diff --git a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml
index 50ad2c50761..87f55c860e3 100644
--- a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml
+++ b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-filter.yaml
@@ -12,82 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# This one is a placeholder to bring the replicas down to zero.
-# Remove this after .16 ships.
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: broker-filter
-  namespace: knative-eventing
-  labels:
-    eventing.knative.dev/release: devel
-spec:
-  replicas: 0
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      eventing.knative.dev/brokerRole: filter
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        eventing.knative.dev/brokerRole: filter
-        eventing.knative.dev/release: devel
-    spec:
-      serviceAccountName: mt-broker-filter
-      containers:
-      - name: filter
-        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
-        image: ko://knative.dev/eventing/cmd/mtbroker/filter
-        livenessProbe:
-          failureThreshold: 3
-          httpGet:
-            path: /healthz
-            port: 8080
-            scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
-          periodSeconds: 2
-          successThreshold: 1
-          timeoutSeconds: 1
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 8080
-          name: http
-          protocol: TCP
-        - containerPort: 9092
-          name: metrics
-          protocol: TCP
-        terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log
-        env:
-          - name: SYSTEM_NAMESPACE
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          - name: NAMESPACE
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                apiVersion: v1
-                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          - name: POD_NAME
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                apiVersion: v1
-                fieldPath: metadata.name
-          - name: CONTAINER_NAME
-            value: filter
-          - name: CONFIG_LOGGING_NAME
-            value: config-logging
-          - name: CONFIG_OBSERVABILITY_NAME
-            value: config-observability
-          - name: METRICS_DOMAIN
-            value: knative.dev/internal/eventing
-          - name: FILTER_PORT
-            value: "8080"
-        securityContext:
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-
----
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
diff --git a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml
index 570193227a9..0309693a0c9 100644
--- a/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml
+++ b/config/brokers/mt-channel-broker/deployments/broker-ingress.yaml
@@ -12,82 +12,6 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-# This one is a placeholder to bring the replicas down to zero.
-# Remove this after .16 ships.
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: broker-ingress
-  namespace: knative-eventing
-  labels:
-    eventing.knative.dev/release: devel
-spec:
-  replicas: 0
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      eventing.knative.dev/brokerRole: ingress
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        eventing.knative.dev/brokerRole: ingress
-        eventing.knative.dev/release: devel
-    spec:
-      serviceAccountName: mt-broker-ingress
-      containers:
-      - name: ingress
-        terminationMessagePolicy: FallbackToLogsOnError
-        image: ko://knative.dev/eventing/cmd/mtbroker/ingress
-        livenessProbe:
-          failureThreshold: 3
-          httpGet:
-            path: /healthz
-            port: 8080
-            scheme: HTTP
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
-          periodSeconds: 2
-          successThreshold: 1
-          timeoutSeconds: 1
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 100m
-            memory: 100Mi
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 8080
-          name: http
-          protocol: TCP
-        - containerPort: 9092
-          name: metrics
-          protocol: TCP
-        terminationMessagePath: /dev/termination-log
-        env:
-          - name: SYSTEM_NAMESPACE
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          - name: NAMESPACE
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                apiVersion: v1
-                fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-          - name: POD_NAME
-            valueFrom:
-              fieldRef:
-                apiVersion: v1
-                fieldPath: metadata.name
-          - name: CONTAINER_NAME
-            value: ingress
-          - name: CONFIG_LOGGING_NAME
-            value: config-logging
-          - name: CONFIG_OBSERVABILITY_NAME
-            value: config-observability
-          - name: METRICS_DOMAIN
-            value: knative.dev/internal/eventing
-          - name: INGRESS_PORT
-            value: "8080"
-        securityContext:
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-
----
 apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata: