diff --git a/pkg/controllers/client.go b/pkg/controllers/client.go
index dd640f8a..94f080df 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/client.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/client.go
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
-	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/daemon"
-	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/k8sutil"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	apps "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -14,6 +12,9 @@ import (
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/tools/remotecommand"
+
+	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/daemon"
+	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/k8sutil"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ func createSyncDeployment(c *daemon.Cluster) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
+
 	// update condition type and phase etc.
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/controllers/cluster.go b/pkg/controllers/cluster.go
index af086766..a0ac3b8e 100644
--- a/pkg/controllers/cluster.go
+++ b/pkg/controllers/cluster.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package controllers
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/pkg/capnslog"
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/chunkserver"
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/daemon"
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/etcd"
+	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/k8sutil"
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/mds"
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/metaserver"
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/monitor"
@@ -115,6 +117,12 @@ func reconcileCurveDaemons(c *daemon.Cluster) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// clean up the cluster install environment
+	err = cleanClusterInstallEnv(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -147,5 +155,16 @@ func reconcileCurveFSDaemons(c *daemon.Cluster) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	// clean up the cluster install environment
+	err = cleanClusterInstallEnv(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	return nil
 }
+
+// cleanClusterInstallEnv clean up the cluster install environment
+func cleanClusterInstallEnv(c *daemon.Cluster) error {
+	return k8sutil.DeleteSyncConfigDeployment(context.TODO(), &c.Context, SyncConfigDeployment, c.Namespace)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/k8sutil/deployment.go b/pkg/k8sutil/deployment.go
index c98181a9..97204726 100644
--- a/pkg/k8sutil/deployment.go
+++ b/pkg/k8sutil/deployment.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
+	"k8s.io/client-go/util/retry"
 
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/clusterd"
 	"github.com/opencurve/curve-operator/pkg/k8sutil/patch"
@@ -99,3 +100,22 @@ func WaitForDeploymentToStart(ctx context.Context, clusterdContext *clusterd.Con
 	}
 	return fmt.Errorf("gave up waiting for deployment %q to update", deployment.Name)
 }
+
+// DeleteSyncConfigDeployment delete the SyncConfigDeployment after the cluster is deployed.
+func DeleteSyncConfigDeployment(ctx context.Context, clusterdContext *clusterd.Context, syncConfigDeployment, namespace string) error {
+	err := retry.OnError(retry.DefaultRetry, func(err error) bool {
+		// retrying for any error that occurs
+		return true
+	}, func() error {
+		return clusterdContext.Clientset.AppsV1().Deployments(namespace).Delete(syncConfigDeployment, &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
+	})
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to delete deployment %q after the curve cluster has been deployed. %v",
+			syncConfigDeployment, err)
+	}
+
+	logger.Infof("the curve cluster has been deployed and the deployment %q has been deleted", syncConfigDeployment)
+
+	return nil
+}