diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/content/tectonic/tectonic-system-03-privileged-scc.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/content/tectonic/tectonic-system-03-privileged-scc.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 1197130c046..00000000000
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/content/tectonic/tectonic-system-03-privileged-scc.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-package tectonic
-
-const (
-	// PriviledgedSccTectonicSystem  is the variable/constant representing the contents of the respective file
-	PriviledgedSccTectonicSystem = `
-apiVersion: security.openshift.io/v1
-kind: SecurityContextConstraints
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    kubernetes.io/description: "privileged-tectonic temporarily for running tectonic assets."
-  name: privileged-tectonic
-allowHostDirVolumePlugin: true
-allowHostIPC: true
-allowHostNetwork: true
-allowHostPID: true
-allowHostPorts: true
-allowPrivilegedContainer: true
-allowedCapabilities:
-  - "*"
-fsGroup:
-  type: RunAsAny
-groups:
-  - system:serviceaccounts:tectonic-system
-  - system:serviceaccounts:openshift-ingress
-readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
-runAsUser:
-  type: RunAsAny
-seLinuxContext:
-  type: RunAsAny
-seccompProfiles:
-  - "*"
-supplementalGroups:
-  type: RunAsAny
-users: []
-volumes:
-  - "*"
-`
-)
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/tectonic.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/tectonic.go
index 219a3c05424..de6ef0d4f25 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/tectonic.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/tectonic.go
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ func (t *Tectonic) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 		"99_tectonic-system-00-binding-admin.yaml":   []byte(content.BindingAdmin),
 		"99_tectonic-system-01-ca-cert.yaml":         applyTemplateData(content.CaCertTectonicSystem, templateData),
 		"99_tectonic-system-02-pull.json":            applyTemplateData(content.PullTectonicSystem, templateData),
-		"99_tectonic-system-03-privileged-scc.yaml":  []byte(content.PriviledgedSccTectonicSystem),
 	}
 
 	t.files = make([]*asset.File, 0, len(assetData))