diff --git a/data/data/manifests/openshift/cluster-network-crd.yaml b/data/data/manifests/openshift/cluster-network-crd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ad4d8f932f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/data/manifests/openshift/cluster-network-crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: networks.config.openshift.io
+spec:
+  group: config.openshift.io
+  names:
+    kind: Network
+    listKind: NetworkList
+    plural: networks
+    singular: network
+  scope: Cluster
+  versions:
+  - name: v1
+    served: true
+    storage: true
diff --git a/data/data/manifests/openshift/cluster-networkconfig-crd.yaml b/data/data/manifests/openshift/cluster-networkconfig-crd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e35c7cf56f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/data/manifests/openshift/cluster-networkconfig-crd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# This is the advanced network configuration CRD
+# Only necessary if you need to tweak certain settings.
+# See https://github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator#configuring
+apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
+kind: CustomResourceDefinition
+metadata:
+  name: networkconfigs.networkoperator.openshift.io
+spec:
+  group: networkoperator.openshift.io
+  names:
+    kind: NetworkConfig
+    listKind: NetworkConfigList
+    plural: networkconfigs
+    singular: networkconfig
+  scope: Cluster
+  versions:
+  - name: v1
+    served: true
+    storage: true
diff --git a/docs/user/troubleshooting.md b/docs/user/troubleshooting.md
index 27cbdd1159..ad6bbc9106 100644
--- a/docs/user/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/user/troubleshooting.md
@@ -224,19 +224,18 @@ From a deployment perspective, the network operator is often the "canary in the
 First, determine that the network configuration exists:
 
 ```console
-$ kubectl get networkconfigs.networkoperator.openshift.io default -oyaml
-...
+$ kubectl get network.config.openshift.io cluster -oyaml
+apiVersion: config.openshift.io/v1
+kind: Network
+metadata:
+  name: cluster
 spec:
-  additionalNetworks: null
-  clusterNetworks:
-  - cidr: 10.2.0.0/16
-    hostSubnetLength: 9
-  defaultNetwork:
-    openshiftSDNConfig:
-      mode: Networkpolicy
-    otherConfig: null
-    type: OpenshiftSDN
-  serviceNetwork: 10.3.0.0/16
+  serviceNetwork:
+  - 172.30.0.0/16
+  clusterNetwork:
+  - cidr: 10.128.0.0/14
+    hostPrefix: 23
+  networkType: OpenShiftSDN
 ```
 
 If it doesn't exist, the installer didn't create it. You'll have to run `openshift-install create manifests` to determine why.
diff --git a/pkg/asset/installconfig/installconfig_test.go b/pkg/asset/installconfig/installconfig_test.go
index 1874e82403..c61d4317d9 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/installconfig/installconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/installconfig/installconfig_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
@@ -66,11 +65,11 @@ func TestInstallConfigGenerate_FillsInDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 		BaseDomain: "test-domain",
 		Networking: &types.Networking{
 			MachineCIDR: ipnet.MustParseCIDR("10.0.0.0/16"),
-			Type:        "OpenshiftSDN",
+			Type:        "OpenShiftSDN",
 			ServiceCIDR: ipnet.MustParseCIDR("172.30.0.0/16"),
-			ClusterNetworks: []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
+			ClusterNetworks: []types.ClusterNetworkEntry{
 				{
-					CIDR:             "10.128.0.0/14",
+					CIDR:             *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("10.128.0.0/14"),
 					HostSubnetLength: 9,
 				},
 			},
@@ -125,11 +124,11 @@ pullSecret: "{\"auths\":{\"example.com\":{\"auth\":\"authorization value\"}}}"
 				BaseDomain: "test-domain",
 				Networking: &types.Networking{
 					MachineCIDR: ipnet.MustParseCIDR("10.0.0.0/16"),
-					Type:        "OpenshiftSDN",
+					Type:        "OpenShiftSDN",
 					ServiceCIDR: ipnet.MustParseCIDR("172.30.0.0/16"),
-					ClusterNetworks: []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
+					ClusterNetworks: []types.ClusterNetworkEntry{
 						{
-							CIDR:             "10.128.0.0/14",
+							CIDR:             *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("10.128.0.0/14"),
 							HostSubnetLength: 9,
 						},
 					},
diff --git a/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go b/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go
index cfd4f21ba2..8fd338c887 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/manifests/network.go
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
 package manifests
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	"github.com/ghodss/yaml"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 
+	configv1 "github.com/openshift/api/config/v1"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/installconfig"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/templates/content/openshift"
 
