diff --git a/audit-ci.json b/audit-ci.json
index 876a2e1..90748fe 100644
--- a/audit-ci.json
+++ b/audit-ci.json
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
         "notes": "The Request package (see above) requires tough-cookie at a vulnerable version.",
         "expiry": "2024-02-30"
       }
-    }    ],
+    }
+  ],
   "skip-dev": true
 }
diff --git a/kubernetes/ClusterSubscription/resource.yaml b/kubernetes/ClusterSubscription/resource.yaml
index 582ee4f..55eaaa5 100644
--- a/kubernetes/ClusterSubscription/resource.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/ClusterSubscription/resource.yaml
@@ -59,16 +59,9 @@ spec:
           volumeMounts:
             - name: razee-identity-config
               mountPath: /home/node/envs/razee-identity-config
-            - name: razee-identity-secret
-              mountPath: /home/node/envs/razee-identity-secret
       volumes:
         - name: razee-identity-config
           configMap:
             name: razee-identity
             defaultMode: 0400
             optional: true
-        - name: razee-identity-secret
-          secret:
-            secretName: razee-identity
-            defaultMode: 0400
-            optional: true
diff --git a/src/Config.js b/src/Config.js
index 3cafc4d..e925300 100644
--- a/src/Config.js
+++ b/src/Config.js
@@ -19,11 +19,9 @@ const chokidar = require('chokidar');
 
 module.exports = class Config {
   static razeeApiPath = 'envs/razee-identity-config/RAZEE_API';
-  static orgKeyPath = 'envs/razee-identity-secret/RAZEE_ORG_KEY';
   static clusterIdPath = 'envs/razee-identity-config/CLUSTER_ID';
 
   static razeeApi = process.env.RAZEE_API;
-  static orgKey = process.env.RAZEE_ORG_KEY;
   static clusterId = process.env.CLUSTER_ID;
 
   static watcher;
@@ -34,12 +32,6 @@ module.exports = class Config {
     }
   }
 
-  static async readOrgKey() {
-    if (await fs.pathExists(this.orgKeyPath)) {
-      this.orgKey = ((await fs.readFile(this.orgKeyPath, 'utf8')).trim() || this.orgKey);
-    }
-  }
-
   static async readClusterId() {
     if (await fs.pathExists(this.clusterIdPath)) {
       this.clusterId = ((await fs.readFile(this.clusterIdPath, 'utf8')).trim() || this.clusterId);
@@ -48,7 +40,6 @@ module.exports = class Config {
 
   static async init() {
     await this.readRazeeApi();
-    await this.readOrgKey();
     await this.readClusterId();
   }
 
@@ -59,10 +50,6 @@ module.exports = class Config {
           this.readRazeeApi();
         }
 
-        if (path === this.orgKeyPath) {
-          this.readOrgKey();
-        }
-
         if (path === this.clusterIdPath) {
           this.readClusterId();
         }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 94e015b..c87ef05 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -5,6 +5,22 @@ const { getSubscriptionsByCluster } = require('../lib/queries');
 const touch = require('touch');
 const Config = require('./Config');
 
+const objectPath = require('object-path');
+const { KubeClass } = require('@razee/kubernetes-util');
+const kc = new KubeClass();
+
+// Read from razee-identity secret dynamically (rather than mounting as a volume and reading from a file) to satisfy scenarios where this operator is run on a separate cluster
+const getOrgKey = async () => {
+  const krm = await kc.getKubeResourceMeta('v1', 'Secret', 'get');
+  const res = await krm.request({ uri: '/api/v1/namespaces/razeedeploy/secrets/razee-identity', json: true });
+  let base64KeyData = objectPath.get(res, ['data', 'RAZEE_ORG_KEY']);
+  if (base64KeyData === undefined) {
+    throw new Error('razeedeploy/razee-identity secret does not contain RAZEE_ORG_KEY');
+  }
+  let secret = Buffer.from(base64KeyData, 'base64');
+  return secret.toString();
+};
+
 const razeeListener = async (razeeApi, clusterId) => {
   webSocketClient(razeeApi).subscribe((event) => {
     log.info('Received an event from razeedash-api', event);
@@ -19,12 +35,23 @@ const razeeListener = async (razeeApi, clusterId) => {
 };
 
 const callRazee = async (razeeApi, clusterId) => {
+  let orgKey;
+  try {
+    orgKey = await getOrgKey();
+  }
+  catch(e) {
+    log.info(`RAZEE_ORG_KEY could not be read from the razeedeploy/razee-identity secret (falling back to env var): ${e.message}`);
+    orgKey = process.env.RAZEE_ORG_KEY;
+  }
+  if (!orgKey) {
+    throw 'RAZEE_ORG_KEY is missing';
+  }
 
   // rr's on this cluster with the 'deploy.razee.io/clustersubscription' annotation
   const clusterResources = await getRemoteResources(clusterId);
 
   // list of razee subscriptions for this cluster
-  const res = await getSubscriptionsByCluster(razeeApi, Config.orgKey, clusterId).catch(() => false);
+  const res = await getSubscriptionsByCluster(razeeApi, orgKey, clusterId).catch(() => false);
   const subscriptions = (res && res.data && res.data.subscriptionsByClusterId) ? res.data.subscriptionsByClusterId : false;
   log.debug('razee subscriptions', { subscriptions });
 
@@ -32,7 +59,7 @@ const callRazee = async (razeeApi, clusterId) => {
   // Create remote resources
   //
   if (subscriptions && subscriptions.length > 0) {
-    await createRemoteResources(razeeApi, Config.orgKey, subscriptions, clusterId);
+    await createRemoteResources(razeeApi, orgKey, subscriptions, clusterId);
     log.info('finished creating remote resources');
   }
 
@@ -59,13 +86,9 @@ const callRazee = async (razeeApi, clusterId) => {
 async function main() {
   await Config.init();
 
-  const apiKey = Config.orgKey;
   const razeeApi = Config.razeeApi;
   const clusterId = Config.clusterId;
 
-  if (!apiKey) {
-    throw 'RAZEE_ORG_KEY is missing';
-  }
   if (!razeeApi) {
     throw 'RAZEE_API is missing';
   }