diff --git a/.terraform.lock.hcl b/.terraform.lock.hcl
index e05609ebe..d1adc4e3e 100644
--- a/.terraform.lock.hcl
+++ b/.terraform.lock.hcl
@@ -70,46 +70,6 @@ provider "registry.terraform.io/chainguard-dev/oci" {
   ]
 }
 
-provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/helm" {
-  version = "2.14.0"
-  hashes = [
-    "h1:8Vt9264v3UE6mHLRG8yiteVl5h8ZSTkJXf1xdVLa7GA=",
-    "h1:MCwlHF214XoAqJ11wR1SQuZmjJyAagKOqgSzl9hHrPg=",
-    "zh:087a475fda3649e4b6b9aeb5f21704972f5d85c10d0bf334289b0a1b8c1a5575",
-    "zh:1877991d976491d4e2a653a89491bd3b92123a00f442f15aa62caea8902677c7",
-    "zh:233d9e550b900be8bbf62871322964239bb4827b3500b77d7e2652a8bae6a106",
-    "zh:6ed09d405ade276dfc6ec591d113ca328ea3fe423405d4bc1116f7a06dfd86ec",
-    "zh:9039de4cbee5ae006d9cbf27f40f0a285feb02c3b00901535a1112853de55b5f",
-    "zh:aea6311b0f29edddefa21b8c7953314459caeace77d72d60588d1277f1723c54",
-    "zh:bd6a4fea3461c2751527f1c4e4c2c160e72f5b5a3b5cfbfe051adf61badd5ead",
-    "zh:c5f12a2ea4c3b62d9dd2d8f62c9918ef77b1f9dd4d6ccf1758a2a24139ab5319",
-    "zh:cd84d7258f263c3bd24138e7633b022451fdc1935a11e34932b63f71bbe6059f",
-    "zh:e637d01ee4dc2e5702d62c158399ab0d0ba3269e71f5db38db922ff05505ae2a",
-    "zh:f569b65999264a9416862bca5cd2a6177d94ccb0424f3a4ef424428912b9cb3c",
-    "zh:fbf9c9936ae547b75a81170b7bd20f72bc5538e015efcf7d12f822358d758f57",
-  ]
-}
-
-provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/kubernetes" {
-  version = "2.31.0"
-  hashes = [
-    "h1:ZlKkkHJrjF4AiMueI2yA+abBc1c37cfwjyxURdLKhEw=",
-    "h1:wGHbATbv/pBVTST1MtEn0zyVhZbzZJD2NYq2EddASHY=",
-    "zh:0d16b861edb2c021b3e9d759b8911ce4cf6d531320e5dc9457e2ea64d8c54ecd",
-    "zh:1bad69ed535a5f32dec70561eb481c432273b81045d788eb8b37f2e4a322cc40",
-    "zh:43c58e3912fcd5bb346b5cb89f31061508a9be3ca7dd4cd8169c066203bcdfb3",
-    "zh:4778123da9206918a92dfa73cc711475d2b9a8275ff25c13a30513c523ac9660",
-    "zh:8bfa67d2db03b3bfae62beebe6fb961aee8d91b7a766efdfe4d337b33dfd23dd",
-    "zh:9020bb5729db59a520ade5e24984b737e65f8b81751fbbd343926f6d44d22176",
-    "zh:90431dbfc5b92498bfbce38f0b989978c84421a6c33245b97788a46b563fbd6e",
-    "zh:b71a061dda1244f6a52500e703a9524b851e7b11bbf238c17bbd282f27d51cb2",
-    "zh:d6232a7651b834b89591b94bf4446050119dcde740247e6083a4d55a2cefd28a",
-    "zh:d89fba43e699e28e2b5e92fff2f75fc03dbc8de0df9dacefe1a8836f8f430753",
-    "zh:ef85c0b744f5ba1b10dadc3c11e331ba4225c45bb733e024d7218c24b02b0512",
-    "zh:f569b65999264a9416862bca5cd2a6177d94ccb0424f3a4ef424428912b9cb3c",
-  ]
-}
-
 provider "registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/null" {
   version = "3.2.2"
   hashes = [
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index 5d772474b..4c2bf5a29 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -57,16 +57,6 @@ provider "apko" {
   default_archs      = length(var.archs) == 0 ? ["x86_64", "aarch64"] : var.archs
 }
 
-provider "kubernetes" {
-  config_path = "~/.kube/config"
-}
-
-provider "helm" {
-  kubernetes {
-    config_path = "~/.kube/config"
-  }
-}
-
 variable "newrelic_license_key" { default = "foo" } # set something valid to avoid targetted local runs
 
 module "busybox" {