diff --git a/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators.go b/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators.go
index 36a8662c36..32c38b3f09 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators.go
@@ -278,31 +278,6 @@ func NewOperatorFromBundle(bundle *api.Bundle, startingCSV string, sourceKey reg
 		properties = append(properties, ps...)
 	}
 
-	// legacy support - if the grpc api doesn't contain required/provided apis, fallback to csv parsing
-	if len(required) == 0 && len(provided) == 0 && len(properties) == 0 {
-		// fallback to csv parsing
-		if bundle.CsvJson == "" {
-			if bundle.GetBundlePath() != "" {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse bundle path, missing provided and required apis")
-			}
-
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("couldn't parse bundle, missing provided and required apis")
-		}
-
-		csv := &v1alpha1.ClusterServiceVersion{}
-		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(bundle.CsvJson), csv); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
-		op, err := NewOperatorFromV1Alpha1CSV(csv)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		op.sourceInfo = sourceInfo
-		op.bundle = bundle
-		return op, nil
-	}
-
 	o := &Operator{
 		name:         bundle.CsvName,
 		replaces:     bundle.Replaces,
diff --git a/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators_test.go b/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators_test.go
index 4f3897fb94..eb295deec4 100644
--- a/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators_test.go
+++ b/pkg/controller/registry/resolver/operators_test.go
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/registry"
-
 	"github.com/blang/semver/v4"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1beta1"
@@ -13,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 	opver "github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/lib/version"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/api/pkg/operators/v1alpha1"
+	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-lifecycle-manager/pkg/controller/registry"
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/pkg/api"
 	opregistry "github.com/operator-framework/operator-registry/pkg/registry"
 )
@@ -1078,8 +1077,7 @@ func TestNewOperatorFromBundle(t *testing.T) {
 				sourceKey: registry.CatalogKey{Name: "source", Namespace: "testNamespace"},
 			},
 			want: &Operator{
-				// lack of full api response falls back to csv name
-				name:         "testCSV",
+				name:         "testBundle",
 				version:      &version.Version,
 				providedAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
 				requiredAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
@@ -1155,81 +1153,16 @@ func TestNewOperatorFromBundle(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "BundleReplaceOverrides",
+			name: "BundleIgnoreCSV",
 			args: args{
-				bundle:    bundleNoAPIs,
+				bundle:    bundleWithAPIsUnextracted,
 				sourceKey: registry.CatalogKey{Name: "source", Namespace: "testNamespace"},
 			},
 			want: &Operator{
-				// lack of full api response falls back to csv name
-				name:         "testCSV",
+				name:         "testBundle",
 				providedAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
 				requiredAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
-				bundle:       bundleNoAPIs,
-				version:      &version.Version,
-				sourceInfo: &OperatorSourceInfo{
-					Package: "testPackage",
-					Channel: "testChannel",
-					Catalog: registry.CatalogKey{Name: "source", Namespace: "testNamespace"},
-				},
-			},
-		},
-		{
-			name: "BundleCsvFallback",
-			args: args{
-				bundle:    bundleWithAPIsUnextracted,
-				sourceKey: registry.CatalogKey{Name: "source", Namespace: "testNamespace"},
-			},
-			want: &Operator{
-				name: "testCSV",
-				providedAPIs: APISet{
-					opregistry.APIKey{
-						Group:   "crd.group.com",
-						Version: "v1",
-						Kind:    "OwnedCRD",
-						Plural:  "owneds",
-					}: struct{}{},
-					opregistry.APIKey{
-						Group:   "apis.group.com",
-						Version: "v1",
-						Kind:    "OwnedAPI",
-						Plural:  "ownedapis",
-					}: struct{}{},
-				},
-				requiredAPIs: APISet{
-					opregistry.APIKey{
-						Group:   "crd.group.com",
-						Version: "v1",
-						Kind:    "RequiredCRD",
-						Plural:  "requireds",
-					}: struct{}{},
-					opregistry.APIKey{
-						Group:   "apis.group.com",
-						Version: "v1",
-						Kind:    "RequiredAPI",
-						Plural:  "requiredapis",
-					}: struct{}{},
-				},
-				properties: []*api.Property{
-					{
-						Type:  "olm.gvk",
-						Value: "{\"group\":\"crd.group.com\",\"kind\":\"OwnedCRD\",\"version\":\"v1\"}",
-					},
-					{
-						Type:  "olm.gvk",
-						Value: "{\"group\":\"apis.group.com\",\"kind\":\"OwnedAPI\",\"version\":\"v1\"}",
-					},
-					{
-						Type:  "olm.gvk.required",
-						Value: "{\"group\":\"apis.group.com\",\"kind\":\"RequiredAPI\",\"version\":\"v1\"}",
-					},
-					{
-						Type:  "olm.gvk.required",
-						Value: "{\"group\":\"crd.group.com\",\"kind\":\"RequiredCRD\",\"version\":\"v1\"}",
-					},
-				},
-				bundle:  bundleWithAPIsUnextracted,
-				version: &version.Version,
+				bundle:       bundleWithAPIsUnextracted,
 				sourceInfo: &OperatorSourceInfo{
 					Package: "testPackage",
 					Channel: "testChannel",
@@ -1238,14 +1171,14 @@ func TestNewOperatorFromBundle(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 		},
 		{
-			name: "bundle in default channel",
+			name: "BundleInDefaultChannel",
 			args: args{
 				bundle:         bundleNoAPIs,
 				sourceKey:      registry.CatalogKey{Name: "source", Namespace: "testNamespace"},
 				defaultChannel: "testChannel",
 			},
 			want: &Operator{
-				name:         "testCSV",
+				name:         "testBundle",
 				version:      &version.Version,
 				providedAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
 				requiredAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
@@ -1258,26 +1191,6 @@ func TestNewOperatorFromBundle(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			name: "BundleNoAPIs",
-			args: args{
-				bundle:    bundleNoAPIs,
-				sourceKey: registry.CatalogKey{Name: "source", Namespace: "testNamespace"},
-			},
-			want: &Operator{
-				// lack of full api response falls back to csv name
-				name:         "testCSV",
-				version:      &version.Version,
-				providedAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
-				requiredAPIs: EmptyAPISet(),
-				bundle:       bundleNoAPIs,
-				sourceInfo: &OperatorSourceInfo{
-					Package: "testPackage",
-					Channel: "testChannel",
-					Catalog: registry.CatalogKey{Name: "source", Namespace: "testNamespace"},
-				},
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			name: "BundleWithPropertiesAndDependencies",
 			args: args{