diff --git a/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/bootstrap.go b/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
index 678f44056d9..ac48adcb471 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/ignition/bootstrap/bootstrap.go
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ type bootstrapTemplateData struct {
 	EtcdCluster         string
 	EtcdctlImage        string
 	HyperkubeImage      string
-	KubeCoreRenderImage string
 	ReleaseImage        string
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ func (a *bootstrap) getTemplateData(installConfig *types.InstallConfig) (*bootst
 		CloudProvider:       getCloudProvider(installConfig),
 		CloudProviderConfig: getCloudProviderConfig(installConfig),
 		DebugConfig:         "",
-		KubeCoreRenderImage: "quay.io/coreos/kube-core-renderer-dev:3b6952f5a1ba89bb32dd0630faddeaf2779c9a85",
 		EtcdCertSignerImage: "quay.io/coreos/kube-etcd-signer-server:678cc8e6841e2121ebfdb6e2db568fce290b67d6",
 		EtcdctlImage:        "quay.io/coreos/etcd:v3.2.14",
 		BootkubeImage:       "quay.io/coreos/bootkube:v0.10.0",
diff --git a/pkg/asset/ignition/content/bootkube.go b/pkg/asset/ignition/content/bootkube.go
index e35d22307cc..9d465552c55 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/ignition/content/bootkube.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/ignition/content/bootkube.go
@@ -52,23 +52,6 @@ then
 	cp --recursive cvo-bootstrap/bootstrap/bootstrap-pod.yaml /etc/kubernetes/manifests/
 fi
 
-if [ ! -d kco-bootstrap ]
-then
-	echo "Rendering Kubernetes core manifests..."
-
-	# shellcheck disable=SC2154
-	podman run \
-		--volume "$PWD:/assets:z" \
-		--volume /etc/kubernetes:/etc/kubernetes:z \
-		"{{.KubeCoreRenderImage}}" \
-		--config=/assets/kco-config.yaml \
-		--output=/assets/kco-bootstrap
-
-	cp --recursive kco-bootstrap/bootstrap-configs /etc/kubernetes/bootstrap-configs
-	cp --recursive kco-bootstrap/bootstrap-manifests .
-	cp --recursive kco-bootstrap/manifests .
-fi
-
 if [ ! -d kube-apiserver-bootstrap ]
 then
 	echo "Rendering Kubernetes API server core manifests..."
@@ -83,10 +66,8 @@ then
 		--config-override-file=/usr/share/bootkube/manifests/config/config-overrides.yaml \
 		--config-output-file=/assets/kube-apiserver-bootstrap/config
 
-	# TODO: copy the bootstrap manifests to replace kube-core-operator
-	cp --recursive kube-apiserver-bootstrap/manifests/openshift-kube-apiserver-ns.yaml manifests/00_openshift-kube-apiserver-ns.yaml
-	cp --recursive kube-apiserver-bootstrap/manifests/secret-* manifests/
-	cp --recursive kube-apiserver-bootstrap/manifests/configmap-* manifests/
+	cp --recursive kube-apiserver-bootstrap/bootstrap-manifests .
+	cp --recursive kube-apiserver-bootstrap/manifests .
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d kube-controller-manager-bootstrap ]
@@ -103,30 +84,26 @@ then
 		--config-override-file=/usr/share/bootkube/manifests/config/config-overrides.yaml \
 		--config-output-file=/assets/kube-controller-manager-bootstrap/config
 
-	# TODO: copy the bootstrap manifests to replace kube-core-operator
-	cp --recursive kube-controller-manager-bootstrap/manifests/openshift-kube-controller-manager-ns.yaml manifests/00_openshift-kube-controller-manager-ns.yaml
-	cp --recursive kube-controller-manager-bootstrap/manifests/secret-* manifests/
-	cp --recursive kube-controller-manager-bootstrap/manifests/configmap-* manifests/
+	cp --recursive kube-controller-manager-bootstrap/bootstrap-manifests/* bootstrap-manifests/
+	cp --recursive kube-controller-manager-bootstrap/manifests manifests/
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d kube-scheduler-bootstrap ]
 then
-        echo "Rendering Kubernetes Scheduler core manifests..."
-
-        # shellcheck disable=SC2154
-        podman run \
-                --volume "$PWD:/assets:z" \
-                "${KUBE_SCHEDULER_OPERATOR_IMAGE}" \
-                /usr/bin/cluster-kube-scheduler-operator render \
-                --asset-input-dir=/assets/tls \
-                --asset-output-dir=/assets/kube-scheduler-bootstrap \
-                --config-override-file=/usr/share/bootkube/manifests/config/config-overrides.yaml \
-                --config-output-file=/assets/kube-scheduler-bootstrap/config
-
-        # TODO: copy the bootstrap manifests to replace kube-core-operator
-        cp --recursive kube-scheduler-bootstrap/manifests/openshift-kube-scheduler-ns.yaml manifests/00_openshift-kube-scheduler-ns.yaml
-        cp --recursive kube-scheduler-bootstrap/manifests/secret-* manifests/
-        cp --recursive kube-scheduler-bootstrap/manifests/configmap-* manifests/
+	echo "Rendering Kubernetes Scheduler core manifests..."
+
+	# shellcheck disable=SC2154
+	podman run \
+		--volume "$PWD:/assets:z" \
+		"${KUBE_SCHEDULER_OPERATOR_IMAGE}" \
+		/usr/bin/cluster-kube-scheduler-operator render \
+		--asset-input-dir=/assets/tls \
+		--asset-output-dir=/assets/kube-scheduler-bootstrap \
+		--config-override-file=/usr/share/bootkube/manifests/config/config-overrides.yaml \
+		--config-output-file=/assets/kube-scheduler-bootstrap/config
+
+	cp --recursive kube-scheduler-bootstrap/bootstrap-manifests/* bootstrap-manifests/
+	cp --recursive kube-scheduler-bootstrap/manifests manifests/
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d mco-bootstrap ]
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/content/bootkube/cvo-overrides.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/content/bootkube/cvo-overrides.go
index 9c6b6c112a4..0e7d75120fd 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/content/bootkube/cvo-overrides.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/content/bootkube/cvo-overrides.go
@@ -19,26 +19,6 @@ upstream: http://localhost:8080/graph
 channel: fast
 clusterID: {{.CVOClusterID}}
 overrides:
-- kind: Deployment                    # this conflicts with kube-core-operator
-  namespace: openshift-core-operators
-  name: openshift-cluster-kube-apiserver-operator
-  unmanaged: true
-- kind: Deployment                    # this conflicts with kube-core-operator
-  namespace: openshift-core-operators
-  name: openshift-cluster-kube-scheduler-operator
-  unmanaged: true
-- kind: Deployment                    # this conflicts with kube-core-operator
-  namespace: openshift-core-operators
-  name: openshift-cluster-kube-controller-manager-operator
-  unmanaged: true
-- kind: Deployment                    # this conflicts with kube-core-operator
-  namespace: openshift-core-operators
-  name: openshift-cluster-openshift-apiserver-operator
-  unmanaged: true
-- kind: Deployment                    # this conflicts with kube-core-operator
-  namespace: openshift-core-operators
-  name: openshift-cluster-openshift-controller-manager-operator
-  unmanaged: true
 - kind: Deployment                    # this conflicts with kube-core-operator
   namespace: openshift-cluster-network-operator
   name: cluster-network-operator