diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/ingress.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/ingress.go
index 0a17fba6682..8478f5b46ff 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/ingress.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/ingress.go
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ package manifests
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ var (
 
 // Ingress generates the cluster-ingress-*.yml files.
 type Ingress struct {
-	config   *configv1.Ingress
 	FileList []*asset.File
 }
 
@@ -47,7 +45,7 @@ func (ing *Ingress) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 	installConfig := &installconfig.InstallConfig{}
 	dependencies.Get(installConfig)
 
-	ing.config = &configv1.Ingress{
+	config := &configv1.Ingress{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			APIVersion: configv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
 			Kind:       "Ingress",
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ func (ing *Ingress) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 		},
 	}
 
-	configData, err := yaml.Marshal(ing.config)
+	configData, err := yaml.Marshal(config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create %s manifests from InstallConfig", ing.Name())
 	}
@@ -90,33 +88,7 @@ func (ing *Ingress) Files() []*asset.File {
 	return ing.FileList
 }
 
-// Load loads the already-rendered files back from disk.
+// Load returns false since this asset is not written to disk by the installer.
 func (ing *Ingress) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
-	crdFile, err := f.FetchByName(filepath.Join(manifestDir, ingCrdFilename))
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	cfgFile, err := f.FetchByName(ingCfgFilename)
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	ingressConfig := &configv1.Ingress{}
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(cfgFile.Data, ingressConfig); err != nil {
-		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal %s", ingCfgFilename)
-	}
-
-	fileList := []*asset.File{crdFile, cfgFile}
-
-	ing.FileList, ing.config = fileList, ingressConfig
-
-	return true, nil
+	return false, nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go
index cfd4f21ba20..54c0a881bfa 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package manifests
 
 import (
-	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ spec:
 
 // Networking generates the cluster-network-*.yml files.
 type Networking struct {
-	config   *netopv1.NetworkConfig
+	Config   *netopv1.NetworkConfig
 	FileList []*asset.File
 }
 
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ func (no *Networking) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	no.config = &netopv1.NetworkConfig{
+	no.Config = &netopv1.NetworkConfig{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
 			APIVersion: netopv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
 			Kind:       "NetworkConfig",
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ func (no *Networking) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 		},
 	}
 
-	configData, err := yaml.Marshal(no.config)
+	configData, err := yaml.Marshal(no.Config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create %s manifests from InstallConfig", no.Name())
 	}
@@ -149,19 +148,19 @@ func (no *Networking) Files() []*asset.File {
 // object. This is called by ClusterK8sIO, which captures generalized cluster
 // state but shouldn't need to be fully networking aware.
 func (no *Networking) ClusterNetwork() (*clusterv1a1.ClusterNetworkingConfig, error) {
-	if no.config == nil {
+	if no.Config == nil {
 		// should be unreachable.
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("ClusterNetwork called before initialization")
 	}
 
 	pods := []string{}
-	for _, cn := range no.config.Spec.ClusterNetworks {
+	for _, cn := range no.Config.Spec.ClusterNetworks {
 		pods = append(pods, cn.CIDR)
 	}
 
 	cn := &clusterv1a1.ClusterNetworkingConfig{
 		Services: clusterv1a1.NetworkRanges{
-			CIDRBlocks: []string{no.config.Spec.ServiceNetwork},
+			CIDRBlocks: []string{no.Config.Spec.ServiceNetwork},
 		},
 		Pods: clusterv1a1.NetworkRanges{
 			CIDRBlocks: pods,
@@ -170,33 +169,7 @@ func (no *Networking) ClusterNetwork() (*clusterv1a1.ClusterNetworkingConfig, er
 	return cn, nil
 }
 
-// Load loads the already-rendered files back from disk.
+// Load returns false since this asset is not written to disk by the installer.
 func (no *Networking) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
-	crdFile, err := f.FetchByName(noCrdFilename)
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	cfgFile, err := f.FetchByName(noCfgFilename)
-	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
-			return false, nil
-		}
-
-		return false, err
-	}
-
-	netConfig := &netopv1.NetworkConfig{}
-	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(cfgFile.Data, netConfig); err != nil {
-		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal %s", noCfgFilename)
-	}
-
-	fileList := []*asset.File{crdFile, cfgFile}
-
-	no.FileList, no.config = fileList, netConfig
-
-	return true, nil
+	return false, nil
 }