diff --git a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
index 0546f370..21e5ca48 100644
--- a/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
+++ b/stack_orchestrator/deploy/deployment_create.py
@@ -985,17 +985,7 @@ def _write_deployment_files(
             script_paths = get_pod_script_paths(parsed_stack, pod)
             _copy_files_to_directory(script_paths, destination_script_dir)
 
-        if parsed_spec.is_kubernetes_deployment():
-            for configmap in parsed_spec.get_configmaps():
-                source_config_dir = resolve_config_dir(stack_name, configmap)
-                if os.path.exists(source_config_dir):
-                    destination_config_dir = target_dir.joinpath(
-                        "configmaps", configmap
-                    )
-                    copytree(
-                        source_config_dir, destination_config_dir, dirs_exist_ok=True
-                    )
-        else:
+        if not parsed_spec.is_kubernetes_deployment():
             # TODO:
             # This is odd - looks up config dir that matches a volume name,
             # then copies as a mount dir?
@@ -1017,6 +1007,19 @@ def _write_deployment_files(
                             dirs_exist_ok=True,
                         )
 
+    # Copy configmap directories for k8s deployments (outside the pod loop
+    # so this works for jobs-only stacks too)
+    if parsed_spec.is_kubernetes_deployment():
+        for configmap in parsed_spec.get_configmaps():
+            source_config_dir = resolve_config_dir(stack_name, configmap)
+            if os.path.exists(source_config_dir):
+                destination_config_dir = target_dir.joinpath(
+                    "configmaps", configmap
+                )
+                copytree(
+                    source_config_dir, destination_config_dir, dirs_exist_ok=True
+                )
+
     # Copy the job files into the target dir
     jobs = get_job_list(parsed_stack)
     if jobs: