diff --git a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template
index e5116c75749..6f0dea622e8 100755
--- a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template
+++ b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ MACHINE_CONFIG_ETCD_IMAGE=$(image_for etcd)
 MACHINE_CONFIG_INFRA_IMAGE=$(image_for pod)
 
 CLUSTER_ETCD_OPERATOR_IMAGE=$(image_for cluster-etcd-operator)
-CONFIG_OPERATOR_IMAGE=$(image_for cluster-config-operator)
 KUBE_APISERVER_OPERATOR_IMAGE=$(image_for cluster-kube-apiserver-operator)
 KUBE_CONTROLLER_MANAGER_OPERATOR_IMAGE=$(image_for cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator)
 KUBE_SCHEDULER_OPERATOR_IMAGE=$(image_for cluster-kube-scheduler-operator)
@@ -86,38 +85,6 @@ fi
 
 VERSION="$(oc adm release info -o 'jsonpath={.metadata.version}' "${MIRROR_FLAG}" "${RELEASE_IMAGE_DIGEST}")"
 
-if [ ! -f config-bootstrap.done ]
-then
-    record_service_stage_start "config-bootstrap"
-	echo "Rendering cluster config manifests..."
-
-	rm --recursive --force config-bootstrap
-
-	ADDITIONAL_FLAGS=()
-	if [ -f "$PWD/manifests/cloud-provider-config.yaml" ]; then
-		ADDITIONAL_FLAGS+=("--cloud-provider-config-input-file=/assets/manifests/cloud-provider-config.yaml")
-	fi
-
-	bootkube_podman_run \
-		--name config-render \
-		--volume "$PWD:/assets:z" \
-		"${CONFIG_OPERATOR_IMAGE}" \
-		/usr/bin/cluster-config-operator render \
-		--cluster-infrastructure-input-file=/assets/manifests/cluster-infrastructure-02-config.yml \
-		--cloud-provider-config-output-file=/assets/config-bootstrap/cloud-provider-config-generated.yaml \
-		--config-output-file=/assets/config-bootstrap/config \
-		--asset-input-dir=/assets/tls \
-		--asset-output-dir=/assets/config-bootstrap \
-		--rendered-manifest-files=/assets/manifests \
-		--payload-version=$VERSION \
-		"${ADDITIONAL_FLAGS[@]}"
-
-	cp config-bootstrap/manifests/* manifests/
-
-	touch config-bootstrap.done
-    record_service_stage_success
-fi
-
 if [ ! -f cvo-bootstrap.done ]
 then
     record_service_stage_start "cvo-bootstrap"