diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0dcdb20680..dbca3b6666 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ build/
 bin/
 bin_test/
 matchbox/
-modules/update-payload/generated/
 /contrib/govcloud/vpn.conf
 
 # Bazel
diff --git a/BUILD.bazel b/BUILD.bazel
index 66ac9f108c..09e808b673 100644
--- a/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/BUILD.bazel
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ genrule(
 pkg_tar(
     name = "tarball_terraform_configuration",
     mode = "0644",
-    srcs =  glob(["modules/**"], exclude=["modules/update-payload/**"]) + glob(["steps/**"]) + ["config.tf"],
+    srcs =  glob(["modules/**"]) + glob(["steps/**"]) + ["config.tf"],
     strip_prefix = ".",
 )
 
diff --git a/modules/update-payload/assets.tf b/modules/update-payload/assets.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 5113c5007e..0000000000
--- a/modules/update-payload/assets.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-# Kubernetes Deployments and AppVersions TPR used in the payload
-resource "template_dir" "payload_operators" {
-  source_dir      = "../tectonic/resources/manifests/updater/operators"
-  destination_dir = "./generated/operators"
-
-  vars {
-    kube_core_operator_image           = "${var.tectonic_container_images["kube_core_operator"]}"
-    tectonic_channel_operator_image    = "${var.tectonic_container_images["tectonic_channel_operator"]}"
-    tectonic_prometheus_operator_image = "${var.tectonic_container_images["tectonic_prometheus_operator"]}"
-    tectonic_cluo_operator_image       = "${var.tectonic_container_images["tectonic_cluo_operator"]}"
-    kubernetes_addon_operator_image    = "${var.tectonic_container_images["kubernetes_addon_operator"]}"
-    tectonic_alm_operator_image        = "${var.tectonic_container_images["tectonic_alm_operator"]}"
-    tectonic_utility_operator_image    = "${var.tectonic_container_images["tectonic_utility_operator"]}"
-  }
-}
-
-# TNO
-data "template_file" "tectonic_network_operator" {
-  template = "${file("${path.module}/../bootkube/resources/manifests/tectonic-network-operator.yaml")}"
-
-  vars {
-    tectonic_network_operator_image = "${var.tectonic_container_images["tectonic_network_operator"]}"
-  }
-}
-
-resource "local_file" "tectonic_network_operator" {
-  content  = "${data.template_file.tectonic_network_operator.rendered}"
-  filename = "./generated/operators/tectonic-network-operator.yaml"
-
-  depends_on = ["template_dir.payload_operators"]
-}
-
-resource "template_dir" "payload_appversions" {
-  source_dir      = "../tectonic/resources/manifests/updater/app_versions"
-  destination_dir = "./generated/app_versions"
-
-  vars {
-    monitoring_version             = "${var.tectonic_versions["monitoring"]}"
-    tectonic_version               = "${var.tectonic_versions["tectonic"]}"
-    tectonic_cluo_operator_version = "${var.tectonic_versions["cluo"]}"
-    tectonic_alm_operator_version  = "${var.tectonic_versions["alm"]}"
-  }
-}
-
-# TNO
-resource "local_file" "appversion_tectonic_network" {
-  content  = "${file("${path.module}/../bootkube/resources/manifests/app-version-tectonic-network.yaml")}"
-  filename = "./generated/app_versions/app-version-tectonic-network.yaml"
-
-  depends_on = ["template_dir.payload_appversions"]
-}
diff --git a/modules/update-payload/config.tf b/modules/update-payload/config.tf
deleted file mode 120000
index a040ec375d..0000000000
--- a/modules/update-payload/config.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../../config.tf
\ No newline at end of file