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	clusterv1a1 "sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api/pkg/apis/cluster/v1alpha1"
 )
@@ -20,35 +22,18 @@ var (
 	noCfgFilename = filepath.Join(manifestDir, "cluster-network-02-config.yml")
 )
 
-const (
-
-	// We need to manually create our CRD first, so we can create the
-	// configuration instance of it.
-	// Other operators have their CRD created by the CVO, but we manually
-	// create our operator's configuration in the installer.
-	netConfigCRD = `
-apiVersion: apiextensions.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: CustomResourceDefinition
-metadata:
-  name: networkconfigs.networkoperator.openshift.io
-spec:
-  group: networkoperator.openshift.io
-  names:
-    kind: NetworkConfig
-    listKind: NetworkConfigList
-    plural: networkconfigs
-    singular: networkconfig
-  scope: Cluster
-  versions:
-    - name: v1
-      served: true
-      storage: true
-`
-)
+// We need to manually create our CRDs first, so we can create the
+// configuration instance of it in the installer. Other operators have
+// their CRD created by the CVO, but we need to create the corresponding
+// CRs in the installer, so we need the CRD to be there.
+// The first CRD is the high-level Network.config.openshift.io object,
+// which is stable ahd minimal. Administrators can override configure the
+// network in a more detailed manner with the operator-specific CR, which
+// also needs to be done before the installer is run, so we provide both.
 
 // Networking generates the cluster-network-*.yml files.
 type Networking struct {
-	config   *netopv1.NetworkConfig
+	config   *configv1.Network
 	FileList []*asset.File
 }
 
@@ -64,60 +49,44 @@ func (no *Networking) Name() string {
 func (no *Networking) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 	return []asset.Asset{
 		&installconfig.InstallConfig{},
+		&openshift.NetworkCRDs{},
 	}
 }
 
 // Generate generates the network operator config and its CRD.
 func (no *Networking) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 	installConfig := &installconfig.InstallConfig{}
-	dependencies.Get(installConfig)
+	crds := &openshift.NetworkCRDs{}
+	dependencies.Get(installConfig, crds)
 
 	netConfig := installConfig.Config.Networking
 
-	// determine pod address space.
-	// This can go away when we get rid of PodCIDR
-	// entirely in favor of ClusterNetworks
-	var clusterNets []netopv1.ClusterNetwork
+	clusterNet := []configv1.ClusterNetworkEntry{}
 	if len(netConfig.ClusterNetworks) > 0 {
-		clusterNets = netConfig.ClusterNetworks
-	} else if !netConfig.PodCIDR.IPNet.IP.IsUnspecified() {
-		clusterNets = []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
-			{
-				CIDR:             netConfig.PodCIDR.String(),
-				HostSubnetLength: 9,
-			},
+		for _, net := range netConfig.ClusterNetworks {
+			_, size := net.CIDR.Mask.Size()
+			clusterNet = append(clusterNet, configv1.ClusterNetworkEntry{
+				CIDR:       net.CIDR.String(),
+				HostPrefix: uint32(size) - uint32(net.HostSubnetLength),
+			})
 		}
 	} else {
-		return errors.Errorf("Either PodCIDR or ClusterNetworks must be specified")
+		return errors.Errorf("ClusterNetworks must be specified")
 	}
 
