diff --git a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template
index a619ac641ee..56743c1b72c 100755
--- a/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template
+++ b/data/data/bootstrap/files/usr/local/bin/bootkube.sh.template
@@ -348,45 +348,6 @@ then
     record_service_stage_success
 fi
 
-if [ "$BOOTSTRAP_INPLACE" = true ] && [ ! -f cmdbootline-nto-bootstrap.done ]; then
-	record_service_stage_start "cmdbootline-nto-bootstrap"
-
-	rm --recursive --force cmdbootline-nto-bootstrap
-
-	# Create folders for overlay and podman command to use them
-	tmpfolder=$(mktemp -d)
-	echo ${tmpfolder}
-	podmancmd="bootkube_podman_run --attach=stderr --rm "
-	for folder in var/lib/tuned/profile-data etc/modprobe.d etc/sysconfig etc/kubernetes etc/sysctl.d etc/systemd run sys lib/modules var/lib/kubelet usr/lib/tuned etc/tuned; do
-		lowerfolder="/${folder}"
-		if [ ! -d "$lowerfolder" ]; then
-			echo "Skipping mounting $lowerfolder"
-			continue
-		fi
-		upperfolder="${tmpfolder}/${folder}/upper"
-		workfolder="${tmpfolder}/${folder}/work"
-		mkdir -p ${upperfolder}
-		mkdir -p ${workfolder}
-		podmancmd="${podmancmd} -v ${lowerfolder}:/${folder}:O,upperdir=${upperfolder},workdir=${workfolder}"
-	done
-
-	podmancmd="${podmancmd} --volume $PWD:/assets:z --env=CLUSTER_NODE_TUNED_BOOTSTRAP_SAFE_ENV=true --name tuned ${NODE_TUNING_OPERATOR_IMAGE}"
-	podmancmd="${podmancmd} render-bootcmd-mc --asset-input-dir=/assets/manifests --asset-output-dir=/assets/cmdbootline-nto-bootstrap --mcp-name=master"
-
-	# execute podmancmd
-	$podmancmd
-
-	#read machineconfig from --asset-ouput-dir
-	# Copy over manifests if they were generated by NTO
-	if [ -n "$(ls -A cmdbootline-nto-bootstrap)" ]; then
-		cp cmdbootline-nto-bootstrap/* manifests/
-	fi
-
-	rm -rf ${tmpfolder}
-	touch cmdbootline-nto-bootstrap.done
-	record_service_stage_success
-fi
-
 if [ ! -f mco-bootstrap.done ]
 then
     record_service_stage_start "mco-bootstrap"