diff --git a/.ci/component_descriptor b/.ci/component_descriptor
index 0a997f0a..dd7692a0 100755
--- a/.ci/component_descriptor
+++ b/.ci/component_descriptor
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# TODO(ialidzhikov): Remove the COMPONENT_PREFIXES env var once gardener/gardener@v1.87 (contains https://github.com/gardener/gardener/pull/9008) is vendored.
-COMPONENT_PREFIXES="europe-docker.pkg.dev/gardener-project/releases/gardener" \
-  "$(dirname $0)"/../vendor/github.com/gardener/gardener/hack/.ci/component_descriptor "$(dirname $0)"/..
+"$(dirname $0)"/../vendor/github.com/gardener/gardener/hack/.ci/component_descriptor "$(dirname $0)"/..