diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0df7575..de6a730 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -88,140 +88,6 @@ volumes:
     path: /var/run/docker.sock
 ---
 kind: pipeline
-name: windows-1809-pr
-
-platform:
-  os: windows
-  arch: amd64
-  version: 1809
-
-steps:
-  - name: hyperkube-windows-1809-pr
-    image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.7
-    commands:
-      - "docker build -f Dockerfile.windows --build-arg SERVERCORE_VERSION=1809 ."
-    volumes:
-      - name: docker_pipe
-        path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
-    when:
-      event:
-        - pull_request
-
-volumes:
-  - name: docker_pipe
-    host:
-      path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
-
----
-kind: pipeline
-name: windows-1809
-
-platform:
-  os: windows
-  arch: amd64
-  version: 1809
-
-steps:
-  - name: publish-hyperkube-windows-1809
-    image: plugins/docker
-    settings:
-      username:
-        from_secret: docker_username
-      password:
-        from_secret: docker_password
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile.windows
-      repo: rancher/hyperkube
-      tag: "${DRONE_TAG}-windows-1809"
-      build_args:
-        - SERVERCORE_VERSION=1809
-    volumes:
-      - name: docker_pipe
-        path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
-    when:
-      instance:
-        - drone-publish.rancher.io
-      event:
-        - tag
-
-volumes:
-  - name: docker_pipe
-    host:
-      path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
----
-kind: pipeline
-name: windows-20H2-pr
-
-platform:
-  os: windows
-  arch: amd64
-  version: 20H2
-
-# remove this and use upstream images when https://github.com/drone/drone-git/pull/25 is merged
-clone:
-  disable: true
-
-steps:
-  - name: clone
-    image: rancher/drone-images:git-20H2
-  - name: hyperkube-windows-20H2-pr
-    image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.7
-    commands:
-      - "docker build -f Dockerfile.windows.20H2 --build-arg SERVERCORE_VERSION=20H2 ."
-    volumes:
-      - name: docker_pipe
-        path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
-    when:
-      event:
-        - pull_request
-
-volumes:
-  - name: docker_pipe
-    host:
-      path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
-
----
-kind: pipeline
-name: windows-20H2
-
-platform:
-  os: windows
-  arch: amd64
-  version: 20H2
-
-# remove this and use upstream images when https://github.com/drone/drone-git/pull/25 is merged
-clone:
-  disable: true
-
-steps:
-  - name: clone
-    image: rancher/drone-images:git-20H2
-  - name: publish-hyperkube-windows-20H2
-    image: rancher/drone-images:docker-20H2
-    settings:
-      username:
-        from_secret: docker_username
-      password:
-        from_secret: docker_password
-      dockerfile: Dockerfile.windows.20H2
-      repo: rancher/hyperkube
-      tag: "${DRONE_TAG}-windows-20H2"
-      build_args:
-        - SERVERCORE_VERSION=20H2
-    volumes:
-      - name: docker_pipe
-        path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
-    when:
-      instance:
-        - drone-publish.rancher.io
-      event:
-        - tag
-
-volumes:
-  - name: docker_pipe
-    host:
-      path: \\\\.\\pipe\\docker_engine
----
-kind: pipeline
 name: manifest
 
 steps:
@@ -241,5 +107,3 @@ steps:
 depends_on:
 - linux-amd64
 - linux-arm64
-- windows-1809
-- windows-20H2
diff --git a/Dockerfile.windows b/Dockerfile.windows
deleted file mode 100644
index 4de21c0..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile.windows
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-ARG SERVERCORE_VERSION
-
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:${SERVERCORE_VERSION} as builder
-SHELL ["powershell", "-NoLogo", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-RUN if (-not (Get-Command Expand-7Zip -ErrorAction Ignore)) { \
-       Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force -Verbose; \
-       Install-Module -Name 7Zip4Powershell -Repository PSGallery -Force -Verbose; \
-       if(-not $?) { \
-            Write-Error "Failed to install package"; \
-            Exit 1; \
-       } \
-    }
-ENV K8S_VERSION v1.22.11
-RUN $URL = ('https://dl.k8s.io/{0}/kubernetes-node-windows-amd64.tar.gz' -f $env:K8S_VERSION); \
-    \
-    function Expand-GZip ($inFile, $outFile) { \
-        $input = New-Object System.IO.FileStream $inFile, ([IO.FileMode]::Open), ([IO.FileAccess]::Read), ([IO.FileShare]::Read); \
-        $output = New-Object System.IO.FileStream $outFile, ([IO.FileMode]::Create), ([IO.FileAccess]::Write), ([IO.FileShare]::None); \
-        $gzipStream = New-Object System.IO.Compression.GzipStream $input, ([IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); \
-        try { \
-            if (!$input -or !$output -or !$gzipStream) { \
-                Write-Error "Failed to Unzip the archive"; \
-                Exit 1; \
-            } \
-            $buffer = New-Object byte[](1024); \
-            while ($true) { \
-                $read = $gzipstream.Read($buffer, 0, 1024); \
-                if ($read -le 0 ) { \
-                    break; \
-                } \
-                $output.Write($buffer, 0, $read); \
-            } \
-        } finally { \
-            $gzipStream.Close(); \
-            $output.Close(); \
-            $input.Close(); \
-        } \
-    }; \
-    \
-    Write-Host ('Downloading Kubernetes from {0} ...' -f $URL); \
-    [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -OutFile c:\kubernetes.tar.gz -Uri $URL; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Expanding ...'; \
-    Expand-GZip c:\kubernetes.tar.gz c:\kubernetes.tar; \
-    Expand-7Zip c:\kubernetes.tar c:\; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Complete.'
