diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index 44acd5ac26..937d903b8c 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     "crds",
     "distros",
     "ironbank",
-    "Kiali",
     "Kyverno",
     "MITM",
     "neuvector",
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 90181416de..7ebf0f50bb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,11 +24,6 @@ UDS Core establishes a secure baseline for cloud-native systems and ships with c
 - [Vector](https://vector.dev/) - Log Aggregation
 - [Velero](https://velero.io/) - Backup & Restore
 
-#### Future Applications
-
-- [Kiali](https://kiali.io/) - Service Mesh Observability
-- [Tempo](https://grafana.com/docs/tempo/latest/getting-started/) - Tracing
-
 ---
 
 ### Prerequisites
diff --git a/docs/reference/configuration/UDS operator/package.md b/docs/reference/configuration/UDS operator/package.md
index 09cf3b162c..08e5611e09 100644
--- a/docs/reference/configuration/UDS operator/package.md	
+++ b/docs/reference/configuration/UDS operator/package.md	
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ spec:
         remoteGenerated: Anywhere
 
       - direction: Egress
-        remoteNamespace: tempo
+        remoteNamespace: monitoring
         remoteSelector:
-          app.kubernetes.io/name: tempo
-        port: 9411
-        description: "Tempo"
+          app.kubernetes.io/name: alertmanager
+        port: 9093
+        description: "Alertmanager Datasource"
 
   # SSO allows for the creation of Keycloak clients and with automatic secret generation and protocolMappers
   sso:
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 1097d3acbf..34a0ff24c8 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@
       "groupName": "velero",
       "commitMessageTopic": "velero"
     },
-    {
-      "matchFileNames": ["src/tempo/**"],
-      "groupName": "tempo",
-      "commitMessageTopic": "tempo"
-    },
     {
       "matchFileNames": ["src/prometheus-stack/**"],
       "groupName": "prometheus-stack",
@@ -58,11 +53,6 @@
       "groupName": "loki",
       "commitMessageTopic": "loki"
     },
-    {
-      "matchFileNames": ["src/kiali/**"],
-      "groupName": "kiali",
-      "commitMessageTopic": "kiali"
-    },
     {
       "matchFileNames": ["src/keycloak/**"],
       "groupName": "keycloak",
diff --git a/src/kiali/README.md b/src/kiali/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 6d3064aefc..0000000000
--- a/src/kiali/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-## Kiali
diff --git a/src/kiali/tasks.yaml b/src/kiali/tasks.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a915231972..0000000000
--- a/src/kiali/tasks.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
-tasks:
-  - name: validate
-    actions:
-      - description: Validate...
-        cmd: "echo Replace Me"
-        # wait:
-        #   cluster:
-
-  - name: e2e-test
-    actions:
-      - description: "Run Kiali E2E tests"
diff --git a/src/kiali/zarf.yaml b/src/kiali/zarf.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a2b3b0d8b3..0000000000
--- a/src/kiali/zarf.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
-kind: ZarfPackageConfig
-metadata:
-  name: uds-core-kiali
-  description: "Example description"
-
-components:
-  - name: test
-    actions:
-      onCreate:
-        after:
-          - cmd: echo "What can Doug do for you?"
diff --git a/src/tempo/README.md b/src/tempo/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index 433a56d782..0000000000
--- a/src/tempo/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-## Tempo
diff --git a/src/tempo/tasks.yaml b/src/tempo/tasks.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2afd3dac39..0000000000
--- a/src/tempo/tasks.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
-tasks:
-  - name: validate
-    actions:
-      - description: Validate...
-        cmd: "echo Replace Me"
-        # wait:
-        #   cluster:
-
-  - name: e2e-test
-    actions:
-      - description: "Run Tempo E2E tests"
diff --git a/src/tempo/zarf.yaml b/src/tempo/zarf.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf41f93c31..0000000000
--- a/src/tempo/zarf.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2024 Defense Unicorns
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later OR LicenseRef-Defense-Unicorns-Commercial
-
-kind: ZarfPackageConfig
-metadata:
-  name: uds-core-tempo
-  description: "Example description"
-
-components:
-  - name: test
-    actions:
-      onCreate:
-        after:
-          - cmd: echo "What can Doug do for you?"