-	defaultNet := netopv1.DefaultNetworkDefinition{
-		Type: netConfig.Type,
-	}
-
-	// Add any network-specific configuration defaults here.
-	switch netConfig.Type {
-	case netopv1.NetworkTypeOpenshiftSDN:
-		defaultNet.OpenshiftSDNConfig = &netopv1.OpenshiftSDNConfig{
-			// Default to network policy, operator provides all other defaults.
-			Mode: netopv1.SDNModePolicy,
-		}
-	}
-
-	no.config = &netopv1.NetworkConfig{
+	no.config = &configv1.Network{
 		TypeMeta: metav1.TypeMeta{
-			APIVersion: netopv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
-			Kind:       "NetworkConfig",
+			APIVersion: configv1.SchemeGroupVersion.String(),
+			Kind:       "Network",
 		},
 		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
-			Name: "default",
+			Name: "cluster",
 			// not namespaced
 		},
-
-		Spec: netopv1.NetworkConfigSpec{
-			ServiceNetwork:  netConfig.ServiceCIDR.String(),
-			ClusterNetworks: clusterNets,
-			DefaultNetwork:  defaultNet,
+		Spec: configv1.NetworkSpec{
+			ClusterNetwork: clusterNet,
+			ServiceNetwork: []string{netConfig.ServiceCIDR.String()},
+			NetworkType:    netConfig.Type,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -126,10 +95,15 @@ func (no *Networking) Generate(dependencies asset.Parents) error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to create %s manifests from InstallConfig", no.Name())
 	}
 
+	crdContents := ""
+	for _, crdFile := range crds.Files() {
+		crdContents = fmt.Sprintf("%s\n---\n%s", crdContents, crdFile.Data)
+	}
+
 	no.FileList = []*asset.File{
 		{
 			Filename: noCrdFilename,
-			Data:     []byte(netConfigCRD),
+			Data:     []byte(crdContents),
 		},
 		{
 			Filename: noCfgFilename,
@@ -155,13 +129,13 @@ func (no *Networking) ClusterNetwork() (*clusterv1a1.ClusterNetworkingConfig, er
 	}
 
 	pods := []string{}
-	for _, cn := range no.config.Spec.ClusterNetworks {
+	for _, cn := range no.config.Spec.ClusterNetwork {
 		pods = append(pods, cn.CIDR)
 	}
 
 	cn := &clusterv1a1.ClusterNetworkingConfig{
 		Services: clusterv1a1.NetworkRanges{
-			CIDRBlocks: []string{no.config.Spec.ServiceNetwork},
+			CIDRBlocks: no.config.Spec.ServiceNetwork,
 		},
 		Pods: clusterv1a1.NetworkRanges{
 			CIDRBlocks: pods,
@@ -189,7 +163,7 @@ func (no *Networking) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
-	netConfig := &netopv1.NetworkConfig{}
+	netConfig := &configv1.Network{}
 	if err := yaml.Unmarshal(cfgFile.Data, netConfig); err != nil {
 		return false, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to unmarshal %s", noCfgFilename)
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/asset/templates/content/openshift/cluster-network-crds.go b/pkg/asset/templates/content/openshift/cluster-network-crds.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f19efcb28c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/asset/templates/content/openshift/cluster-network-crds.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package openshift
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset"
+	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/asset/templates/content"
+)
+
+const (
+	netCRDfilename   = "cluster-network-crd.yaml"
+	netopCRDfilename = "cluster-networkconfig-crd.yaml"
+)
+
+var _ asset.WritableAsset = (*NetworkCRDs)(nil)
+
+// NetworkCRDs is the custom resource definitions for the network operator types:
+// - Network.config.openshift.io
+// - NetworkConfig.networkoperator.openshift.io
+type NetworkCRDs struct {
+	FileList []*asset.File
+}
+
+// Dependencies returns all of the dependencies directly needed by the asset
+func (t *NetworkCRDs) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
+	return []asset.Asset{}
+}
+
+// Name returns the human-friendly name of the asset.
+func (t *NetworkCRDs) Name() string {
+	return "Network CRDs"
+}
+
+// Generate generates the actual files by this asset
+func (t *NetworkCRDs) Generate(parents asset.Parents) error {
+	for _, filename := range []string{netCRDfilename, netopCRDfilename} {
+		data, err := content.GetOpenshiftTemplate(filename)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		t.FileList = append(t.FileList, &asset.File{
+			Filename: filepath.Join(content.TemplateDir, filename),
+			Data:     []byte(data),
+		})
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Files returns the files generated by the asset.
+func (t *NetworkCRDs) Files() []*asset.File {
+	return t.FileList
+}
+
+// Load returns the asset from disk.
+func (t *NetworkCRDs) Load(f asset.FileFetcher) (bool, error) {
+	for _, filename := range []string{netCRDfilename, netopCRDfilename} {
+		file, err := f.FetchByName(filepath.Join(content.TemplateDir, filename))
+		if err != nil {
+			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+				return false, nil
+			}
+			return false, err
+		}
+		t.FileList = append(t.FileList, file)
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go b/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go
index 87f160e5d2..82f9eaccd9 100644
--- a/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go
+++ b/pkg/asset/templates/templates.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func (m *Templates) Dependencies() []asset.Asset {
 		&openshift.KubeadminPasswordSecret{},
 		&openshift.RoleCloudCredsSecretReader{},
 		&openshift.InfrastructureCRD{},
+		&openshift.NetworkCRDs{},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig.go b/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig.go
index e36864903b..62862b6265 100644
--- a/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig.go
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package defaults
 
