diff --git a/controllers/dscinitialization/servicemesh_setup.go b/controllers/dscinitialization/servicemesh_setup.go
index cd5aa4ba93e..7bd2dd0dc07 100644
--- a/controllers/dscinitialization/servicemesh_setup.go
+++ b/controllers/dscinitialization/servicemesh_setup.go
@@ -90,18 +90,6 @@ func configureServiceMeshFeatures(s *feature.FeaturesInitializer) error {
 	}
 	s.Features = append(s.Features, smcpCreation)
 
-	noDefaultNetworkPolicies, errNp := feature.CreateFeature("mesh-control-plane-no-default-network-policies").
-		For(s.DSCInitializationSpec).
-		Manifests(
-			path.Join(rootDir, templatesDir, "base", "control-plane-disable-networkpolicies.patch.tmpl"),
-		).
-		Load()
-
-	if errNp != nil {
-		return errNp
-	}
-	s.Features = append(s.Features, noDefaultNetworkPolicies)
-
 	if serviceMeshSpec.ControlPlane.MetricsCollection == "Istio" {
 		metricsCollection, errMetrics := feature.CreateFeature("mesh-metrics-collection").
 			For(s.DSCInitializationSpec).
diff --git a/pkg/feature/templates/servicemesh/base/control-plane-disable-networkpolicies.patch.tmpl b/pkg/feature/templates/servicemesh/base/control-plane-disable-networkpolicies.patch.tmpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 09a54e96ae4..00000000000
--- a/pkg/feature/templates/servicemesh/base/control-plane-disable-networkpolicies.patch.tmpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: maistra.io/v2
-kind: ServiceMeshControlPlane
-metadata:
-  name: {{ .ControlPlane.Name }}
-  namespace: {{ .ControlPlane.Namespace }}
-spec:
-  security:
-    manageNetworkPolicy: false
diff --git a/tests/integration/features/servicemesh_feature_test.go b/tests/integration/features/servicemesh_feature_test.go
index b28073bee76..5b955322af8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/features/servicemesh_feature_test.go
+++ b/tests/integration/features/servicemesh_feature_test.go
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@ package features_test
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"path"
-	"path/filepath"
 
 	apiextensionsv1 "k8s.io/apiextensions-apiserver/pkg/apis/apiextensions/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -16,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/envtest"
 
-	dscv1 "github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/apis/dscinitialization/v1"
 	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/pkg/feature"
 	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/pkg/feature/servicemesh"
 	"github.com/opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/v2/pkg/gvr"
@@ -100,60 +95,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Service Mesh feature", func() {
 			})
 		})
 	})
-
-	Describe("control plane configuration", func() {
-
-		var (
-			dsciSpec     *dscv1.DSCInitializationSpec
-			smcpCRD      *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinition
-			name         = "data-science-smcp"
-			appNamespace = "opendatahub"
-		)
-
-		BeforeEach(func() {
-			dsciSpec = newDSCInitializationSpec(appNamespace)
-			smcpCRD = installServiceMeshControlPlaneCRD()
-		})
-
-		AfterEach(func() {
-			defer objectCleaner.DeleteAll(smcpCRD)
-		})
-
-		It("should disable automated network policy by patching existing SMCP", func() {
-			// given
-			namespace := envtestutil.AppendRandomNameTo(testNamespacePrefix)
-			ns := createNamespace(namespace)
-			Expect(envTestClient.Create(context.Background(), ns)).To(Succeed())
-			defer objectCleaner.DeleteAll(ns)
-
-			createServiceMeshControlPlane(name, namespace)
-
-			dsciSpec.ServiceMesh.ControlPlane.Name = name
-			dsciSpec.ServiceMesh.ControlPlane.Namespace = namespace
-
-			controlPlaneWithNetworkPoliciesMgmtDisabled, err := feature.CreateFeature("control-plane-with-disabled-network-policies").
-				For(dsciSpec).
-				Manifests(fromTestTmpDir(path.Join("templates/servicemesh/base", "control-plane-disable-networkpolicies.patch.tmpl"))).
-				UsingConfig(envTest.Config).
-				Load()
-
-			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-			// when
-			Expect(controlPlaneWithNetworkPoliciesMgmtDisabled.Apply()).To(Succeed())
-
-			// then
-			serviceMeshControlPlane, err := getServiceMeshControlPlane(envTest.Config, namespace, name)
-			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-			networkPolicyManagement, found, err := unstructured.NestedBool(serviceMeshControlPlane.Object, "spec", "security", "manageNetworkPolicy")
-			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-			Expect(found).To(BeTrue())
-			Expect(networkPolicyManagement).To(BeFalse())
-		})
-
-	})
-
 })
 
 func installServiceMeshControlPlaneCRD() *apiextensionsv1.CustomResourceDefinition {
@@ -273,56 +214,3 @@ func createSMCPInCluster(cfg *rest.Config, smcpObj *unstructured.Unstructured, n
 
 	return nil
 }
-
-func getServiceMeshControlPlane(cfg *rest.Config, namespace, name string) (*unstructured.Unstructured, error) {
-	dynamicClient, err := dynamic.NewForConfig(cfg)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	smcp, err := dynamicClient.Resource(gvr.SMCP).Namespace(namespace).Get(context.TODO(), name, metav1.GetOptions{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	return smcp, nil
-}
-
-func fromTestTmpDir(fileName string) string {
-	root, err := envtestutil.FindProjectRoot()
-	Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-	tmpDir := filepath.Join(os.TempDir(), envtestutil.RandomUUIDName(16))
-	if err := os.Mkdir(tmpDir, os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		Fail(err.Error())
-	}
-
-	src := path.Join(root, "pkg", "feature", fileName)
-	dest := path.Join(tmpDir, fileName)
-	if err := copyFile(src, dest); err != nil {
-		Fail(err.Error())
-	}
-
-	return dest
-}
-
-func copyFile(src, dst string) error {
-	source, err := os.Open(src)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer source.Close()
-
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(dst), os.ModePerm); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	destination, err := os.Create(dst)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	defer destination.Close()
-
-	_, err = io.Copy(destination, source)
-	return err
-}