diff --git a/templates/master/00-master/_base/files/recycler_pod.yaml b/templates/master/00-master/_base/files/recycler_pod.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 96fd8624ec..0000000000
--- a/templates/master/00-master/_base/files/recycler_pod.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-mode: 0644
-path: "/etc/kubernetes/recycler-pod.yaml"
-contents:
-  inline: |
-    apiVersion: v1
-    kind: Pod
-    metadata:
-      name: recycler-pod
-      namespace: openshift-infra
-    spec:
-      activeDeadlineSeconds: 60
-      restartPolicy: Never
-      serviceAccountName: pv-recycler-controller
-      containers:
-        -
-          name: recycler-container
-          image: "{{.Images.infraImageKey}}"
-          command:
-          - "/bin/bash"
-          args:
-          - "-c"
-          - "test -e /scrub && rm -rf /scrub/..?* /scrub/.[!.]* /scrub/*  && test -z \"$(ls -A /scrub)\" || exit 1"
-          volumeMounts:
-            -
-              mountPath: /scrub
-              name: vol
-          securityContext:
-            runAsUser: 0
-      volumes:
-        -
-          name: vol
diff --git a/templates/master/00-master/_base/files/recycler_pod_bad.yaml b/templates/master/00-master/_base/files/recycler_pod_bad.yaml
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index c1a79ae46f..0000000000
--- a/templates/master/00-master/_base/files/recycler_pod_bad.yaml
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@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-mode: 0644
-path: "/etc/kubernetes/manifests/recycler-pod.yaml"
-contents:
-  inline: |
-    apiVersion: v1
-    kind: Pod
-    metadata:
-      name: recycler-pod
-      namespace: openshift-infra
-    spec:
-      activeDeadlineSeconds: 60
-      restartPolicy: Never
-      serviceAccountName: pv-recycler-controller
-      containers:
-        -
-          name: recycler-container
-          image: "{{.Images.infraImageKey}}"
-          command:
-          - "/bin/bash"
-          args:
-          - "-c"
-          - "test -e /scrub && rm -rf /scrub/..?* /scrub/.[!.]* /scrub/*  && test -z \"$(ls -A /scrub)\" || exit 1"
-          volumeMounts:
-            -
-              mountPath: /scrub
-              name: vol
-          securityContext:
-            runAsUser: 0
-      volumes:
-        -
-          name: vol