diff --git a/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go b/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
index 68af8c6e693..d0797367f00 100644
--- a/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
+++ b/openapi/generated_openapi/zz_generated.openapi.go
@@ -45641,12 +45641,6 @@ func schema_openshift_api_openshiftcontrolplane_v1_OpenShiftControllerManagerCon
 							Format:      "",
 						},
 					},
-					"kubeClientConfig": {
-						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
-							Default: map[string]interface{}{},
-							Ref:     ref("github.com/openshift/api/config/v1.KubeClientConfig"),
-						},
-					},
 					"servingInfo": {
 						SchemaProps: spec.SchemaProps{
 							Description: "servingInfo describes how to start serving",
@@ -45751,11 +45745,11 @@ func schema_openshift_api_openshiftcontrolplane_v1_OpenShiftControllerManagerCon
 						},
 					},
 				},
-				Required: []string{"kubeClientConfig", "servingInfo", "leaderElection", "controllers", "resourceQuota", "serviceServingCert", "deployer", "build", "serviceAccount", "dockerPullSecret", "network", "ingress", "imageImport", "securityAllocator", "featureGates"},
+				Required: []string{"servingInfo", "leaderElection", "controllers", "resourceQuota", "serviceServingCert", "deployer", "build", "serviceAccount", "dockerPullSecret", "network", "ingress", "imageImport", "securityAllocator", "featureGates"},
 			},
 		},
 		Dependencies: []string{
-			"github.com/openshift/api/config/v1.HTTPServingInfo", "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1.KubeClientConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1.LeaderElection", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.BuildControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.DeployerControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.DockerPullSecretControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ImageImportControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.IngressControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.NetworkControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ResourceQuotaControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.SecurityAllocator", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ServiceAccountControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ServiceServingCert"},
+			"github.com/openshift/api/config/v1.HTTPServingInfo", "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1.LeaderElection", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.BuildControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.DeployerControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.DockerPullSecretControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ImageImportControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.IngressControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.NetworkControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ResourceQuotaControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.SecurityAllocator", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ServiceAccountControllerConfig", "github.com/openshift/api/openshiftcontrolplane/v1.ServiceServingCert"},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/openapi/openapi.json b/openapi/openapi.json
index 4778b14d73a..e26a740f3d3 100644
--- a/openapi/openapi.json
+++ b/openapi/openapi.json
@@ -26480,7 +26480,6 @@
       "description": "Compatibility level 4: No compatibility is provided, the API can change at any point for any reason. These capabilities should not be used by applications needing long term support.",
       "type": "object",
       "required": [
-        "kubeClientConfig",
         "servingInfo",
         "leaderElection",
         "controllers",
@@ -26541,10 +26540,6 @@
           "description": "Kind is a string value representing the REST resource this object represents. Servers may infer this from the endpoint the client submits requests to. Cannot be updated. In CamelCase. More info: https://git.k8s.io/community/contributors/devel/sig-architecture/api-conventions.md#types-kinds",
           "type": "string"
         },
-        "kubeClientConfig": {
-          "default": {},
-          "$ref": "#/definitions/com.github.openshift.api.config.v1.KubeClientConfig"
-        },
         "leaderElection": {
           "description": "leaderElection defines the configuration for electing a controller instance to make changes to the cluster. If unspecified, the ControllerTTL value is checked to determine whether the legacy direct etcd election code will be used.",
           "default": {},
diff --git a/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/types.go b/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/types.go
index 498f78df6d7..0d71e3f8b0b 100644
--- a/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/types.go
+++ b/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/types.go
@@ -258,7 +258,10 @@ const (
 type OpenShiftControllerManagerConfig struct {
 	metav1.TypeMeta `json:",inline"`
 
-	KubeClientConfig configv1.KubeClientConfig `json:"kubeClientConfig"`
+	// KubeClientConfig is no longer being used.
+	// The field is being ignored by OCM.
+	//
+	// KubeClientConfig configv1.KubeClientConfig `json:"kubeClientConfig"`
 
 	// servingInfo describes how to start serving
 	ServingInfo *configv1.HTTPServingInfo `json:"servingInfo"`
diff --git a/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index fbb2e5e2b90..4d7774caa4e 100644
--- a/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/openshiftcontrolplane/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -459,7 +459,6 @@ func (in *OpenShiftAPIServerConfig) DeepCopyObject() runtime.Object {
 func (in *OpenShiftControllerManagerConfig) DeepCopyInto(out *OpenShiftControllerManagerConfig) {
 	*out = *in
 	out.TypeMeta = in.TypeMeta
-	out.KubeClientConfig = in.KubeClientConfig
 	if in.ServingInfo != nil {
 		in, out := &in.ServingInfo, &out.ServingInfo
 		*out = new(configv1.HTTPServingInfo)