-
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:nanoserver-${SERVERCORE_VERSION}
-USER ContainerAdministrator
-SHELL ["pwsh.exe", "-NoLogo", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-RUN $URL = 'https://github.com/rancher/azure-cli/releases/download/v0.0.2/dist.azure-cli.zip'; \
-    \
-    Write-Host ('Downloading azure-cli from {0} ...'  -f $URL); \
-    [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -OutFile c:\azure-cli.zip -Uri $URL; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Expanding ...'; \
-    Expand-Archive -Force -Path c:\azure-cli.zip -DestinationPath c:\azure-cli; \
-    Remove-Item -Force -Path c:\azure-cli.zip; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Complete.'
-COPY --from=builder /Windows/System32/netapi32.dll /Windows/System32/
-COPY --from=builder /kubernetes/node/bin/kubectl.exe /Windows
-COPY --from=builder /kubernetes/node/bin/kubelet.exe /kubernetes/node/bin/kube-proxy.exe /etc/kubernetes/bin/
-COPY windows/entrypoint.ps1 /usr/bin/
diff --git a/Dockerfile.windows.20H2 b/Dockerfile.windows.20H2
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c72571..0000000
--- a/Dockerfile.windows.20H2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-ARG SERVERCORE_VERSION
-
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:${SERVERCORE_VERSION} as builder
-SHELL ["powershell", "-NoLogo", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-RUN if (-not (Get-Command Expand-7Zip -ErrorAction Ignore)) { \
-       Install-PackageProvider -Name NuGet -Force -Verbose; \
-       Install-Module -Name 7Zip4Powershell -Repository PSGallery -Force -Verbose; \
-       if(-not $?) { \
-            Write-Error "Failed to install package"; \
-            Exit 1; \
-       } \
-    }
-ENV K8S_VERSION v1.22.11
-RUN $URL = ('https://dl.k8s.io/{0}/kubernetes-node-windows-amd64.tar.gz' -f $env:K8S_VERSION); \
-    \
-    function Expand-GZip ($inFile, $outFile) { \
-        $input = New-Object System.IO.FileStream $inFile, ([IO.FileMode]::Open), ([IO.FileAccess]::Read), ([IO.FileShare]::Read); \
-        $output = New-Object System.IO.FileStream $outFile, ([IO.FileMode]::Create), ([IO.FileAccess]::Write), ([IO.FileShare]::None); \
-        $gzipStream = New-Object System.IO.Compression.GzipStream $input, ([IO.Compression.CompressionMode]::Decompress); \
-        try { \
-            if (!$input -or !$output -or !$gzipStream) { \
-                Write-Error "Failed to Unzip the archive"; \
-                Exit 1; \
-            } \
-            $buffer = New-Object byte[](1024); \
-            while ($true) { \
-                $read = $gzipstream.Read($buffer, 0, 1024); \
-                if ($read -le 0 ) { \
-                    break; \
-                } \
-                $output.Write($buffer, 0, $read); \
-            } \
-        } finally { \
-            $gzipStream.Close(); \
-            $output.Close(); \
-            $input.Close(); \
-        } \
-    }; \
-    \
-    Write-Host ('Downloading Kubernetes from {0} ...' -f $URL); \
-    [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -OutFile c:\kubernetes.tar.gz -Uri $URL; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Expanding ...'; \
-    Expand-GZip c:\kubernetes.tar.gz c:\kubernetes.tar; \
-    Expand-7Zip c:\kubernetes.tar c:\; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Complete.'
-
-# FROM mcr.microsoft.com/powershell:nanoserver-${SERVERCORE_VERSION}
-# USER ContainerAdministrator
-# SHELL ["pwsh.exe", "-NoLogo", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-RUN New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Target "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" -Path "C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\pwsh.exe"
-RUN $URL = 'https://github.com/rancher/azure-cli/releases/download/v0.0.2/dist.azure-cli.zip'; \
-    \
-    Write-Host ('Downloading azure-cli from {0} ...'  -f $URL); \
-    [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12; \
-    Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -OutFile c:\azure-cli.zip -Uri $URL; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Expanding ...'; \
-    Expand-Archive -Force -Path c:\azure-cli.zip -DestinationPath c:\azure-cli; \
-    Remove-Item -Force -Path c:\azure-cli.zip; \
-    \
-    Write-Host 'Complete.'
