diff --git a/deploy/operator-local.yaml b/deploy/operator-local.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a8162d218..000000000
--- a/deploy/operator-local.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-#
-#  Copyright (c) 2012-2019 Red Hat, Inc.
-#    This program and the accompanying materials are made
-#    available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
-#    which is available at https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
-#
-#  SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
-#
-#  Contributors:
-#    Red Hat, Inc. - initial API and implementation
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: che-operator
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      name: che-operator
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        name: che-operator
-    spec:
-      serviceAccountName: che-operator
-      containers:
-        - name: che-operator
-          image: quay.io/eclipse/che-operator:nightly
-          ports:
-            - containerPort: 60000
-              name: metrics
-          command:
-            - che-operator
-          imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-          env:
-            - name: WATCH_NAMESPACE
-              valueFrom:
-                fieldRef:
-                  fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-            - name: POD_NAME
-              valueFrom:
-                fieldRef:
-                  fieldPath: metadata.name
-            - name: OPERATOR_NAME
-              value: che-operator
-            - name: CHE_VERSION
-              value: nightly
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_che_server
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-server:nightly
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_plugin_registry
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-plugin-registry:nightly
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_devfile_registry
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-devfile-registry:nightly
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_che_tls_secrets_creation_job
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-tls-secret-creator:alpine-d1ed4ad
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_pvc_jobs
-              value: registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8-minimal:8.3-230
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_postgres
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che--centos--postgresql-96-centos7:9.6-b681d78125361519180a6ac05242c296f8906c11eab7e207b5ca9a89b6344392
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_keycloak
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-keycloak:nightly
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_che_workspace_plugin_broker_metadata
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-plugin-metadata-broker:v3.4.0
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_che_workspace_plugin_broker_artifacts
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-plugin-artifacts-broker:v3.4.0
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_che_server_secure_exposer_jwt_proxy_image
-              value: quay.io/eclipse/che-jwtproxy:0.10.0
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_single_host_gateway
-              value: docker.io/traefik:v2.2.8
-            - name: RELATED_IMAGE_single_host_gateway_config_sidecar
-              value: quay.io/che-incubator/configbump:0.1.4
-            - name: CHE_FLAVOR
-              value: che
-            - name: CONSOLE_LINK_NAME
-              value: che
-            - name: CONSOLE_LINK_DISPLAY_NAME
-              value: Eclipse Che
-            - name: CONSOLE_LINK_SECTION
-              value: Red Hat Applications
-            - name: CONSOLE_LINK_IMAGE
-              value: /dashboard/assets/branding/loader.svg
-            - name: CHE_IDENTITY_SECRET
-              value: che-identity-secret
-            - name: CHE_IDENTITY_POSTGRES_SECRET
-              value: che-identity-postgres-secret
-            - name: CHE_POSTGRES_SECRET
-              value: che-postgres-secret
-            - name: CHE_SERVER_TRUST_STORE_CONFIGMAP_NAME
-              value: ca-certs
-          livenessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /readyz
-              port: 6789
-            initialDelaySeconds: 15
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            failureThreshold: 10
-            successThreshold: 1
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
-          readinessProbe:
-            httpGet:
-              path: /healthz
-              port: 6789
-            initialDelaySeconds: 5
-            periodSeconds: 10
-            failureThreshold: 10
-            successThreshold: 1
-            timeoutSeconds: 5
diff --git a/e2e/deserialize.go b/e2e/deserialize.go
index 91ba65830..e5590976f 100644
--- a/e2e/deserialize.go
+++ b/e2e/deserialize.go
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func deserializeOperatorDeployment() (operatorDeployment *appsv1.Deployment, err error) {
-	fileLocation, err := filepath.Abs("deploy/operator-local.yaml")
+	fileLocation, err := filepath.Abs("deploy/operator.yaml")
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Fatalf("Failed to locate operator deployment yaml, %s", err)
 	}
diff --git a/make-release.sh b/make-release.sh
index a69f0a7b2..24ad92ee4 100755
--- a/make-release.sh
+++ b/make-release.sh
@@ -151,10 +151,6 @@ releaseOperatorCode() {
   echo "[INFO] releaseOperatorCode :: Validate changes for $operatoryaml"
   checkImageReferences $operatoryaml
 
-  local operatorlocalyaml=$RELEASE_DIR/deploy/operator-local.yaml
-  echo "[INFO] releaseOperatorCode :: Validate changes for $operatorlocalyaml"
-  checkImageReferences $operatorlocalyaml
-
   echo "[INFO] releaseOperatorCode :: Commit changes"
   if git status --porcelain; then
     git add -A || true # add new generated CSV files in olm/ folder
@@ -226,7 +222,7 @@ pushGitChanges() {
     fi
   fi
   git tag -a $RELEASE -m $RELEASE
-  git push --tags origin 
+  git push --tags origin
 }
 
 createPRToXBranch() {
@@ -241,7 +237,7 @@ createPRToMasterBranch() {
   resetChanges master
   local tmpBranch="copy-csv-to-master"
   git checkout -B $tmpBranch
-  git diff refs/heads/${BRANCH}...refs/heads/${RELEASE_BRANCH} ':(exclude)deploy/operator-local.yaml' ':(exclude)deploy/operator.yaml' | git apply -3
+  git diff refs/heads/${BRANCH}...refs/heads/${RELEASE_BRANCH} ':(exclude)deploy/operator.yaml' | git apply -3
   . ${RELEASE_DIR}/replace-images-tags.sh nightly master
   if git status --porcelain; then
     git add -A || true # add new generated CSV files in olm/ folder
diff --git a/olm/update-nightly-bundle.sh b/olm/update-nightly-bundle.sh
index 36970116b..d512ff7a9 100755
--- a/olm/update-nightly-bundle.sh
+++ b/olm/update-nightly-bundle.sh
@@ -38,13 +38,10 @@ case $OPERATOR_SDK_VERSION in
 esac
 
