diff --git a/internal/scaffold/cmd.go b/internal/scaffold/cmd.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 794ea282ee..0000000000
--- a/internal/scaffold/cmd.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-//nolint:lll
-package scaffold
-
-import (
-	"path/filepath"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/internal/scaffold/input"
-)
-
-const CmdFile = "main.go"
-
-type Cmd struct {
-	input.Input
-}
-
-func (s *Cmd) GetInput() (input.Input, error) {
-	if s.Path == "" {
-		s.Path = filepath.Join(ManagerDir, CmdFile)
-	}
-	s.TemplateBody = cmdTmpl
-	return s.Input, nil
-}
-
-const cmdTmpl = `package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-
-	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-
-	"{{ .Repo }}/pkg/apis"
-	"{{ .Repo }}/pkg/controller"
-	"{{ .Repo }}/version"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/k8sutil"
-	kubemetrics "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/kube-metrics"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/leader"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/log/zap"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/metrics"
-	sdkVersion "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/version"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
-	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager/signals"
-)
-
-// Change below variables to serve metrics on different host or port.
-var (
-	metricsHost               = "0.0.0.0"
-	metricsPort         int32 = 8383
-	operatorMetricsPort int32 = 8686
-)
-var log = logf.Log.WithName("cmd")
-
-func printVersion() {
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Operator Version: %s", version.Version))
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Go Version: %s", runtime.Version()))
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Go OS/Arch: %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH))
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Version of operator-sdk: %v", sdkVersion.Version))
-}
-
-func main() {
-	// Add the zap logger flag set to the CLI. The flag set must
-	// be added before calling pflag.Parse().
-	pflag.CommandLine.AddFlagSet(zap.FlagSet())
-
-	// Add flags registered by imported packages (e.g. glog and
-	// controller-runtime)
-	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
-
-	pflag.Parse()
-
-	// Use a zap logr.Logger implementation. If none of the zap
-	// flags are configured (or if the zap flag set is not being
-	// used), this defaults to a production zap logger.
-	//
-	// The logger instantiated here can be changed to any logger
-	// implementing the logr.Logger interface. This logger will
-	// be propagated through the whole operator, generating
-	// uniform and structured logs.
-	logf.SetLogger(zap.Logger())
-
-	printVersion()
-
-	namespace, err := k8sutil.GetWatchNamespace()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Failed to get watch namespace")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Get a config to talk to the apiserver
-	cfg, err := config.GetConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.TODO()
-	// Become the leader before proceeding
-	err = leader.Become(ctx, "{{ .ProjectName }}-lock")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Set default manager options
-	options := manager.Options{
-		Namespace:          namespace,
-		MetricsBindAddress: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", metricsHost, metricsPort),
-	}
-
-	// Add support for MultiNamespace set in WATCH_NAMESPACE (e.g ns1,ns2)
-	// Note that this is not intended to be used for excluding namespaces, this is better done via a Predicate 
-	// Also note that you may face performance issues when using this with a high number of namespaces.
-	// More Info: https://godoc.org/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pkg/cache#MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder
-	if strings.Contains(namespace, ",") {
-		options.Namespace = ""
-		options.NewCache = cache.MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder(strings.Split(namespace, ","))
-	}
-
-	// Create a new manager to provide shared dependencies and start components
-	mgr, err := manager.New(cfg, options)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	log.Info("Registering Components.")
-
-	// Setup Scheme for all resources
-	if err := apis.AddToScheme(mgr.GetScheme()); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Setup all Controllers
-	if err := controller.AddToManager(mgr); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Add the Metrics Service
-	addMetrics(ctx, cfg)
-
-	log.Info("Starting the Cmd.")
-
-	// Start the Cmd
-	if err := mgr.Start(signals.SetupSignalHandler()); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Manager exited non-zero")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
-
-// addMetrics will create the Services and Service Monitors to allow the operator export the metrics by using
-// the Prometheus operator
-func addMetrics(ctx context.Context, cfg *rest.Config) {
-	// Get the namespace the operator is currently deployed in.
-	operatorNs, err := k8sutil.GetOperatorNamespace()
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, k8sutil.ErrRunLocal) {
-			log.Info("Skipping CR metrics server creation; not running in a cluster.")
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := serveCRMetrics(cfg, operatorNs); err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could not generate and serve custom resource metrics", "error", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	// Add to the below struct any other metrics ports you want to expose.
