diff --git a/assets/templates/diskmaker-discovery-daemonset.yaml b/assets/templates/diskmaker-discovery-daemonset.yaml
index ef062d4ff..387c7d61e 100644
--- a/assets/templates/diskmaker-discovery-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/templates/diskmaker-discovery-daemonset.yaml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ spec:
         target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
       labels:
         app: diskmaker-discovery
-        openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.dns: allow
-        openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.api-server: allow
-        openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.diskmaker-metrics: allow
     spec:
       containers:
       - args:
diff --git a/assets/templates/diskmaker-manager-daemonset.yaml b/assets/templates/diskmaker-manager-daemonset.yaml
index 892f371b5..ac5613d1c 100644
--- a/assets/templates/diskmaker-manager-daemonset.yaml
+++ b/assets/templates/diskmaker-manager-daemonset.yaml
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ spec:
         target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
       labels:
         app: diskmaker-manager
-        openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.dns: allow
-        openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.api-server: allow
-        openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.diskmaker-metrics: allow
     spec:
       containers:
       - args:
diff --git a/config/manifests/stable/local-storage-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/stable/local-storage-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 451a10058..befc21c6c 100644
--- a/config/manifests/stable/local-storage-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/stable/local-storage-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -435,9 +435,6 @@ spec:
                   target.workload.openshift.io/management: '{"effect": "PreferredDuringScheduling"}'
                 labels:
                   name: local-storage-operator
-                  openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.dns: allow
-                  openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.api-server: allow
-                  openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.operator-metrics: allow
               spec:
                 serviceAccountName: local-storage-operator
                 priorityClassName: openshift-user-critical
diff --git a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-egress-to-api-server.yaml b/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-egress-to-api-server.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a811c4df..000000000
--- a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-egress-to-api-server.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
- name: lso-allow-egress-to-api-server
- annotations:
-  include.release.openshift.io/hypershift: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/ibm-cloud-managed: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/single-node-developer: "true"
-  capability.openshift.io/name: Storage
-spec:
- podSelector:
-   matchLabels:
-     openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.api-server: allow
- egress:
- - ports:
-   - protocol: TCP
-     port: 6443
- policyTypes:
- - Egress
diff --git a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-egress-to-dns.yaml b/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-egress-to-dns.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 43c7a8467..000000000
--- a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-egress-to-dns.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
- name: lso-allow-egress-to-dns
- annotations:
-  include.release.openshift.io/hypershift: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/ibm-cloud-managed: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/single-node-developer: "true"
-  capability.openshift.io/name: Storage
-spec:
- podSelector:
-   matchLabels:
-     openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.dns: allow
- egress:
- - to:
-   - namespaceSelector:
-       matchLabels:
-         kubernetes.io/metadata.name: openshift-dns
-     podSelector:
-       matchLabels:
-         dns.operator.openshift.io/daemonset-dns: default
-   ports:
-   - protocol: TCP
-     port: dns-tcp
-   - protocol: UDP
-     port: dns
- policyTypes:
- - Egress
diff --git a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-ingress-to-diskmaker-metrics.yaml b/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-ingress-to-diskmaker-metrics.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 267ef3c07..000000000
--- a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-ingress-to-diskmaker-metrics.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
- name: lso-allow-ingress-to-diskmaker-metrics
- annotations:
-  include.release.openshift.io/hypershift: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/ibm-cloud-managed: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/single-node-developer: "true"
-  capability.openshift.io/name: Storage
-spec:
- podSelector:
-   matchLabels:
-     openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.diskmaker-metrics: allow
- ingress:
- - ports:
-   - protocol: TCP
-     port: 8383
-   - protocol: TCP
-     port: 9393
- policyTypes:
- - Ingress
diff --git a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-ingress-to-operator-metrics.yaml b/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-ingress-to-operator-metrics.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index de5ce9afe..000000000
--- a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-allow-ingress-to-operator-metrics.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
- name: lso-allow-ingress-to-operator-metrics
- annotations:
-  include.release.openshift.io/hypershift: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/ibm-cloud-managed: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/single-node-developer: "true"
-  capability.openshift.io/name: Storage
-spec:
- podSelector:
-   matchLabels:
-     openshift.storage.network-policy.lso.operator-metrics: allow
- ingress:
- - ports:
-   - protocol: TCP
-     port: 8080
-   - protocol: TCP
-     port: 8081
- policyTypes:
- - Ingress
diff --git a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-default-deny-all.yaml b/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-default-deny-all.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c6e36576..000000000
--- a/config/manifests/stable/network-policy-default-deny-all.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
- name: lso-default-deny-all
- annotations:
-  include.release.openshift.io/hypershift: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/ibm-cloud-managed: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/self-managed-high-availability: "true"
-  include.release.openshift.io/single-node-developer: "true"
-  capability.openshift.io/name: Storage
-spec:
- podSelector: {}
- policyTypes:
- - Ingress
- - Egress