diff --git a/armada/handlers/wait.py b/armada/handlers/wait.py
index 2473047f..57790259 100644
--- a/armada/handlers/wait.py
+++ b/armada/handlers/wait.py
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ class ChartWait():
         schema_info = get_schema_info(self.chart['schema'])
 
         resources = self.wait_config.get('resources')
-        if not resources:
+
+        # wait.resources can be set to [] to disable all resource types, so
+        # don't override with defaults
+        if resources is None:
             resources = self.wait_config.get('resources_list')
 
         if isinstance(resources, list):