diff --git a/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java b/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java
index 14611d2ca..df624bacc 100644
--- a/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java
+++ b/rosco-manifests/src/main/java/com/netflix/spinnaker/rosco/manifests/kustomize/KustomizeTemplateUtils.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.jobs.BakeRecipe;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.ArtifactDownloader;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.BakeManifestEnvironment;
+import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.BakeManifestRequest;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.config.RoscoKustomizeConfigurationProperties;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.rosco.manifests.kustomize.mapping.Kustomization;
 import java.io.File;
@@ -133,7 +134,8 @@ private BakeRecipe buildBakeRecipeFromGitRepo(
     command.add(executable);
     command.add("build");
 
-    if (request.isEnableHelm()) {
+    if (request.isEnableHelm()
+        && request.getTemplateRenderer() == BakeManifestRequest.TemplateRenderer.KUSTOMIZE4) {
       command.add("--enable-helm");
     }