 import (
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
-
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/ipnet"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types"
 	awsdefaults "github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/aws/defaults"
@@ -15,8 +13,9 @@ import (
 var (
 	defaultMachineCIDR      = ipnet.MustParseCIDR("10.0.0.0/16")
 	defaultServiceCIDR      = ipnet.MustParseCIDR("172.30.0.0/16")
-	defaultClusterCIDR      = "10.128.0.0/14"
+	defaultClusterCIDR      = ipnet.MustParseCIDR("10.128.0.0/14")
 	defaultHostSubnetLength = 9 // equivalent to a /23 per node
+	defaultNetworkPlugin    = "OpenShiftSDN"
 )
 
 // SetInstallConfigDefaults sets the defaults for the install config.
@@ -31,16 +30,16 @@ func SetInstallConfigDefaults(c *types.InstallConfig) {
 		}
 	}
 	if c.Networking.Type == "" {
-		c.Networking.Type = netopv1.NetworkTypeOpenshiftSDN
+		c.Networking.Type = defaultNetworkPlugin
 	}
 	if c.Networking.ServiceCIDR == nil {
 		c.Networking.ServiceCIDR = defaultServiceCIDR
 	}
-	if len(c.Networking.ClusterNetworks) == 0 && c.Networking.PodCIDR == nil {
-		c.Networking.ClusterNetworks = []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
+	if len(c.Networking.ClusterNetworks) == 0 {
+		c.Networking.ClusterNetworks = []types.ClusterNetworkEntry{
 			{
-				CIDR:             defaultClusterCIDR,
-				HostSubnetLength: uint32(defaultHostSubnetLength),
+				CIDR:             *defaultClusterCIDR,
+				HostSubnetLength: int32(defaultHostSubnetLength),
 			},
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig_test.go b/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig_test.go
index bfb1caeeb0..b42abedfb1 100644
--- a/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/defaults/installconfig_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package defaults
 import (
 	"testing"
 
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/ipnet"
@@ -23,12 +22,12 @@ func defaultInstallConfig() *types.InstallConfig {
 	return &types.InstallConfig{
 		Networking: &types.Networking{
 			MachineCIDR: defaultMachineCIDR,
-			Type:        netopv1.NetworkTypeOpenshiftSDN,
+			Type:        defaultNetworkPlugin,
 			ServiceCIDR: defaultServiceCIDR,
-			ClusterNetworks: []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
+			ClusterNetworks: []types.ClusterNetworkEntry{
 				{
-					CIDR:             defaultClusterCIDR,
-					HostSubnetLength: uint32(defaultHostSubnetLength),
+					CIDR:             *defaultClusterCIDR,
+					HostSubnetLength: int32(defaultHostSubnetLength),
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -127,12 +126,12 @@ func TestSetInstallConfigDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "Networking types present",
 			config: &types.InstallConfig{
 				Networking: &types.Networking{
-					Type: netopv1.NetworkType("test-networking-type"),
+					Type: "test-networking-type",
 				},
 			},
 			expected: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := defaultInstallConfig()
-				c.Networking.Type = netopv1.NetworkType("test-networking-type")
+				c.Networking.Type = "test-networking-type"
 				return c
 			}(),
 		},
@@ -153,9 +152,9 @@ func TestSetInstallConfigDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "Cluster Networks present",
 			config: &types.InstallConfig{
 				Networking: &types.Networking{
-					ClusterNetworks: []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
+					ClusterNetworks: []types.ClusterNetworkEntry{
 						{
-							CIDR:             "test-cidr",
+							CIDR:             *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("8.8.0.0/18"),
 							HostSubnetLength: 10,
 						},
 					},
@@ -163,29 +162,15 @@ func TestSetInstallConfigDefaults(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expected: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := defaultInstallConfig()
-				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks = []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
+				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks = []types.ClusterNetworkEntry{
 					{
-						CIDR:             "test-cidr",
+						CIDR:             *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("8.8.0.0/18"),
 						HostSubnetLength: 10,
 					},
 				}
 				return c
 			}(),
 		},
-		{
-			name: "Pod CIDR present",
-			config: &types.InstallConfig{
-				Networking: &types.Networking{
-					PodCIDR: ipnet.MustParseCIDR("1.2.3.4/8"),
-				},
-			},
-			expected: func() *types.InstallConfig {
-				c := defaultInstallConfig()
-				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks = nil
-				c.Networking.PodCIDR = ipnet.MustParseCIDR("1.2.3.4/8")
-				return c
-			}(),
-		},
 		{
 			name: "Machines present",
 			config: &types.InstallConfig{
diff --git a/pkg/types/installconfig.go b/pkg/types/installconfig.go
index 25fab10c71..54b4f9c309 100644
--- a/pkg/types/installconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/types/installconfig.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package types
 
 import (
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/ipnet"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/aws"
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types/libvirt"
@@ -120,8 +119,8 @@ type Networking struct {
 
 	// Type is the network type to install
 	// +optional
-	// Default is OpenshiftSDN.
-	Type netopv1.NetworkType `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	// Default is OpenShiftSDN.
+	Type string `json:"type,omitempty"`
 
 	// ServiceCIDR is the IP address space from which to assign service IPs.
 	// +optional
@@ -133,12 +132,16 @@ type Networking struct {
 	// Default is a single cluster network with a CIDR of 10.128.0.0/14
 	// and a host subnet length of 9. The default is only applicable if PodCIDR
 	// is not present.
-	ClusterNetworks []netopv1.ClusterNetwork `json:"clusterNetworks,omitempty"`
-
-	// PodCIDR is deprecated (and badly named; it should have always
-	// been called ClusterCIDR. If no ClusterNetworks are specified,
-	// we will fall back to the PodCIDR
-	// TODO(cdc) remove this.
-	// +optional
-	PodCIDR *ipnet.IPNet `json:"podCIDR,omitempty"`
+	ClusterNetworks []ClusterNetworkEntry `json:"clusterNetworks,omitempty"`
+}
+
+// ClusterNetworkEntry is a single IP address block for pod IP blocks. IP blocks
+// are allocated with size 2^HostSubnetLength.
+type ClusterNetworkEntry struct {
+	// The IP block address pool
+	CIDR ipnet.IPNet `json:"cidr"`
+
+	// The size of blocks to allocate from the larger pool.
+	// This is the length in bits - so a 9 here will allocate a /23.
+	HostSubnetLength int32 `json:"hostSubnetLength"`
 }
diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
index 17528c5f40..33de9af47b 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation/field"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/installer/pkg/types"
@@ -58,8 +57,8 @@ func ValidateInstallConfig(c *types.InstallConfig, openStackValidValuesFetcher o
 
 func validateNetworking(n *types.Networking, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
-	if !validate.ValidNetworkTypes[n.Type] {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.NotSupported(fldPath.Child("type"), n.Type, validate.ValidNetworkTypeValues))
+	if n.Type == "" {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("type"), "network provider type required"))
 	}
 	if err := validate.SubnetCIDR(&n.MachineCIDR.IPNet); err != nil {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("machineCIDR"), n.MachineCIDR, err.Error()))
@@ -70,35 +69,22 @@ func validateNetworking(n *types.Networking, fldPath *field.Path) field.ErrorLis
 	for i, cn := range n.ClusterNetworks {
 		allErrs = append(allErrs, validateClusterNetwork(&cn, fldPath.Child("clusterNetworks").Index(i), &n.ServiceCIDR.IPNet)...)
 	}
-	if n.PodCIDR != nil {
-		if err := validate.SubnetCIDR(&n.PodCIDR.IPNet); err != nil {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("podCIDR"), n.PodCIDR, err.Error()))
-		}
-		if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&n.ServiceCIDR.IPNet, &n.PodCIDR.IPNet) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("podCIDR"), n.PodCIDR, "podCIDR must not overlap with serviceCIDR"))
-		}
-	}
-	if len(n.ClusterNetworks) == 0 && n.PodCIDR == nil {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath, n, "either clusterNetworks or podCIDR is required"))
-	}
-	if len(n.ClusterNetworks) != 0 && n.PodCIDR != nil {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("podCIDR"), n.PodCIDR, "cannot use podCIDR when clusterNetworks is used"))
+	if len(n.ClusterNetworks) == 0 {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Required(fldPath.Child("clusterNetworks"), "cluster network required"))
 	}
 	return allErrs
 }
 
