diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go b/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go
index 25382f4874..265c8dffc0 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/common/ha.go
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ import (
 	v1alpha1 "knative.dev/operator/pkg/apis/operator/v1alpha1"
 )
 
-const (
-	configMapName           = "config-leader-election"
-	enabledComponentsKey    = "enabledComponents"
-	servingComponentsValue  = "controller,hpaautoscaler,certcontroller,istiocontroller,nscontroller"
-	eventingComponentsValue = "eventing-controller,sugar-controller,imc-controller,imc-dispatcher,mt-broker-controller"
-)
-
 func haSupport(obj v1alpha1.KComponent) sets.String {
 	return sets.NewString(
 		"controller",
@@ -72,27 +65,6 @@ func HighAvailabilityTransform(obj v1alpha1.KComponent, log *zap.SugaredLogger)
 			return nil
 		}
 
-		// Transform the leader election config.
-		if u.GetKind() == "ConfigMap" && u.GetName() == "config-leader-election" {
-			data, ok, err := unstructured.NestedStringMap(u.UnstructuredContent(), "data")
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil
-			}
-			if !ok {
-				data = map[string]string{}
-			}
-
-			if _, ok := obj.(*v1alpha1.KnativeServing); ok {
-				data[enabledComponentsKey] = servingComponentsValue
-			}
-			if _, ok := obj.(*v1alpha1.KnativeEventing); ok {
-				data[enabledComponentsKey] = eventingComponentsValue
-			}
-			if err := unstructured.SetNestedStringMap(u.Object, data, "data"); err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
-		}
-
 		replicas := int64(ha.Replicas)
 
 		// Transform deployments that support HA.
diff --git a/pkg/reconciler/common/ha_test.go b/pkg/reconciler/common/ha_test.go
index 1e7c3d19e3..6f1d365905 100644
--- a/pkg/reconciler/common/ha_test.go
+++ b/pkg/reconciler/common/ha_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 
 	appsv1 "k8s.io/api/apps/v1"
 	autoscalingv2beta1 "k8s.io/api/autoscaling/v2beta1"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1/unstructured"
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/scheme"
@@ -38,17 +37,6 @@ func TestHighAvailabilityTransform(t *testing.T) {
 		expected *unstructured.Unstructured
 		err      error
 	}{{
-		name:     "No HA; ConfigMap",
-		config:   nil,
-		in:       makeUnstructuredConfigMap(t, nil),
-		expected: makeUnstructuredConfigMap(t, nil),
-	}, {
-		name:   "HA; ConfigMap",
-		config: makeHa(2),
-		in:     makeUnstructuredConfigMap(t, nil),
-		expected: makeUnstructuredConfigMap(t, map[string]string{
-			enabledComponentsKey: servingComponentsValue}),
-	}, {
 		name:     "HA; controller",
 		config:   makeHa(2),
 		in:       makeUnstructuredDeployment(t, "controller"),
@@ -125,22 +113,6 @@ func makeHa(replicas int32) *v1alpha1.HighAvailability {
 	}
 }
 
-func makeUnstructuredConfigMap(t *testing.T, data map[string]string) *unstructured.Unstructured {
-	cm := &v1.ConfigMap{
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: configMapName,
-		},
-	}
-	cm.Data = data
-	result := &unstructured.Unstructured{}
-	err := scheme.Scheme.Convert(cm, result, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Could not create unstructured ConfigMap: %v, err: %v", cm, err)
-	}
-
-	return result
-}
-
 func makeUnstructuredDeployment(t *testing.T, name string) *unstructured.Unstructured {
 	return makeUnstructuredDeploymentReplicas(t, name, 1)
 }