diff --git a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ce9d4864f..492d52ef18 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/production/helm/loki/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ Entries should include a reference to the pull request that introduced the chang
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+
+- [BUGFIX] Do not mark loki.storage.bucketNames.chunks as required, if minio is used. [#19871](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/19871)
 - [ENHANCEMENT] Use fsGroupChangePolicy=OnRootMismatch on loki to speed up pod starts [#13942](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/13942)
 - [ENHANCEMENT] Add support for configuring `volumeAttributesClassName` for `volumeClaimTemplates`. [#19719](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/19719)
 - [BUGFIX] Don't fail for missing bucket name, if minio is enabled. [#19745](https://github.com/grafana/loki/pull/19745)
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/ci/non-default-values.yaml b/production/helm/loki/ci/non-default-values.yaml
index ef27798a58..cf36592edd 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/ci/non-default-values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/ci/non-default-values.yaml
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@ loki:
   commonConfig:
     replication_factor: 1
   useTestSchema: true
-  storage:
-    bucketNames:
-      chunks: chunks
-      ruler: ruler
   tenants:
     - name: "test-user-1"
       password: "test-password-1"