-# COPY --from=builder /Windows/System32/netapi32.dll /Windows/System32/
-RUN Move-Item -Path /kubernetes/node/bin/kubectl.exe -Destination /Windows
-RUN New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory -Path /etc; \
-    New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory -Path /etc/kubernetes; \
-    New-Item -Force -ItemType Directory -Path /etc/kubernetes/bin; \
-    Move-Item -Path /kubernetes/node/bin/*.exe -Destination /etc/kubernetes/bin/
-COPY windows/entrypoint.ps1 /usr/bin/
diff --git a/manifest.tmpl b/manifest.tmpl
index 2cd9d28..3ddc842 100644
--- a/manifest.tmpl
+++ b/manifest.tmpl
@@ -10,15 +10,3 @@ manifests:
     platform:
       architecture: arm64
       os: linux
-  -
-    image: rancher/hyperkube:{{build.tag}}-windows-1809
-    platform:
-      architecture: amd64
-      os: windows
-      version: 1809
-  -
-    image: rancher/hyperkube:{{build.tag}}-windows-20H2
-    platform:
-      architecture: amd64
-      os: windows
-      version: 20H2
diff --git a/windows/entrypoint.ps1 b/windows/entrypoint.ps1
deleted file mode 100644
index 0bb029d..0000000
--- a/windows/entrypoint.ps1
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,115 +0,0 @@
-<#
-    watch the sentinel `c:\opt\rke-tools\entrypoint.ps1` is ready or not
-#>
-
-$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'
-$WarningPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
-$VerbosePreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
-$DebugPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
-$InformationPreference = 'SilentlyContinue'
-
-function Log-Info
-{
-    Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Blue "INFO: "
-    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray ("{0,-44}" -f ($args -join " "))
-}
-
-function Log-Fatal
-{
-    Write-Host -NoNewline -ForegroundColor DarkRed "FATA: "
-    Write-Host -ForegroundColor Gray ("{0,-44}" -f ($args -join " "))
-
-    exit 1
-}
-
-function Wait-Ready 
-{
-    param(
-        [parameter(Mandatory = $true)] $Path
-    )
-
-    $count = 600
-    while ($count -gt 0) 
-    {
-        Start-Sleep -s 1
-
-        if (Test-Path $Path -ErrorAction Ignore) 
-        {
-            Start-Sleep -s 5
-            break
-        }
-
-        Start-Sleep -s 1
-        $count -= 1
-    }
-
-    if ($count -le 0) 
-    {
-        Log-Fatal "Timeout, could not found $Path"
-    }
-}
-
-function Fix-LegacyArgument
-{
-    param (
-        [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string[]]$ArgumentList
-    )
-
-    $argList = @()
-    $legacy = $null
-    for ($i = $ArgumentList.Length; $i -ge 0; $i--) {
-        $arg = $ArgumentList[$i]
-        switch -regex ($arg)
-        {
-            "^-{2}.*" {
-                if ($legacy) {
-                    $arg = '{0}:{1}' -f $arg, $legacy
-                    $legacy = $null
-                }
-                $argList += $arg
-            }
-            default {
-                $legacy = $arg
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    return $argList
-}
-
-function Run-PowerShell
-{
-    param (
-        [parameter(Mandatory = $false)] [string[]]$ArgumentList
-    )
-
-    try {
-        if ($ArgumentList) {
-            Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath "powershell" -ArgumentList $ArgumentList
-        } else {
-            Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath "powershell"
-        }
-    } catch {
-        $errMsg = $_.Exception.Message
-        if ($errMsg -like "*This command cannot be run due to the error: *") {
-            if ($ArgumentList) {
-                Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath "pwsh" -ArgumentList $ArgumentList
-            } else {
-                Start-Process -NoNewWindow -Wait -FilePath "pwsh"
-            }
-        } else {
-            throw $_
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-# the bootstrap arguments for kubernetes components are formatted by `component-name --key1=val1 --key2=val2 ...`,
-# when passing `--pod-infra-container-image=rancher/kubelet-pause:v0.1.2` via windows docker,
-# powershell would recognize it as `--pod-infra-container-image=rancher/kubelet-pause` and `v0.0.2`
-$argList = Fix-LegacyArgument -ArgumentList $args[1..$args.Length]
-
-# waiting for the sentinel ready, which provided by servcie-sidekick
-Log-Info "Waiting for servcie-sidekick to prepare the entrypoint.ps1 ..."
-Wait-Ready -Path "c:\opt\rke-tools\entrypoint.ps1"
-$entryArgs = @("-NoLogo", "-NonInteractive", "-File", "c:\opt\rke-tools\entrypoint.ps1", $args[0]) + $argList
-Run-PowerShell -ArgumentList $entryArgs