diff --git a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-deployment.yaml b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-deployment.yaml
index 2e90c14..e18906b 100644
--- a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-deployment.yaml
@@ -22,29 +22,6 @@ spec:
           {{- toYaml . | nindent 8 }}
     {{- end }}
       containers:
-      - args:
-        - --secure-listen-address=0.0.0.0:8443
-        - --upstream=http://127.0.0.1:8080/
-        - --logtostderr=true
-        - --v=0
-        image: {{ .Values.kubeProxyImage }}
-        name: kube-rbac-proxy
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 8443
-          name: https
-          protocol: TCP
-        resources:
-          limits:
-            cpu: 500m
-            memory: 128Mi
-          requests:
-            cpu: 5m
-            memory: 64Mi
-        securityContext:
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-          capabilities:
-            drop:
-            - ALL
       - args:
         - --health-probe-bind-address=:8081
         - --metrics-bind-address=127.0.0.1:8080
diff --git a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-metrics-reader-clusterrole.yaml b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-metrics-reader-clusterrole.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 378e8e2..0000000
--- a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-metrics-reader-clusterrole.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-{{- with (include "embedded-cluster-operator.labels" $ | fromYaml) }}
-  labels: {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
-  name: {{ printf "%s-metrics-reader" (include "embedded-cluster-operator.fullname" $) | trunc 63 | trimAll "-" }}
-rules:
-- nonResourceURLs:
-  - /metrics
-  verbs:
-  - get
diff --git a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-metrics-service.yaml b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-metrics-service.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b078ca..0000000
--- a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-metrics-service.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-{{- with (include "embedded-cluster-operator.labels" $ | fromYaml) }}
-  labels: {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
-  name: {{ printf "%s-metrics" (include "embedded-cluster-operator.fullname" $) | trunc 63 | trimAll "-" }}
-spec:
-  ports:
-  - name: https
-    port: 8443
-    protocol: TCP
-    targetPort: https
-  selector: {{- include "embedded-cluster-operator.selectorLabels" $ | nindent 4 }}
diff --git a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-proxy-clusterrole.yaml b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-proxy-clusterrole.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cfb425..0000000
--- a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-proxy-clusterrole.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-{{- with (include "embedded-cluster-operator.labels" $ | fromYaml) }}
-  labels: {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
-  name: {{ printf "%s-proxy" (include "embedded-cluster-operator.fullname" $) | trunc 63 | trimAll "-" }}
-rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - authentication.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - tokenreviews
-  verbs:
-  - create
-- apiGroups:
-  - authorization.k8s.io
-  resources:
-  - subjectaccessreviews
-  verbs:
-  - create
diff --git a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-proxy-rolebinding.yaml b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-proxy-rolebinding.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b42083..0000000
--- a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/templates/embedded-cluster-operator-proxy-rolebinding.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-{{- with (include "embedded-cluster-operator.labels" $ | fromYaml) }}
-  labels: {{- toYaml . | nindent 4 }}
-{{- end }}
-  name: {{ printf "%s-proxy" (include "embedded-cluster-operator.fullname" $) | trunc 63 | trimAll "-" }}
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: {{ printf "%s-proxy" (include "embedded-cluster-operator.fullname" $) | trunc 63 | trimAll "-" }}
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: {{ include "embedded-cluster-operator.serviceAccountName" $ | trunc 63 | trimAll "-"}}
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
diff --git a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml
index 1e734a2..b316a74 100644
--- a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ image:
   tag: 0.0.8
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
-kubeProxyImage: gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.13.1
 utilsImage: busybox:latest
 
 extraEnv: []
diff --git a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml.tmpl b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml.tmpl
index 94fa2b3..aef2ff4 100644
--- a/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/charts/embedded-cluster-operator/values.yaml.tmpl
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ image:
   tag: ${OPERATOR_IMAGE_TAG}
   pullPolicy: IfNotPresent
 
-kubeProxyImage: gcr.io/kubebuilder/kube-rbac-proxy:v0.13.1
 utilsImage: busybox:latest
 
 extraEnv: []