-func validateClusterNetwork(cn *netopv1.ClusterNetwork, fldPath *field.Path, serviceCIDR *net.IPNet) field.ErrorList {
+func validateClusterNetwork(cn *types.ClusterNetworkEntry, fldPath *field.Path, serviceCIDR *net.IPNet) field.ErrorList {
 	allErrs := field.ErrorList{}
-	_, cidr, err := net.ParseCIDR(cn.CIDR)
-	if err == nil {
-		if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(cidr, serviceCIDR) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("cidr"), cn.CIDR, "cluster network CIDR must not overlap with serviceCIDR"))
-		}
-		if ones, bits := cidr.Mask.Size(); cn.HostSubnetLength > uint32(bits-ones) {
-			allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("hostSubnetLength"), cn.HostSubnetLength, "cluster network host subnet length must not be greater than CIDR length"))
-		}
-	} else {
-		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("cidr"), cn.CIDR, err.Error()))
+	if validate.DoCIDRsOverlap(&cn.CIDR.IPNet, serviceCIDR) {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("cidr"), cn.CIDR.String(), "cluster network CIDR must not overlap with serviceCIDR"))
+	}
+	if cn.HostSubnetLength < 0 {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("hostSubnetLength"), cn.HostSubnetLength, "hostSubnetLength must be positive"))
+	}
+	if ones, bits := cn.CIDR.Mask.Size(); cn.HostSubnetLength > int32(bits-ones) {
+		allErrs = append(allErrs, field.Invalid(fldPath.Child("hostSubnetLength"), cn.HostSubnetLength, "cluster network host subnet must not be larger than CIDR "+cn.CIDR.String()))
 	}
 	return allErrs
 }
diff --git a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
index 776cf5797b..f23d742558 100644
--- a/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
+++ b/pkg/types/validation/installconfig_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/golang/mock/gomock"
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 
@@ -26,12 +25,12 @@ func validInstallConfig() *types.InstallConfig {
 		},
 		BaseDomain: "test-domain",
 		Networking: &types.Networking{
-			Type:        "OpenshiftSDN",
+			Type:        "OpenShiftSDN",
 			MachineCIDR: ipnet.MustParseCIDR("10.0.0.0/16"),
 			ServiceCIDR: ipnet.MustParseCIDR("172.30.0.0/16"),
-			ClusterNetworks: []netopv1.ClusterNetwork{
+			ClusterNetworks: []types.ClusterNetworkEntry{
 				{
-					CIDR:             "192.168.1.0/24",
+					CIDR:             *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("192.168.1.0/24"),
 					HostSubnetLength: 4,
 				},
 			},
@@ -117,10 +116,10 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			name: "invalid network type",
 			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := validInstallConfig()
-				c.Networking.Type = "bad-type"
+				c.Networking.Type = ""
 				return c
 			}(),
-			expectedError: `^networking.type: Unsupported value: "bad-type": supported values: "Calico", "Kuryr", "OVNKubernetes", "OpenshiftSDN"$`,
+			expectedError: `^networking.type: Required value: network provider type required$`,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "invalid service cidr",
@@ -131,33 +130,24 @@ func TestValidateInstallConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			}(),
 			expectedError: `^networking\.serviceCIDR: Invalid value: ipnet\.IPNet{IPNet:net\.IPNet{IP:net\.IP\(nil\), Mask:net\.IPMask\(nil\)}}: must use IPv4$`,
 		},
-		{
-			name: "invalid cluster network cidr",
-			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
-				c := validInstallConfig()
-				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks[0].CIDR = "bad-cidr"
-				return c
-			}(),
-			expectedError: `^networking\.clusterNetworks\[0]\.cidr: Invalid value: "bad-cidr": invalid CIDR address: bad-cidr$`,
-		},
 		{
 			name: "overlapping cluster network cidr",
 			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := validInstallConfig()
-				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks[0].CIDR = "172.30.0.0/24"
+				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks[0].CIDR = *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("172.30.2.0/24")
 				return c
 			}(),
-			expectedError: `^networking\.clusterNetworks\[0]\.cidr: Invalid value: "172\.30\.0\.0/24": cluster network CIDR must not overlap with serviceCIDR$`,
+			expectedError: `^networking\.clusterNetworks\[0]\.cidr: Invalid value: "172\.30\.2\.0/24": cluster network CIDR must not overlap with serviceCIDR$`,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "cluster network host subnet length too large",
 			installConfig: func() *types.InstallConfig {
 				c := validInstallConfig()
-				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks[0].CIDR = "192.168.1.0/24"
+				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks[0].CIDR = *ipnet.MustParseCIDR("192.168.1.0/24")
 				c.Networking.ClusterNetworks[0].HostSubnetLength = 9
 				return c
 			}(),
-			expectedError: `^networking\.clusterNetworks\[0]\.hostSubnetLength: Invalid value: 0x9: cluster network host subnet length must not be greater than CIDR length$`,
+			expectedError: `^networking\.clusterNetworks\[0]\.hostSubnetLength: Invalid value: 9: cluster network host subnet must not be larger than CIDR 192.168.1.0/24$`,
 		},
 		{
 			name: "missing master machine pool",
diff --git a/pkg/validate/validate.go b/pkg/validate/validate.go
index 0602596d8c..940299c3f1 100644
--- a/pkg/validate/validate.go
+++ b/pkg/validate/validate.go
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/url"
-	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
-	netopv1 "github.com/openshift/cluster-network-operator/pkg/apis/networkoperator/v1"
 	"golang.org/x/crypto/ssh"
 	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/validation"
@@ -21,27 +19,6 @@ var (
 		_, cidr, _ := net.ParseCIDR("172.17.0.0/16")
 		return cidr
 	}()
-
-	// ValidNetworkTypes is a collection of the valid network types.
-	ValidNetworkTypes = map[netopv1.NetworkType]bool{
-		netopv1.NetworkTypeOpenshiftSDN:  true,
-		netopv1.NetworkTypeOVNKubernetes: true,
-		netopv1.NetworkTypeCalico:        true,
-		netopv1.NetworkTypeKuryr:         true,
-	}
-
-	// ValidNetworkTypeValues is a slice filled with the valid network types as
-	// strings.
-	ValidNetworkTypeValues = func() []string {
-		validValues := make([]string, len(ValidNetworkTypes))
-		i := 0
-		for t := range ValidNetworkTypes {
-			validValues[i] = string(t)
-			i++
-		}
-		sort.Strings(validValues)
-		return validValues
-	}()
 )
 
 func validateSubdomain(v string) error {