diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
index f3bd6001c2..5c5f0b84cb 100644
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 resources:
 - manager.yaml
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-images:
-- name: controller
-  newName: ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-operator/opentelemetry-operator
-  newTag: 0.113.0