diff --git a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.26.yaml b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.26.yaml
index 560a8d87..320b7b8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.26.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.26.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run kuttl tests 1.26
         run: make kuttl
         env:
-          WEBHOOK_TYPE: 'cert-manager'
           LATEST_KUBE_VERSION: '1.26'
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'Dummy'
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'Dummy'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.27.yaml b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.27.yaml
index e995a572..a16d2cb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.27.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.27.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run kuttl tests 1.27
         run: make kuttl
         env:
-          WEBHOOK_TYPE: 'cert-manager'
           LATEST_KUBE_VERSION: '1.27'
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'Dummy'
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'Dummy'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.28.yaml b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.28.yaml
index 629af707..c13b670d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.28.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.28.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run kuttl tests 1.28
         run: make kuttl
         env:
-          WEBHOOK_TYPE: 'cert-manager'
           LATEST_KUBE_VERSION: '1.28'
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'Dummy'
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'Dummy'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.29.yaml b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.29.yaml
index 988b3dd9..894d83b6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.29.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kuttl-e2e-test-1.29.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run kuttl tests 1.29
         run: make kuttl
         env:
-          WEBHOOK_TYPE: 'cert-manager'
           LATEST_KUBE_VERSION: '1.29'
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'Dummy'
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'Dummy'
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f56176b1..84b6c90b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ load-package: $(KIND) build kustomize-webhook
 # to the Provider.
 # Run Kuttl test suite on newly built controller image.
 # Destroy Kind and localstack.
-kuttl: $(KUTTL) generate-pkg generate-tests crossplane-cluster localstack-cluster cert-manager load-package
+kuttl: $(KUTTL) generate-pkg generate-tests crossplane-cluster localstack-cluster load-package
 	@$(INFO) Running kuttl test suite
 	@$(KUTTL) test --config e2e/kuttl/stable/provider-ceph-$(LATEST_KUBE_VERSION).yaml
 	@$(OK) Running kuttl test suite
diff --git a/e2e/tests/stable/provider-ceph/00-enable-webhook.yaml b/e2e/tests/stable/provider-ceph/00-enable-webhook.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7644dabb..00000000
--- a/e2e/tests/stable/provider-ceph/00-enable-webhook.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kuttl.dev/v1beta1
-kind: TestStep
-commands:
-  - command: kubectl apply -R -f ../../../../package/webhookconfigurations
diff --git a/hack/deploy-provider.sh b/hack/deploy-provider.sh
index cc3e57eb..424aec05 100755
--- a/hack/deploy-provider.sh
+++ b/hack/deploy-provider.sh
@@ -5,34 +5,6 @@
 : "${ARCH?= required}"
 : "${VERSION?= required}"
 
-# Apply cert-manager Issuer and Certificate
-kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
-apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
-kind: Issuer
-metadata:
-  name: selfsigned-issuer
-  namespace: crossplane-system
-spec:
-  selfSigned: {}
----
-apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
-kind: Certificate
-metadata:
-  name: crossplane-provider-provider-ceph
-  namespace: crossplane-system
-spec:
-  commonName: provider-ceph.crossplane-system.svc
-  dnsNames:
-  - provider-ceph.crossplane-system.svc.cluster.local
-  - provider-ceph.crossplane-system.svc
-  - crossplane-provider-provider-ceph.crossplane-system.svc.cluster.local
-  - crossplane-provider-provider-ceph.crossplane-system.svc
-  issuerRef:
-    kind: Issuer
-    name: selfsigned-issuer
-  secretName: crossplane-provider-provider-ceph-server-cert
-EOF
-
 # Apply a configuration for the provider deployment.
 kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
 apiVersion: pkg.crossplane.io/v1beta1
@@ -60,14 +32,6 @@ spec:
             - --poll=30m
             - --sync=1h
             - --assume-role-arn=${ASSUME_ROLE_ARN}
-            - --webhook-tls-cert-dir=/certs
-            volumeMounts:
-            - name: cert-manager-certs
-              mountPath: /certs
-          volumes:
-          - name: cert-manager-certs
-            secret:
-              secretName: crossplane-provider-provider-ceph-server-cert
 EOF
 
 # Apply the provider.
diff --git a/hack/generate-tests.sh b/hack/generate-tests.sh
index d1813267..818a6678 100755
--- a/hack/generate-tests.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-tests.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 : "${TEST_KIND_NODES?= required}"
 : "${REPO?= required}"
 : "${LOCALSTACK_VERSION?= required}"
-: "${CERT_MANAGER_VERSION?= required}"
 
 # This script reads a comma-delimited string TEST_KIND_NODES of kind node versions
 # for kuttl tests to be run on, and generates the relevant files for each version.
@@ -122,7 +121,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run kuttl tests ${major}
         run: make kuttl
         env:
-          WEBHOOK_TYPE: 'cert-manager'
           LATEST_KUBE_VERSION: '${major}'
           AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: 'Dummy'
           AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: 'Dummy'