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index f53ac5889..37f33937e 100644
--- a/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/kustomize/base/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/kustomize/base/kustomization.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ images:
   - name: runtime-workbench
     newName: quay.io/opendatahub/workbench-images
     newTag: runtime-cuda-tensorflow-ubi9-python-3.11
-configMapGenerator:
-  - name: req-config
-    files:
-      - requirements-elyra.txt
diff --git a/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/kustomize/base/requirements-elyra.txt b/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/kustomize/base/requirements-elyra.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 91fb8e57d..000000000
--- a/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/kustomize/base/requirements-elyra.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
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diff --git a/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/utils/requirements-elyra.txt b/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/utils/requirements-elyra.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 039bfa570..000000000
--- a/runtimes/tensorflow/ubi9-python-3.11/utils/requirements-elyra.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,71 +0,0 @@
-# Copied from: https://github.com/elyra-ai/elyra/blob/main/etc/generic/requirements-elyra.txt
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