diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set-controller/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set-controller/ks.yaml
index 2fd181e9e681e..df6fde070cf00 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set-controller/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set-controller/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/actions-runner-system/gha-runner-scale-set-controller/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/default/cross-seed/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/default/cross-seed/ks.yaml
index 6d60daffb54a3..ac0947dfe813a 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/default/cross-seed/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/default/cross-seed/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/default/cross-seed/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/default/emqx/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/default/emqx/ks.yaml
index afa7424187610..17d7579318eca 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/default/emqx/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/default/emqx/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/default/emqx/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/default/plex/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/default/plex/ks.yaml
index 060dbcb2c0394..b102a15a9400f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/default/plex/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/default/plex/ks.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ spec:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
   targetNamespace: default
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/default/plex/tools
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/default/qbittorrent/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/default/qbittorrent/ks.yaml
index 0800129aa7523..69f63871029b9 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/default/qbittorrent/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/default/qbittorrent/ks.yaml
@@ -42,8 +42,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/default/qbittorrent/tools
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/default/slskd/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/default/slskd/ks.yaml
index d3f9357b21965..e7625143e4ebc 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/default/slskd/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/default/slskd/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/default/slskd/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/default/unpackerr/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/default/unpackerr/ks.yaml
index fc88e969b370c..6caa0ed91f0d0 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/default/unpackerr/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/default/unpackerr/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/default/unpackerr/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/ks.yaml
index 4f5ef0c98e157..e040c345dd776 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/ks.yaml
@@ -15,28 +15,6 @@ spec:
   sourceRef:
     kind: GitRepository
     name: flux-system
-  wait: true
-  interval: 30m
-  timeout: 5m
----
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://kubernetes-schemas.pages.dev/kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/kustomization_v1.json
-apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
-kind: Kustomization
-metadata:
-  name: &app external-secrets-stores
-  namespace: flux-system
-spec:
-  targetNamespace: external-secrets
-  commonMetadata:
-    labels:
-      app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets
-  path: ./kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/stores
-  prune: true
-  sourceRef:
-    kind: GitRepository
-    name: flux-system
-  wait: true
+  wait: false
   interval: 30m
   timeout: 5m
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/stores/clustersecretstore.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/stores/clustersecretstore.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b06b68a1a1d34..0000000000000
--- a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/stores/clustersecretstore.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
----
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://kubernetes-schemas.pages.dev/external-secrets.io/clustersecretstore_v1beta1.json
-apiVersion: external-secrets.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterSecretStore
-metadata:
-  name: onepassword-connect
-spec:
-  provider:
-    onepassword:
-      connectHost: http://onepassword-connect.external-secrets.svc.cluster.local
-      vaults:
-        Kubernetes: 1
-      auth:
-        secretRef:
-          connectTokenSecretRef:
-            name: onepassword-connect-secret
-            key: token
-            namespace: external-secrets
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/stores/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/stores/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c4e030d17fb6..0000000000000
--- a/kubernetes/apps/external-secrets/external-secrets/stores/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://json.schemastore.org/kustomization
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-resources:
-  - ./clustersecretstore.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/network/cloudflare-ddns/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/network/cloudflare-ddns/ks.yaml
index 2335ec30c452c..e446d1342b425 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/network/cloudflare-ddns/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/network/cloudflare-ddns/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/network/cloudflare-ddns/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/network/external-dns/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/network/external-dns/ks.yaml
index 9c19d7e9c597d..31b78bb58ed7c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/network/external-dns/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/network/external-dns/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/network/external-dns/cloudflare
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/network/external-dns/unifi
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/observability/gatus/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/observability/gatus/ks.yaml
index af009e6fbb24a..338064c1ebd1b 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/observability/gatus/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/observability/gatus/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/observability/gatus/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/observability/grafana/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/observability/grafana/ks.yaml
index 33b88791adec0..e700a92e20270 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/observability/grafana/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/observability/grafana/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/observability/grafana/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/observability/kube-prometheus-stack/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/observability/kube-prometheus-stack/ks.yaml
index 705ea47b95001..e68ba9ce92dc3 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/observability/kube-prometheus-stack/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/observability/kube-prometheus-stack/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/observability/kube-prometheus-stack/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/observability/unpoller/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/observability/unpoller/ks.yaml
index 6381f74811054..83e781b979a0e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/observability/unpoller/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/observability/unpoller/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/observability/unpoller/app
   prune: true
   sourceRef:
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook-ceph/ks.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook-ceph/ks.yaml
index bf855e6d34741..84700b66a076e 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook-ceph/ks.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook-ceph/ks.yaml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook-ceph/app
   prune: false # never should be deleted
   sourceRef:
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ spec:
   commonMetadata:
     labels:
       app.kubernetes.io/name: *app
-  dependsOn:
-    - name: external-secrets-stores
   path: ./kubernetes/apps/rook-ceph/rook-ceph/cluster
   prune: false # never should be deleted
   sourceRef: