diff --git a/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/deployment.yaml b/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/deployment.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 062896de7b..0000000000
--- a/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/deployment.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: cronjob-monitor
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    application: kubernetes
-    component: cronjob-monitor
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      deployment: cronjob-monitor
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        deployment: cronjob-monitor
-        application: kubernetes
-        component: cronjob-monitor
-      annotations:
-        logging/destination: "{{.Cluster.ConfigItems.log_destination_infra}}"
-    spec:
-      dnsConfig:
-        options:
-          - name: ndots
-            value: "1"
-      serviceAccountName: cronjob-monitor
-      containers:
-        - name: cronjob-monitor
-          image: "container-registry.zalando.net/teapot/cronjob-monitor:master-8"
-          resources:
-            limits:
-              cpu: 5m
-              memory: 4Gi
-            requests:
-              cpu: 5m
-              memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/rbac.yaml b/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/rbac.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b1153e398..0000000000
--- a/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/rbac.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: cronjob-monitor
-  namespace: kube-system
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: cronjob-monitor
-rules:
-- apiGroups: ["batch"]
-  resources: ["cronjobs"]
-  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch", "patch", "update"]
-- apiGroups: ["batch"]
-  resources: ["jobs"]
-  verbs: ["get", "list", "watch"]
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: cronjob-monitor
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: cronjob-monitor
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: cronjob-monitor
-  namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/vpa.yaml b/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/vpa.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a6d896712a..0000000000
--- a/cluster/manifests/cronjob-monitor/vpa.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: autoscaling.k8s.io/v1beta2
-kind: VerticalPodAutoscaler
-metadata:
-  name: cronjob-monitor
-  namespace: kube-system
-  labels:
-    application: kubernetes
-    component: cronjob-monitor
-spec:
-  targetRef:
-    apiVersion: apps/v1
-    kind: Deployment
-    name: cronjob-monitor
-  updatePolicy:
-    updateMode: Auto
-  resourcePolicy:
-    containerPolicies:
-    - containerName: cronjob-monitor
-      maxAllowed:
-        memory: 4Gi
diff --git a/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml b/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml
index 87a5c8a111..05429c498c 100644
--- a/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml
+++ b/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml
@@ -7,6 +7,19 @@ pre_apply:
 
 # everything defined under here will be deleted after applying the manifests
 post_apply:
+- name: cronjob-monitor
+  namespace: kube-system
+  kind: VerticalPodAutoscaler
+- name: cronjob-monitor
+  namespace: kube-system
+  kind: Deployment
+- name: cronjob-monitor
+  kind: ClusterRole
+- name: cronjob-monitor
+  kind: ClusterRoleBinding
+- name: cronjob-monitor
+  namespace: kube-system
+  kind: ServiceAccount
 {{ if eq .ConfigItems.teapot_admission_controller_process_resources "true" }}
 - name: limits
   namespace: default