diff --git a/http-add-on/templates/deployment-scaler.yaml b/http-add-on/templates/deployment-scaler.yaml
index 90423b37..defffdc3 100644
--- a/http-add-on/templates/deployment-scaler.yaml
+++ b/http-add-on/templates/deployment-scaler.yaml
@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ spec:
           value: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.interceptor.admin.service }}"
         - name: KEDA_HTTP_SCALER_TARGET_ADMIN_PORT
           value: "{{ default 9091 .Values.interceptor.admin.port }}"
-        - name: KEDA_HTTP_SCALER_TARGET_PENDING_REQUESTS_INTERCEPTOR
-          value: "{{ default 200 .Values.scaler.pendingRequestsInterceptor }}"
         resources:
           {{- toYaml .Values.scaler.resources | nindent 10 }}
       terminationGracePeriodSeconds: 10
diff --git a/http-add-on/templates/scaledobject-interceptor.yaml b/http-add-on/templates/scaledobject-interceptor.yaml
index 32e66825..bcdc7738 100644
--- a/http-add-on/templates/scaledobject-interceptor.yaml
+++ b/http-add-on/templates/scaledobject-interceptor.yaml
@@ -15,4 +15,4 @@ spec:
     - type: external
       metadata:
         scalerAddress: "{{ .Chart.Name }}-{{ .Values.scaler.service }}:{{ default 9091 .Values.scaler.grpcPort }}"
-        host: interceptor
+        interceptorTargetPendingRequests: "{{ default 200 .Values.scaler.pendingRequestsInterceptor }}"