diff --git a/cluster-observability-operator/instance/base/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-observability-operator/instance/base/kustomization.yaml
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index c98d8185..00000000
--- a/cluster-observability-operator/instance/base/kustomization.yaml
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@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-# resources:
-#   -
diff --git a/cluster-observability-operator/instance/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml b/cluster-observability-operator/instance/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
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index 774a422d..00000000
--- a/cluster-observability-operator/instance/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - ../../base
diff --git a/redhat-build-of-opentelemetry/instance/base/kustomization.yaml b/redhat-build-of-opentelemetry/instance/base/kustomization.yaml
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index 6bfcbe3d..00000000
--- a/redhat-build-of-opentelemetry/instance/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-# resources:
-#   - opentelemetrycollector.yaml
diff --git a/redhat-build-of-opentelemetry/instance/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml b/redhat-build-of-opentelemetry/instance/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
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index 774a422d..00000000
--- a/redhat-build-of-opentelemetry/instance/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-resources:
-  - ../../base