diff --git a/pkg/admin/prerun/prerun.go b/pkg/admin/prerun/prerun.go
index 2241be2a42..44a2b049a6 100644
--- a/pkg/admin/prerun/prerun.go
+++ b/pkg/admin/prerun/prerun.go
@@ -36,13 +36,11 @@ func (hi *HealthInfo) IsHealthy() bool {
 
 type PreRun struct {
 	dataManager data.Manager
-	config      *config.Config
 }
 
-func New(dataManager data.Manager, config *config.Config) *PreRun {
+func New(dataManager data.Manager) *PreRun {
 	return &PreRun{
 		dataManager: dataManager,
-		config:      config,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -189,11 +187,6 @@ func (pr *PreRun) regularPrerun() error {
 
 		if migrationNeeded {
 			_ = migrationNeeded
-			stop, err := runMinimalMicroshift(pr.config)
-			if err != nil {
-				return fmt.Errorf("minimal MicroShift run failed to be ready: %w", err)
-			}
-			defer stop()
 			// TODO: data migration
 
 			if err := writeExecVersionToData(); err != nil {
@@ -217,11 +210,6 @@ func (pr *PreRun) upgradeFrom413() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to create new backup %q: %w", backupName, err)
 	}
 
-	stop, err := runMinimalMicroshift(pr.config)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("minimal MicroShift run failed to be ready: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer stop()
 	// TODO: data migration
 
 	if err := writeExecVersionToData(); err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/admin/prerun/run_minimal.go b/pkg/admin/prerun/run_minimal.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 93f5448763..0000000000
--- a/pkg/admin/prerun/run_minimal.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-package prerun
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"os/signal"
-	"syscall"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/openshift/microshift/pkg/config"
-	"github.com/openshift/microshift/pkg/controllers"
-	"github.com/openshift/microshift/pkg/node"
-	"github.com/openshift/microshift/pkg/servicemanager"
-	"github.com/openshift/microshift/pkg/util"
-
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
-)
-
-const (
-	gracefulShutdownTimeout = time.Second * 30
-	readyStateTimeout       = time.Second * 10
-)
-
-// runMinimalMicroshift initializes a minimum run of microshift core services during pre-run
-// to help with storage migration.
-//
-// Returns a handler to shutdown MicroShfit services and error if services never became ready.
-func runMinimalMicroshift(cfg *config.Config) (context.CancelFunc, error) {
-	// Establish the context we will use to control execution
-	runCtx, runCancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	m := servicemanager.NewServiceManager()
-	util.Must(m.AddService(node.NewNetworkConfiguration(cfg)))
-	util.Must(m.AddService(controllers.NewEtcd(cfg)))
-	util.Must(m.AddService(controllers.NewKubeAPIServer(cfg)))
-
-	// Start core services up
-	ready, stopped := make(chan struct{}), make(chan struct{})
-	go func() {
-		klog.Infof("Started %s", m.Name())
-		if err := m.Run(runCtx, ready, stopped); err != nil {
-			klog.Errorf("Stopped %s: %v", m.Name(), err)
-		} else {
-			klog.Infof("%s completed", m.Name())
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Connect os signal handler
-	sigTerm := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
-	signal.Notify(sigTerm, os.Interrupt, syscall.SIGTERM)
-
-	go func() {
-		select {
-		case <-sigTerm:
-			klog.Info("Interrupt received")
-			klog.Info("Stopping services")
-			runCancel()
-		case <-runCtx.Done():
-			klog.Info("Done signal from context received")
-		}
-	}()
-
-	// Provides a function to call when you want to stop the services
-	// because this is a blocking call it serves as a call and wait for
-	// all the services to stop.
-	stopFunc := func() {
-		runCancel()
-		select {
-		case <-stopped:
-		case <-time.After(gracefulShutdownTimeout):
-			klog.Infof("Timed out waiting for services to stop")
-		}
-		klog.Infof("MicroShift Sevices stopped")
-	}
-
-	// If Microshift does not become ready by the deadline, we consider that an error
-	select {
-	case <-ready:
-		klog.Infof("MicroShift is ready in minimal state")
-	case <-time.After(readyStateTimeout):
-		klog.Error("MicroShift never became ready in minimal state")
-		stopFunc()
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("services failed to be in ready state by timeout(%s)", readyStateTimeout)
-	}
-
-	return stopFunc, nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/run.go b/pkg/cmd/run.go
index b597e4d9a2..ccdb9a342a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/run.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/run.go
@@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ func logConfig(cfg *config.Config) {
 	}
 }
 
-func performPrerun(cfg *config.Config) error {
+func performPrerun() error {
 	dataManager, err := data.NewManager(config.BackupsDir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return prerun.New(dataManager, cfg).Perform()
+	return prerun.New(dataManager).Perform()
 }
 
 func RunMicroshift(cfg *config.Config) error {
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ func RunMicroshift(cfg *config.Config) error {
 		klog.Fatalf("MicroShift must be run privileged")
 	}
 
-	if err := performPrerun(cfg); err != nil {
+	if err := performPrerun(); err != nil {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "Pre-run procedure failed")
 		return err
 	}