diff --git a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/APIClient.bal b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/APIClient.bal
index 5fcdd78ee..1975b4e11 100644
--- a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/APIClient.bal
+++ b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/APIClient.bal
@@ -363,9 +363,15 @@ public class APIClient {
                 authTypes.jwt = {header: <string>jwtAuthentication.headerName, sendTokenToUpstream: <boolean>jwtAuthentication.sendTokenToUpstream, disabled: !jwtAuthentication.enabled, audience: jwtAuthentication.audience};
             } else if authentication.authType == "APIKey" && authentication is APIKeyAuthentication {
                 APIKeyAuthentication apiKeyAuthentication = check authentication.cloneWithType(APIKeyAuthentication);
-                authTypes.apiKey = [];
-                authTypes.apiKey.push({'in: "Header", name: apiKeyAuthentication.headerName, sendTokenToUpstream: apiKeyAuthentication.sendTokenToUpstream});
-                authTypes.apiKey.push({'in: "Query", name: apiKeyAuthentication.queryParamName, sendTokenToUpstream: apiKeyAuthentication.sendTokenToUpstream});
+                model:APIKey[] apiKeys = [];
+
+                if apiKeyAuthentication.headerEnable {
+                    apiKeys.push({'in: "Header", name: <string>apiKeyAuthentication.headerName, sendTokenToUpstream: apiKeyAuthentication.sendTokenToUpstream});
+                }
+                if apiKeyAuthentication.queryParamEnable {
+                    apiKeys.push({'in: "Query", name: <string>apiKeyAuthentication.queryParamName, sendTokenToUpstream: apiKeyAuthentication.sendTokenToUpstream});
+                }
+                authTypes.apiKey = apiKeys;
             } else if authentication.authType == "mTLS" {
                 MTLSAuthentication mtlsAuthentication = check authentication.cloneWithType(MTLSAuthentication);
                 isMTLSMandatory = mtlsAuthentication.required == "mandatory";
diff --git a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/resources/apk-conf-schema.yaml b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/resources/apk-conf-schema.yaml
index baf1c0ac8..9c9847c50 100644
--- a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/resources/apk-conf-schema.yaml
+++ b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/resources/apk-conf-schema.yaml
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ components:
             headerEnable:
               type: boolean
               default: true
-            audience: 
+            audience:
               type: array
               default: []
               items:
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ components:
               default: false
             headerName:
               type: string
-              example: Authorization
+              example: apikey
               default: apikey
             queryParamName:
               type: string
diff --git a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/tests/resources/apk-schema.json b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/tests/resources/apk-schema.json
index ee39eacd3..9eb12e129 100644
--- a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/tests/resources/apk-schema.json
+++ b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/tests/resources/apk-schema.json
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@
         },
         "headerName": {
           "type": "string",
-          "example": "Authorization",
+          "example": "apikey",
           "default": "apikey"
         },
         "queryParamName": {
diff --git a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/types.bal b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/types.bal
index b68f2f2ee..41fa29730 100644
--- a/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/types.bal
+++ b/runtime/config-deployer-service/ballerina/types.bal
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ public type APIKeyAuthentication record {|
     string headerName = "apiKey";
     string queryParamName = "apiKey";
     boolean headerEnable = true;
-    boolean queryParamEnable = true;
+    boolean queryParamEnable = false;
 |};
 
 # Mutual SSL configuration of this API
diff --git a/runtime/config-deployer-service/docker/config-deployer/conf/apk-schema.json b/runtime/config-deployer-service/docker/config-deployer/conf/apk-schema.json
index c1f5c3402..870b4a389 100644
--- a/runtime/config-deployer-service/docker/config-deployer/conf/apk-schema.json
+++ b/runtime/config-deployer-service/docker/config-deployer/conf/apk-schema.json
@@ -156,11 +156,16 @@
         "required": {
           "type": "string",
           "default": "mandatory",
-          "enum": ["mandatory", "optional"]
+          "enum": [
+            "mandatory",
+            "optional"
+          ]
         },
         "authType": {
           "type": "string",
-          "enum": ["JWT"]
+          "enum": [
+            "JWT"
+          ]
         },
         "sendTokenToUpstream": {
           "type": "boolean",
@@ -253,7 +258,7 @@
         },
         "headerName": {
           "type": "string",
-          "example": "Authorization",
+          "example": "apikey",
           "default": "apikey"
         },
         "queryParamName": {
@@ -608,7 +613,7 @@
           }
         }
       },
-      "required":[
+      "required": [
         "target",
         "verb"
       ],