diff --git a/backend/src/utils/constants.ts b/backend/src/utils/constants.ts
index f96bd2b846..e99758a18d 100644
--- a/backend/src/utils/constants.ts
+++ b/backend/src/utils/constants.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export const blankDashboardCR: DashboardConfig = {
       disableDistributedWorkloads: false,
       disableModelRegistry: false,
       disableServingRuntimeParams: false,
-      disableConnectionTypes: true,
+      disableConnectionTypes: false,
       disableStorageClasses: false,
       disableNIMModelServing: true,
     },
diff --git a/docs/dashboard-config.md b/docs/dashboard-config.md
index f642f280c0..e8137c1428 100644
--- a/docs/dashboard-config.md
+++ b/docs/dashboard-config.md
@@ -30,14 +30,13 @@ The following are a list of features that are supported, along with there defaul
 | disableKServeMetrics         | false   | Disables the ability to see KServe Metrics.                                                          |
 | disableModelMesh             | false   | Disables the ability to select ModelMesh as a Serving Platform.                                      |
 | disableAcceleratorProfiles   | false   | Disables Accelerator profiles from the Admin Panel.                                                  |
-| disableTrustyBiasMetrics           | false   | Disables Model Bias tab from Model Serving metrics.                                                  |
+| disableTrustyBiasMetrics     | false   | Disables Model Bias tab from Model Serving metrics.                                                  |
 | disablePerformanceMetrics    | false   | Disables Endpoint Performance tab from Model Serving metrics.                                        |
 | disableDistributedWorkloads  | false   | Disables Distributed Workload Metrics from the dashboard.                                            |
 | disableModelRegistry         | false   | Disables Model Registry from the dashboard.                                                          |
-| disableServingRuntimeParams  | false    | Disables Serving Runtime params from the dashboard.                                                  |
-| disableConnectionTypes       | true    | Disables creating custom data connection types from the dashboard.                                   |
-| disableStorageClasses        | false    | Disables storage classes settings nav item from the dashboard.                                       |
-| disableNIMModelServing       | true    | Disables components of NIM Model UI from the dashboard.   
+| disableServingRuntimeParams  | false   | Disables Serving Runtime params from the dashboard.                                                  |
+| disableStorageClasses        | false   | Disables storage classes settings nav item from the dashboard.                                       |
+| disableNIMModelServing       | true    | Disables components of NIM Model UI from the dashboard.                                              |
 
 ## Defaults
 
@@ -66,7 +65,6 @@ spec:
     disableTrustyBiasMetrics: false
     disablePerformanceMetrics: false
     disableDistributedWorkloads: false
-    disableConnectionTypes: false
     disableStorageClasses: false
     disableNIMModelServing: true
 ```
diff --git a/manifests/common/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml b/manifests/common/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml
index 41430b4c55..1ea799da53 100644
--- a/manifests/common/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml
+++ b/manifests/common/crd/odhdashboardconfigs.opendatahub.io.crd.yaml
@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ spec:
                       type: boolean
                     disableServingRuntimeParams:
                       type: boolean
-                    disableConnectionTypes:
-                      type: boolean
                     disableStorageClasses:
                       type: boolean
                     disableNIMModelServing:
diff --git a/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml b/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml
index b5679ccd58..fb43760b08 100644
--- a/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml
+++ b/manifests/rhoai/shared/odhdashboardconfig/odhdashboardconfig.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ spec:
     disableDistributedWorkloads: false
     disableModelRegistry: false
     disableServingRuntimeParams: false
-    disableConnectionTypes: true
     disableStorageClasses: false
     disableNIMModelServing: true
   groupsConfig: