - LocalDummy
             - Dummy
     additionalServices: {}
-  binderRepos:
-    repos:
-      - GitHub
-    notyet:
-      - Gist
-      - Git repository
-      - GitLab.com
-      - Zenodo DOI
-      - Figshare DOI
-      - Hydroshare resource
-      - Dataverse DOI
-      - CKAN dataset
-    notebookTypes:
-      - File
-      - URL
 
 redirectEditInPlace: "true"
 redirectClusterIssuer: letsencrypt-cluster-issuer