diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
index 6ce3d23cf..bf8c44c65 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/bin/pool/_init.sh.tpl
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ create_crushrule {{ .name }} {{ .crush_rule }} {{ .failure_domain }} {{ .device_
 {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
 
+function reweight_osds () {
+  for OSD_ID in $(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd df | awk '$3 == "0" {print $1}'); do
+    OSD_WEIGHT=$(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd df --format json-pretty| grep -A7 "\bosd.${OSD_ID}\b" | awk '/"kb"/{ gsub(",",""); d= $2/1073741824 ; r = sprintf("%.2f", d); print r }');
+    ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd crush reweight osd.${OSD_ID} ${OSD_WEIGHT};
+  done
+}
+
 function enable_autoscaling () {
   if [[ "${ENABLE_AUTOSCALER}" == "true" ]]; then
     ceph mgr module enable pg_autoscaler
@@ -74,22 +81,6 @@ function enable_autoscaling () {
   fi
 }
 
-function set_cluster_flags () {
-  if [[ ! -z "${CLUSTER_SET_FLAGS}" ]]; then
-    for flag in ${CLUSTER_SET_FLAGS}; do
-      ceph osd set ${flag}
-    done
-  fi
-}
-
-function unset_cluster_flags () {
-  if [[ ! -z "${CLUSTER_UNSET_FLAGS}" ]]; then
-    for flag in ${CLUSTER_UNSET_FLAGS}; do
-      ceph osd unset ${flag}
-    done
-  fi
-}
-
 function create_pool () {
   POOL_APPLICATION=$1
   POOL_NAME=$2
@@ -171,6 +162,8 @@ function manage_pool () {
   ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" osd pool set-quota "${POOL_NAME}" max_bytes $POOL_QUOTA
 }
 
+reweight_osds
+
 {{ $targetPGperOSD := .Values.conf.pool.target.pg_per_osd }}
 {{ $crushRuleDefault := .Values.conf.pool.default.crush_rule }}
 {{ $targetQuota := .Values.conf.pool.target.quota | default 100 }}
@@ -182,8 +175,6 @@ if [[ -z "$(ceph osd versions | grep ceph\ version | grep -v nautilus)" ]]; then
 else
   cluster_capacity=$(ceph --cluster "${CLUSTER}" df | head -n3 | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1 substr($2, 1, 1)}' | numfmt --from=iec)
 fi
-set_cluster_flags
-unset_cluster_flags
 {{- range $pool := .Values.conf.pool.spec -}}
 {{- with $pool }}
 {{- if .crush_rule }}
diff --git a/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml b/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml
index 351ef761d..47c8bc947 100644
--- a/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/templates/job-rbd-pool.yaml
@@ -52,10 +52,6 @@ spec:
               value: "ceph"
             - name: ENABLE_AUTOSCALER
               value: {{ .Values.conf.features.pg_autoscaler | quote }}
-            - name: CLUSTER_SET_FLAGS
-              value: {{ .Values.conf.features.cluster_flags.set | quote }}
-            - name: CLUSTER_UNSET_FLAGS
-              value: {{ .Values.conf.features.cluster_flags.unset | quote }}
           command:
             - /tmp/pool-init.sh
           volumeMounts:
diff --git a/ceph-client/values.yaml b/ceph-client/values.yaml
index 06ee6e77b..534fb1314 100644
--- a/ceph-client/values.yaml
+++ b/ceph-client/values.yaml
@@ -254,10 +254,6 @@ conf:
     mds: true
     mgr: true
     pg_autoscaler: true
-    cluster_flags:
-      # List of flags to set or unset separated by spaces
-      set: ""
-      unset: ""
   pool:
   #NOTE(portdirect): this drives a simple approximation of
   # https://ceph.com/pgcalc/, the `target.osd` key should be set to match the
diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_block.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_block.sh.tpl
index 7ccb8e1fe..68e150efb 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_block.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_block.sh.tpl
@@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ else
     --no-systemd ${OSD_ID} ${OSD_FSID}
 fi
 
-# NOTE(stevetaylor): Set the OSD's crush weight (use noin flag to prevent rebalancing if necessary)
-OSD_WEIGHT=$(get_osd_crush_weight_from_device ${OSD_DEVICE})
+# NOTE(supamatt): set the initial crush weight of the OSD to 0 to prevent automatic rebalancing
+OSD_WEIGHT=0
 # NOTE(supamatt): add or move the OSD's CRUSH location
 crush_location
 
diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_bluestore.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_bluestore.sh.tpl
index a3110ac56..80a16bbeb 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_bluestore.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_bluestore.sh.tpl
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ else
   fi
 fi
 
-# NOTE(stevetaylor): Set the OSD's crush weight (use noin flag to prevent rebalancing if necessary)
-OSD_WEIGHT=$(get_osd_crush_weight_from_device ${OSD_DEVICE})
+# NOTE(supamatt): set the initial crush weight of the OSD to 0 to prevent automatic rebalancing
+OSD_WEIGHT=0
 # NOTE(supamatt): add or move the OSD's CRUSH location
 crush_location
 
diff --git a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_common.sh.tpl b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_common.sh.tpl
index e8c692640..a1f61c50e 100644
--- a/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_common.sh.tpl
+++ b/ceph-osd/templates/bin/osd/ceph-volume/_common.sh.tpl
@@ -276,27 +276,6 @@ function get_lvm_tag_from_device {
   get_lvm_tag_from_volume ${logical_volume} ${tag}
 }
 
-# Helper function to get the size of a logical volume
-function get_lv_size_from_device {
-  device="$1"
-  logical_volume="$(get_lv_from_device ${device})"
-
-  lvs ${logical_volume} -o LV_SIZE --noheadings --units k --nosuffix | xargs | cut -d'.' -f1
-}
-
-# Helper function to get the crush weight for an osd device
-function get_osd_crush_weight_from_device {
-  device="$1"
-  lv_size="$(get_lv_size_from_device ${device})" # KiB
-
-  if [[ ! -z "${BLOCK_DB_SIZE}" ]]; then
-    db_size=$(echo "${BLOCK_DB_SIZE}" | cut -d'B' -f1 | numfmt --from=iec | awk '{print $1/1024}') # KiB
-    lv_size=$((lv_size+db_size)) # KiB
-  fi
-
-  echo ${lv_size} | awk '{printf("%.2f\n", $1/1073741824)}' # KiB to TiB
-}
-
 # Helper function to get a cluster FSID from a physical device
 function get_cluster_fsid_from_device {
   device="$1"