-	servicePorts := []v1.ServicePort{
-		{Port: metricsPort, Name: metrics.OperatorPortName, Protocol: v1.ProtocolTCP, TargetPort: intstr.IntOrString{Type: intstr.Int, IntVal: metricsPort}},
-		{Port: operatorMetricsPort, Name: metrics.CRPortName, Protocol: v1.ProtocolTCP, TargetPort: intstr.IntOrString{Type: intstr.Int, IntVal: operatorMetricsPort}},
-	}
-
-	// Create Service object to expose the metrics port(s).
-	service, err := metrics.CreateMetricsService(ctx, cfg, servicePorts)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could not create metrics Service", "error", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	// CreateServiceMonitors will automatically create the prometheus-operator ServiceMonitor resources
-	// necessary to configure Prometheus to scrape metrics from this operator.
-	services := []*v1.Service{service}
-
-	// The ServiceMonitor is created in the same namespace where the operator is deployed
-	_, err = metrics.CreateServiceMonitors(cfg, operatorNs, services)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could not create ServiceMonitor object", "error", err.Error())
-		// If this operator is deployed to a cluster without the prometheus-operator running, it will return
-		// ErrServiceMonitorNotPresent, which can be used to safely skip ServiceMonitor creation.
-		if err == metrics.ErrServiceMonitorNotPresent {
-			log.Info("Install prometheus-operator in your cluster to create ServiceMonitor objects", "error", err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// serveCRMetrics gets the Operator/CustomResource GVKs and generates metrics based on those types.
-// It serves those metrics on "http://metricsHost:operatorMetricsPort".
-func serveCRMetrics(cfg *rest.Config, operatorNs string) error {
-	// The function below returns a list of filtered operator/CR specific GVKs. For more control, override the GVK list below
-	// with your own custom logic. Note that if you are adding third party API schemas, probably you will need to
-	// customize this implementation to avoid permissions issues.
-	filteredGVK, err := k8sutil.GetGVKsFromAddToScheme(apis.AddToScheme)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// The metrics will be generated from the namespaces which are returned here.
-	// NOTE that passing nil or an empty list of namespaces in GenerateAndServeCRMetrics will result in an error.
-	ns, err := kubemetrics.GetNamespacesForMetrics(operatorNs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Generate and serve custom resource specific metrics.
-	err = kubemetrics.GenerateAndServeCRMetrics(cfg, ns, filteredGVK, metricsHost, operatorMetricsPort)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-`
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/cmd_test.go b/internal/scaffold/cmd_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c5eb615022..0000000000
--- a/internal/scaffold/cmd_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,248 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-//nolint:lll
-package scaffold
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/internal/util/diffutil"
-)
-
-func TestCmd(t *testing.T) {
-	s, buf := setupScaffoldAndWriter()
-	err := s.Execute(appConfig, &Cmd{})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to execute the scaffold: (%v)", err)
-	}
-
-	if cmdExp != buf.String() {
-		diffs := diffutil.Diff(cmdExp, buf.String())
-		t.Fatalf("Expected vs actual differs.\n%v", diffs)
-	}
-}
-
-const cmdExp = `package main
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"flag"
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-
-	// Import all Kubernetes client auth plugins (e.g. Azure, GCP, OIDC, etc.)
-	_ "k8s.io/client-go/plugin/pkg/client/auth"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/rest"
-
-	"github.com/example-inc/app-operator/pkg/apis"
-	"github.com/example-inc/app-operator/pkg/controller"
-	"github.com/example-inc/app-operator/version"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/k8sutil"
-	kubemetrics "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/kube-metrics"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/leader"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/log/zap"
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/pkg/metrics"
-	sdkVersion "github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/version"
-	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
-	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/cache"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client/config"
-	logf "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/manager/signals"
-)
-
-// Change below variables to serve metrics on different host or port.
-var (
-	metricsHost               = "0.0.0.0"
-	metricsPort         int32 = 8383
-	operatorMetricsPort int32 = 8686
-)
-var log = logf.Log.WithName("cmd")
-
-func printVersion() {
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Operator Version: %s", version.Version))
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Go Version: %s", runtime.Version()))
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Go OS/Arch: %s/%s", runtime.GOOS, runtime.GOARCH))
-	log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Version of operator-sdk: %v", sdkVersion.Version))
-}
-
-func main() {
-	// Add the zap logger flag set to the CLI. The flag set must
-	// be added before calling pflag.Parse().
-	pflag.CommandLine.AddFlagSet(zap.FlagSet())
-
-	// Add flags registered by imported packages (e.g. glog and
-	// controller-runtime)
-	pflag.CommandLine.AddGoFlagSet(flag.CommandLine)
-
-	pflag.Parse()
-
-	// Use a zap logr.Logger implementation. If none of the zap
-	// flags are configured (or if the zap flag set is not being
-	// used), this defaults to a production zap logger.
-	//
-	// The logger instantiated here can be changed to any logger
-	// implementing the logr.Logger interface. This logger will
-	// be propagated through the whole operator, generating
-	// uniform and structured logs.
-	logf.SetLogger(zap.Logger())
-
-	printVersion()
-
-	namespace, err := k8sutil.GetWatchNamespace()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Failed to get watch namespace")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Get a config to talk to the apiserver
-	cfg, err := config.GetConfig()
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	ctx := context.TODO()
-	// Become the leader before proceeding
-	err = leader.Become(ctx, "app-operator-lock")
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Set default manager options
-	options := manager.Options{
-		Namespace:          namespace,
-		MetricsBindAddress: fmt.Sprintf("%s:%d", metricsHost, metricsPort),
-	}
-
-	// Add support for MultiNamespace set in WATCH_NAMESPACE (e.g ns1,ns2)
-	// Note that this is not intended to be used for excluding namespaces, this is better done via a Predicate
-	// Also note that you may face performance issues when using this with a high number of namespaces.
-	// More Info: https://godoc.org/github.com/kubernetes-sigs/controller-runtime/pkg/cache#MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder
-	if strings.Contains(namespace, ",") {
-		options.Namespace = ""
-		options.NewCache = cache.MultiNamespacedCacheBuilder(strings.Split(namespace, ","))
-	}
-
-	// Create a new manager to provide shared dependencies and start components
-	mgr, err := manager.New(cfg, options)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	log.Info("Registering Components.")
-
-	// Setup Scheme for all resources
-	if err := apis.AddToScheme(mgr.GetScheme()); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Setup all Controllers
-	if err := controller.AddToManager(mgr); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	// Add the Metrics Service
-	addMetrics(ctx, cfg)
-
-	log.Info("Starting the Cmd.")
-
-	// Start the Cmd
-	if err := mgr.Start(signals.SetupSignalHandler()); err != nil {
-		log.Error(err, "Manager exited non-zero")
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}
-
-// addMetrics will create the Services and Service Monitors to allow the operator export the metrics by using
-// the Prometheus operator
-func addMetrics(ctx context.Context, cfg *rest.Config) {
-	// Get the namespace the operator is currently deployed in.
-	operatorNs, err := k8sutil.GetOperatorNamespace()
-	if err != nil {
-		if errors.Is(err, k8sutil.ErrRunLocal) {
-			log.Info("Skipping CR metrics server creation; not running in a cluster.")
-			return
-		}
-	}
-
-	if err := serveCRMetrics(cfg, operatorNs); err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could not generate and serve custom resource metrics", "error", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	// Add to the below struct any other metrics ports you want to expose.
-	servicePorts := []v1.ServicePort{
-		{Port: metricsPort, Name: metrics.OperatorPortName, Protocol: v1.ProtocolTCP, TargetPort: intstr.IntOrString{Type: intstr.Int, IntVal: metricsPort}},
-		{Port: operatorMetricsPort, Name: metrics.CRPortName, Protocol: v1.ProtocolTCP, TargetPort: intstr.IntOrString{Type: intstr.Int, IntVal: operatorMetricsPort}},
-	}
-
-	// Create Service object to expose the metrics port(s).
-	service, err := metrics.CreateMetricsService(ctx, cfg, servicePorts)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could not create metrics Service", "error", err.Error())
-	}
-
-	// CreateServiceMonitors will automatically create the prometheus-operator ServiceMonitor resources
-	// necessary to configure Prometheus to scrape metrics from this operator.
-	services := []*v1.Service{service}
-
-	// The ServiceMonitor is created in the same namespace where the operator is deployed
-	_, err = metrics.CreateServiceMonitors(cfg, operatorNs, services)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Info("Could not create ServiceMonitor object", "error", err.Error())
-		// If this operator is deployed to a cluster without the prometheus-operator running, it will return
-		// ErrServiceMonitorNotPresent, which can be used to safely skip ServiceMonitor creation.
-		if err == metrics.ErrServiceMonitorNotPresent {
-			log.Info("Install prometheus-operator in your cluster to create ServiceMonitor objects", "error", err.Error())
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-// serveCRMetrics gets the Operator/CustomResource GVKs and generates metrics based on those types.
-// It serves those metrics on "http://metricsHost:operatorMetricsPort".
-func serveCRMetrics(cfg *rest.Config, operatorNs string) error {
-	// The function below returns a list of filtered operator/CR specific GVKs. For more control, override the GVK list below
-	// with your own custom logic. Note that if you are adding third party API schemas, probably you will need to
-	// customize this implementation to avoid permissions issues.
