diff --git a/k8s.mk b/k8s.mk
index ac4ffa1..37f712c 100644
--- a/k8s.mk
+++ b/k8s.mk
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ start-k8s:
 	@- echo "\n### setting kubernetes context to $(K8S_CONTEXT)"
 	@ kubectl config use-context $(K8S_CONTEXT)
 
-	@- echo "\n### generating imagePullSecrets"
-	@- imagePullSecrets.sh
-
 	@- echo "\n### run kubectl apply -f kubernetes.yaml and secrets.yaml"
 	@ cat kubernetes.yaml secrets.yaml | envsubst | kubectl apply -f -
 
diff --git a/kustomize.mk b/kustomize.mk
index 461d1c0..944e5f3 100644
--- a/kustomize.mk
+++ b/kustomize.mk
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@ start-kustomize:
 	@- echo "\n### create namespace $(K8S_NAMESPACE)"
 	@- kubectl create namespace "$(K8S_NAMESPACE)" --dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f - 
 
-	@- echo "\n### generating imagePullSecrets"
-	@- imagePullSecretsOut.sh > $(KUSTOMIZE_FOLDER)/base/imagepullsecrets.yaml
-
 	@- echo "\n### editing kustomizations"
 
 ifdef KUSTOMIZE_EDIT_NAMESPACE