diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-kind-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-kind-deploy.yml
index 267eca1e1..4ef5c7bbc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-kind-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-kind-deploy.yml
@@ -32,12 +32,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Render chart manifests
         run: helm template ./helm > rendered-manifests.yaml
 
-      - name: Validate rendered manifests with kubeconform
-        uses: instrumenta/kubeconform-action@v1
-        with:
-          files: rendered-manifests.yaml
-          args: -strict
-
   unit-tests:
     name: Unit tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/scripts/helm_lint.sh b/scripts/helm_lint.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d65b80b04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/helm_lint.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Lint a Helm chart directory. Exits non-zero on failure.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+CHART_DIR="${1:-./helm}"
+
+echo "Running helm lint for chart directory: ${CHART_DIR}"
+
+if ! command -v helm >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  echo "helm is required but not found in PATH" >&2
+  exit 2
+fi
+
+helm lint "${CHART_DIR}" \
+  || { echo "helm lint failed" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "helm lint succeeded for ${CHART_DIR}"
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