diff --git a/pkg/iam/iam.go b/pkg/iam/iam.go
index e147fa53..b360270e 100644
--- a/pkg/iam/iam.go
+++ b/pkg/iam/iam.go
@@ -114,42 +114,6 @@ func (s *IAMService) ReconcileRole() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (s *IAMService) ReconcileKiamRole() error {
-	s.log.Info("reconciling KIAM IAM role")
-
-	var controlPlaneRoleARN string
-	{
-
-		i := &awsiam.GetRoleInput{
-			RoleName: aws.String(s.mainRoleName),
-		}
-
-		o, err := s.iamClient.GetRole(i)
-		if err != nil {
-			s.log.Error(err, "failed to fetch ControlPlane role")
-			return err
-		}
-
-		controlPlaneRoleARN = *o.Role.Arn
-	}
-
-	params := struct {
-		ControlPlaneRoleARN string
-		EC2ServiceDomain    string
-	}{
-		ControlPlaneRoleARN: controlPlaneRoleARN,
-		EC2ServiceDomain:    ec2ServiceDomain(s.region),
-	}
-
-	err := s.reconcileRole(roleName(KIAMRole, s.clusterName), KIAMRole, params)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	s.log.Info("finished reconciling KIAM IAM role")
-	return nil
-}
-
 func (s *IAMService) ReconcileRolesForIRSA(awsAccountID string, cloudFrontDomain string) error {
 	s.log.Info("reconciling IAM roles for IRSA")