-	filteredGVK, err := k8sutil.GetGVKsFromAddToScheme(apis.AddToScheme)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// The metrics will be generated from the namespaces which are returned here.
-	// NOTE that passing nil or an empty list of namespaces in GenerateAndServeCRMetrics will result in an error.
-	ns, err := kubemetrics.GetNamespacesForMetrics(operatorNs)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	// Generate and serve custom resource specific metrics.
-	err = kubemetrics.GenerateAndServeCRMetrics(cfg, ns, filteredGVK, metricsHost, operatorMetricsPort)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-`
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/usersetup.go b/internal/scaffold/usersetup.go
deleted file mode 100644
index dc753af999..0000000000
--- a/internal/scaffold/usersetup.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package scaffold
-
-import (
-	"path/filepath"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/internal/scaffold/input"
-)
-
-const UserSetupFile = "user_setup"
-
-// UserSetup - userSetup script
-type UserSetup struct {
-	input.Input
-}
-
-func (u *UserSetup) GetInput() (input.Input, error) {
-	if u.Path == "" {
-		u.Path = filepath.Join(BuildScriptDir, UserSetupFile)
-	}
-	u.TemplateBody = userSetupTmpl
-	u.IsExec = true
-	return u.Input, nil
-}
-
-const userSetupTmpl = `#!/bin/sh
-set -x
-
-# ensure $HOME exists and is accessible by group 0 (we don't know what the runtime UID will be)
-echo "${USER_NAME}:x:${USER_UID}:0:${USER_NAME} user:${HOME}:/sbin/nologin" >> /etc/passwd
-mkdir -p "${HOME}"
-chown "${USER_UID}:0" "${HOME}"
-chmod ug+rwx "${HOME}"
-
-# no need for this script to remain in the image after running
-rm "$0"
-`
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/usersetup_test.go b/internal/scaffold/usersetup_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index cc09e4e30c..0000000000
--- a/internal/scaffold/usersetup_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2019 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package scaffold
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/internal/util/diffutil"
-)
-
-func TestUserSetup(t *testing.T) {
-	s, buf := setupScaffoldAndWriter()
-	err := s.Execute(appConfig, &UserSetup{})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to execute the scaffold: (%v)", err)
-	}
-
-	if userSetupExp != buf.String() {
-		diffs := diffutil.Diff(userSetupExp, buf.String())
-		t.Fatalf("Expected vs actual differs.\n%v", diffs)
-	}
-}
-
-const userSetupExp = `#!/bin/sh
-set -x
-
-# ensure $HOME exists and is accessible by group 0 (we don't know what the runtime UID will be)
-echo "${USER_NAME}:x:${USER_UID}:0:${USER_NAME} user:${HOME}:/sbin/nologin" >> /etc/passwd
-mkdir -p "${HOME}"
-chown "${USER_UID}:0" "${HOME}"
-chmod ug+rwx "${HOME}"
-
-# no need for this script to remain in the image after running
-rm "$0"
-`
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/version.go b/internal/scaffold/version.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a2b88f7b0..0000000000
--- a/internal/scaffold/version.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package scaffold
-
-import (
-	"path/filepath"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/internal/scaffold/input"
-)
-
-const (
-	VersionDir  = "version"
-	VersionFile = "version.go"
-)
-
-type Version struct {
-	input.Input
-}
-
-func (s *Version) GetInput() (input.Input, error) {
-	if s.Path == "" {
-		s.Path = filepath.Join(VersionDir, VersionFile)
-	}
-	s.TemplateBody = versionTemplate
-	return s.Input, nil
-}
-
-const versionTemplate = `package version
-
-var (
-	// Version defines the project version.
-	Version = "0.0.1"
-)
-`
diff --git a/internal/scaffold/version_test.go b/internal/scaffold/version_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index ef133d2c68..0000000000
--- a/internal/scaffold/version_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright 2018 The Operator-SDK Authors
-//
-// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-// You may obtain a copy of the License at
-//
-//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-//
-// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-// limitations under the License.
-
-package scaffold
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-sdk/internal/util/diffutil"
-)
-
-func TestVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	s, buf := setupScaffoldAndWriter()
-	err := s.Execute(appConfig, &Version{})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Failed to execute the scaffold: (%v)", err)
-	}
-
-	if versionExp != buf.String() {
-		diffs := diffutil.Diff(versionExp, buf.String())
-		t.Fatalf("Expected vs actual differs.\n%v", diffs)
-	}
-}
-
-const versionExp = `package version
-
-var (
-	// Version defines the project version.
-	Version = "0.0.1"
-)
-`