 OPERATOR_YAML="${BASE_DIR}"/../deploy/operator.yaml
-OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML="${BASE_DIR}"/../deploy/operator-local.yaml
 NEW_OPERATOR_YAML="${OPERATOR_YAML}.new"
-NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML="${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}.new"
 
 # copy licence header
 eval head -10 "${OPERATOR_YAML}" > ${NEW_OPERATOR_YAML}
-eval head -10 "${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}" > ${NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}
 
 ROOT_PROJECT_DIR=$(dirname "${BASE_DIR}")
 TAG=$1
@@ -67,14 +64,6 @@ yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").
 >> "${NEW_OPERATOR_YAML}"
 mv "${NEW_OPERATOR_YAML}" "${OPERATOR_YAML}"
 
-cat "${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}" | \
-yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_pvc_jobs\") | .value ) = \"${UBI8_MINIMAL_IMAGE}\"" | \
-yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_che_workspace_plugin_broker_metadata\") | .value ) = \"${PLUGIN_BROKER_METADATA_IMAGE_RELEASE}\"" | \
-yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_che_workspace_plugin_broker_artifacts\") | .value ) = \"${PLUGIN_BROKER_ARTIFACTS_IMAGE_RELEASE}\"" | \
-yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_che_server_secure_exposer_jwt_proxy_image\") | .value ) = \"${JWT_PROXY_IMAGE_RELEASE}\"" \
->> "${NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}"
-mv "${NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}" "${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}"
-
 DOCKERFILE=${BASE_DIR}/../Dockerfile
 sed -i 's|registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8-minimal:.*|'${UBI8_MINIMAL_IMAGE}'|g' $DOCKERFILE
 
diff --git a/replace-images-tags.sh b/replace-images-tags.sh
index acaaae3d7..8ce75e211 100755
--- a/replace-images-tags.sh
+++ b/replace-images-tags.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 #
 # Updates images into:
 # - deploy/operator.yaml
-# - deploy/operator-local.yaml
 # Usage:
 #   ./release-operator-code.sh <RELEASE_TAG> <CHE_RELEASE_BRANCH>
 
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ function replaceImageTag() {
 
 replaceImagesTags() {
   OPERATOR_YAML="${BASE_DIR}"/deploy/operator.yaml
-  OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML="${BASE_DIR}"/deploy/operator-local.yaml
 
   lastDefaultCheServerImage=$(yq -r ".spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\") | .env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_che_server\") | .value" "${OPERATOR_YAML}")
   lastDefaultKeycloakImage=$(yq -r ".spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\") | .env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_keycloak\") | .value" "${OPERATOR_YAML}")
@@ -43,10 +41,8 @@ replaceImagesTags() {
   DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE_RELEASE=$(replaceImageTag "${lastDefaultDevfileRegistryImage}" "${RELEASE_TAG}")
 
   NEW_OPERATOR_YAML="${OPERATOR_YAML}.new"
-  NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML="${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}.new"
   # copy licence header
   eval head -10 "${OPERATOR_YAML}" > ${NEW_OPERATOR_YAML}
-  eval head -10 "${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}" > ${NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}
 
   cat "${OPERATOR_YAML}" | \
   yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\") | .image ) = \"quay.io/eclipse/che-operator:${RELEASE_TAG}\"" | \
@@ -57,16 +53,6 @@ replaceImagesTags() {
   yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_devfile_registry\") | .value ) = \"${DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE_RELEASE}\"" \
   >> "${NEW_OPERATOR_YAML}"
   mv "${NEW_OPERATOR_YAML}" "${OPERATOR_YAML}"
-
-  cat "${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}" | \
-  yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\") | .image ) = \"quay.io/eclipse/che-operator:${RELEASE_TAG}\"" | \
-  yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"CHE_VERSION\") | .value ) = \"${RELEASE_TAG}\"" | \
-  yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_che_server\") | .value ) = \"${CHE_SERVER_IMAGE_REALEASE}\"" | \
-  yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_keycloak\") | .value ) = \"${KEYCLOAK_IMAGE_RELEASE}\"" | \
-  yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_plugin_registry\") | .value ) = \"${PLUGIN_REGISTRY_IMAGE_RELEASE}\"" | \
-  yq -ryY "( .spec.template.spec.containers[] | select(.name == \"che-operator\").env[] | select(.name == \"RELATED_IMAGE_devfile_registry\") | .value ) = \"${DEVFILE_REGISTRY_IMAGE_RELEASE}\"" \
-  >> "${NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}"
-  mv "${NEW_OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}" "${OPERATOR_LOCAL_YAML}"
 }
 
 init "$@"