diff --git a/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-overlay-load-test-template.yaml b/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-overlay-load-test-template.yaml
index 8b95430ace..2e3ac7d657 100644
--- a/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-overlay-load-test-template.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-overlay-load-test-template.yaml
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@ stages:
                 kubectl get po -owide -A
 
                 echo "deploy Cilium ConfigMap"
-                kubectl apply -f cilium/configmap.yaml
                 kubectl apply -f test/integration/manifests/cilium/cilium-config.yaml
                 echo "install Cilium onto Overlay Cluster"
                 kubectl apply -f test/integration/manifests/cilium/cilium-agent
diff --git a/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-scale-test.yaml b/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-scale-test.yaml
index 8ff45b570d..45a17da9d2 100644
--- a/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-scale-test.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/cni/cilium/cilium-scale-test.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ stages:
                 az aks get-credentials --resource-group ${CLUSTER} --name ${CLUSTER}
                 echo "Redeploy all cilium components and update cilium version. Redeploy all to catch all changes between versions"
                 echo "deploy Cilium ConfigMap"
-                kubectl apply -f cilium/configmap.yaml
                 kubectl apply -f test/integration/manifests/cilium/cilium-config.yaml
                 echo "install Cilium ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG}"
                 envsubst '${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG},${CILIUM_IMAGE_REGISTRY}' < test/integration/manifests/cilium/daemonset.yaml | kubectl apply -f -
diff --git a/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml b/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml
index 88346909fb..bf38ae9266 100644
--- a/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium-overlay/cilium-overlay-e2e-step-template.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ steps:
         kubectl get po -owide -A
         if [ "$CILIUM_VERSION_TAG" = "cilium-nightly-pipeline" ]; then FILE_PATH=-nightly && echo "Running nightly"; fi
         echo "deploy Cilium ConfigMap"
-        kubectl apply -f cilium/configmap.yaml
         kubectl apply -f test/integration/manifests/cilium/cilium${FILE_PATH}-config.yaml
         echo "install Cilium ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG}"
         # Passes Cilium image to daemonset and deployment
diff --git a/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium/cilium-e2e-step-template.yaml b/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium/cilium-e2e-step-template.yaml
index d57aa0af3e..2565fa8fd3 100644
--- a/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium/cilium-e2e-step-template.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/singletenancy/cilium/cilium-e2e-step-template.yaml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ steps:
         kubectl cluster-info
         kubectl get po -owide -A
         echo "deploy Cilium ConfigMap"
-        kubectl apply -f cilium/configmap.yaml
         kubectl apply -f test/integration/manifests/cilium/cilium-config.yaml
         echo "install Cilium ${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG}"
         envsubst '${CILIUM_VERSION_TAG},${CILIUM_IMAGE_REGISTRY}' < test/integration/manifests/cilium/daemonset.yaml | kubectl apply -f -
diff --git a/cilium/cilium_helm_values.yaml b/cilium/cilium_helm_values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 08711b777d..0000000000
--- a/cilium/cilium_helm_values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-image:
-  repository: mcr.microsoft.com/oss/cilium/cilium
-  tag: 1.12.10
-  digest: ""
-  useDigest: false
-
-operator:
-  image:
-    repository: mcr.microsoft.com/oss/cilium/operator
-    tag: 1.12.10
-    suffix: ""
-    digest: ""
-    useDigest: false
-
-ipam:
-  mode: "delegated-plugin"
-
-tunnel: disabled
-
-endpointRoutes:
-  enabled: true
-
-extraArgs:
-  - --local-router-ipv4=169.254.23.0
-
-# kubenet pod CIDR
-ipv4NativeRoutingCIDR: 10.241.0.0/16
-enableIPv4Masquerade: false
-install-no-conntrack-iptables-rules: false
-installIptablesRules: true
-l7Proxy: false
-hubble:
-  enabled: false
-kubeProxyReplacement: strict
-
-endpointHealthChecking:
-  enabled: false
-
-cni:
-  install: true
-  customConf: true
diff --git a/cilium/configmap.yaml b/cilium/configmap.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cfd29270af..0000000000
--- a/cilium/configmap.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: cni-configuration
-  namespace: kube-system
-data:
-  cni-config: |-
-    {
-      "cniVersion": "0.3.1",
-      "name": "cilium",
-      "plugins": [
-        {
-          "type": "cilium-cni",
-          "ipam": {
-            "type": "azure-ipam"
-          },
-          "enable-debug": true,
-          "log-file": "/var/log/cilium-cni.log"
-        }
-      ]
-    }