diff --git a/internal/action/verify.go b/internal/action/verify.go
index 49b043a..83070c8 100644
--- a/internal/action/verify.go
+++ b/internal/action/verify.go
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 	ErrReleaseNotObserved = errors.New("release not observed to be made for object")
 	ErrReleaseDigest      = errors.New("release digest verification error")
 	ErrChartChanged       = errors.New("release chart changed")
-	ErrConfigDigest       = errors.New("release config digest verification error")
+	ErrConfigDigest       = errors.New("release config values changed")
 )
 
 // ReleaseTargetChanged returns true if the given release and/or chart
@@ -157,10 +157,8 @@ func VerifyRelease(rls *helmrelease.Release, snapshot *v2.Snapshot, chrt *helmch
 		return ErrReleaseNotFound
 	}
 
-	if chrt != nil {
-		if _, eq := chartutil.DiffMeta(*rls.Chart.Metadata, *chrt); !eq {
-			return ErrChartChanged
-		}
+	if chrt != nil && (rls.Chart.Metadata.Name != chrt.Name || rls.Chart.Metadata.Version != chrt.Version) {
+		return ErrChartChanged
 	}
 
 	if snapshot == nil || !chartutil.VerifyValues(digest.Digest(snapshot.ConfigDigest), vals) {
diff --git a/internal/chartutil/diff.go b/internal/chartutil/diff.go
deleted file mode 100644
index fc385d9..0000000
--- a/internal/chartutil/diff.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
-Copyright 2022 The Flux authors
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package chartutil
-
-import (
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"helm.sh/helm/v3/pkg/chart"
-)
-
-// DiffMeta returns if the two chart.Metadata differ.
-func DiffMeta(x, y chart.Metadata) (diff string, eq bool) {
-	if diff := cmp.Diff(x, y); diff != "" {
-		return diff, false
-	}
-	return "", true
-}