diff --git a/pkg/state/helmx.go b/pkg/state/helmx.go
index b48e6ac8..c906f61d 100644
--- a/pkg/state/helmx.go
+++ b/pkg/state/helmx.go
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ func (st *HelmState) appendWaitForJobsFlags(flags []string, release *ReleaseSpec
 	return flags
 }
 
-func (st *HelmState) appendWaitFlags(flags []string, helm helmexec.Interface, release *ReleaseSpec, ops *SyncOpts) []string {
+func (st *HelmState) appendWaitFlags(flags []string, release *ReleaseSpec, ops *SyncOpts) []string {
 	switch {
 	case release.Wait != nil && *release.Wait:
 		flags = append(flags, "--wait")
diff --git a/pkg/state/helmx_test.go b/pkg/state/helmx_test.go
index d03318cb..78c0c3d1 100644
--- a/pkg/state/helmx_test.go
+++ b/pkg/state/helmx_test.go
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		name     string
 		release  *ReleaseSpec
 		syncOpts *SyncOpts
-		helm     helmexec.Interface
 		helmSpec HelmSpec
 		expected []string
 	}{
@@ -85,7 +84,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "release wait",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{Wait: &[]bool{true}[0]},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.11.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -93,7 +91,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "cli flags wait",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{},
 			syncOpts: &SyncOpts{Wait: true},
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.11.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -101,7 +98,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "helm defaults wait",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.11.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{Wait: true},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -109,7 +105,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "release wait false",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{Wait: &[]bool{false}[0]},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.11.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{Wait: true},
 			expected: []string{},
 		},
@@ -117,7 +112,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "cli flags wait false",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{},
 			syncOpts: &SyncOpts{},
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.11.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{Wait: true},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -125,7 +119,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "helm defaults wait false",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.11.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{Wait: false},
 			expected: []string{},
 		},
@@ -134,7 +127,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "release wait and retry unsupported",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{Wait: &[]bool{true}[0], WaitRetries: &[]int{1}[0]},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.11.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -142,7 +134,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "release wait and retry - retries ignored",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{Wait: &[]bool{true}[0], WaitRetries: &[]int{1}[0]},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.15.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -150,7 +141,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "no wait retry",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{WaitRetries: &[]int{1}[0]},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.15.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{},
 			expected: []string{},
 		},
@@ -158,7 +148,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "cli flags wait and retry - retries ignored",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{},
 			syncOpts: &SyncOpts{Wait: true, WaitRetries: 2},
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.15.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -166,7 +155,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "helm defaults wait retry - retries ignored",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.15.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{Wait: true, WaitRetries: 3},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -174,7 +162,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "release wait default retries - retries ignored",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{Wait: &[]bool{true}[0]},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.15.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{WaitRetries: 4},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -182,7 +169,6 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 			name:     "release retries default wait - retries ignored",
 			release:  &ReleaseSpec{WaitRetries: &[]int{5}[0]},
 			syncOpts: nil,
-			helm:     testutil.NewVersionHelmExec("3.15.0"),
 			helmSpec: HelmSpec{Wait: true},
 			expected: []string{"--wait"},
 		},
@@ -192,7 +178,7 @@ func TestAppendWaitFlags(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			st := &HelmState{}
 			st.HelmDefaults = tt.helmSpec
-			got := st.appendWaitFlags([]string{}, tt.helm, tt.release, tt.syncOpts)
+			got := st.appendWaitFlags([]string{}, tt.release, tt.syncOpts)
 			require.Equalf(t, tt.expected, got, "appendWaitFlags() = %v, want %v", got, tt.expected)
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/state/state.go b/pkg/state/state.go
index 8af1561a..85f8dee9 100644
--- a/pkg/state/state.go
+++ b/pkg/state/state.go
@@ -2799,7 +2799,7 @@ func (st *HelmState) flagsForUpgrade(helm helmexec.Interface, release *ReleaseSp
 	flags = st.appendChartVersionFlags(flags, release)
 	flags = st.appendEnableDNSFlags(flags, release)
 
-	flags = st.appendWaitFlags(flags, helm, release, opt)
+	flags = st.appendWaitFlags(flags, release, opt)
 	flags = st.appendWaitForJobsFlags(flags, release, opt)
 
 	// non-OCI chart should be verified here