diff --git a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 1e309ab2..764d923f 100644
--- a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -385,6 +385,9 @@ volumeMounts:
     {{- $setNodeExtraCaCerts = 1 }}
     {{- $setRunnerUpdateCaCerts = 1 }}
   {{- end }}
+
+  {{- $mountGitHubServerTLS := 0 }}
+  {{- if or $container.env $setNodeExtraCaCerts $setRunnerUpdateCaCerts }}
   env:
     {{- with $container.env }}
       {{- range $i, $env := . }}
@@ -405,10 +408,12 @@ volumeMounts:
     - name: RUNNER_UPDATE_CA_CERTS
       value: "1"
     {{- end }}
-    {{- $mountGitHubServerTLS := 0 }}
     {{- if $tlsConfig.runnerMountPath }}
       {{- $mountGitHubServerTLS = 1 }}
     {{- end }}
+  {{- end }}
+
+  {{- if or $container.volumeMounts $mountGitHubServerTLS }}
   volumeMounts:
     {{- with $container.volumeMounts }}
       {{- range $i, $volMount := . }}
@@ -423,6 +428,7 @@ volumeMounts:
       mountPath: {{ clean (print $tlsConfig.runnerMountPath "/" $tlsConfig.certificateFrom.configMapKeyRef.key) }}
       subPath: {{ $tlsConfig.certificateFrom.configMapKeyRef.key }}
     {{- end }}
+  {{- end}}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/tests/template_test.go b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/tests/template_test.go
index ed56b339..f647f1fc 100644
--- a/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/tests/template_test.go
+++ b/charts/gha-runner-scale-set/tests/template_test.go
@@ -2017,3 +2017,75 @@ func TestTemplateRenderedAutoscalingRunnerSetAnnotation_KubernetesModeCleanup(t
 		assert.Equal(t, value, autoscalingRunnerSet.Annotations[annotation], fmt.Sprintf("Annotation %q does not match the expected value", annotation))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestRunnerContainerEnvNotEmptyMap(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// Path to the helm chart we will test
+	helmChartPath, err := filepath.Abs("../../gha-runner-scale-set")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	testValuesPath, err := filepath.Abs("../tests/values.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	releaseName := "test-runners"
+	namespaceName := "test-" + strings.ToLower(random.UniqueId())
+
+	options := &helm.Options{
+		Logger:         logger.Discard,
+		ValuesFiles:    []string{testValuesPath},
+		KubectlOptions: k8s.NewKubectlOptions("", "", namespaceName),
+	}
+
+	output := helm.RenderTemplate(t, options, helmChartPath, releaseName, []string{"templates/autoscalingrunnerset.yaml"})
+	type testModel struct {
+		Spec struct {
+			Template struct {
+				Spec struct {
+					Containers []map[string]any `yaml:"containers"`
+				} `yaml:"spec"`
+			} `yaml:"template"`
+		} `yaml:"spec"`
+	}
+
+	var m testModel
+	helm.UnmarshalK8SYaml(t, output, &m)
+	_, ok := m.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]["env"]
+	assert.False(t, ok, "env should not be set")
+}
+
+func TestRunnerContainerVolumeNotEmptyMap(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	// Path to the helm chart we will test
+	helmChartPath, err := filepath.Abs("../../gha-runner-scale-set")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	testValuesPath, err := filepath.Abs("../tests/values.yaml")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	releaseName := "test-runners"
+	namespaceName := "test-" + strings.ToLower(random.UniqueId())
+
+	options := &helm.Options{
+		Logger:         logger.Discard,
+		ValuesFiles:    []string{testValuesPath},
+		KubectlOptions: k8s.NewKubectlOptions("", "", namespaceName),
+	}
+
+	output := helm.RenderTemplate(t, options, helmChartPath, releaseName, []string{"templates/autoscalingrunnerset.yaml"})
+	type testModel struct {
+		Spec struct {
+			Template struct {
+				Spec struct {
+					Containers []map[string]any `yaml:"containers"`
+				} `yaml:"spec"`
+			} `yaml:"template"`
+		} `yaml:"spec"`
+	}
+
+	var m testModel
+	helm.UnmarshalK8SYaml(t, output, &m)
+	_, ok := m.Spec.Template.Spec.Containers[0]["volumeMounts"]
+	assert.False(t, ok, "volumeMounts should not be set")
+}