diff --git a/swh/values/production/swh-cassandra.yaml b/swh/values/production/swh-cassandra.yaml
index f8a33131fd12dc8db8788a7ece0206feefbb47db..ba9583332c26fe424cc5134ed1a451303ae9c333 100644
--- a/swh/values/production/swh-cassandra.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/production/swh-cassandra.yaml
@@ -2070,13 +2070,9 @@ loaders:
           medium: Memory
           sizeLimit: 25Gi
       image: swh_loader_package_image
+      replicas: 6
       queues:
         - swh.loader.package.deposit.tasks.LoadDeposit
-      autoScaling:
-        queueThreshold: 1
-        stopWhenNoActivity: false
-        minReplicaCount: 4
-        maxReplicaCount: 12
       # only used for secrets
       depositConfigurationRef: depositDynamicConfiguration
       ackLate: true
diff --git a/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml b/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml
index b86174119b99bb0c2a5451733a422b7146c10f1d..c5044bff90cbd2c621b210212e71ead9e922cfb8 100644
--- a/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml
+++ b/swh/values/staging/swh-cassandra.yaml
@@ -376,6 +376,7 @@ loaders:
       requestedMemory: 256Mi
       requestedCpu: 200m
       limitedMemory: 18Gi
+      replicas: 2
       tmpEphemeralStorage:
         emptyDir:
           medium: Memory
@@ -383,11 +384,6 @@ loaders:
       image: swh_loader_package_image
       queues:
         - swh.loader.package.deposit.tasks.LoadDeposit
-      autoScaling:
-        queueThreshold: 1
-        stopWhenNoActivity: false
-        minReplicaCount: 2
-        maxReplicaCount: 2
       # only used for secrets below
       depositConfigurationRef: depositConfiguration
       ackLate: true