diff --git a/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml b/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml
index fdf290fe5a..2aaade5a26 100644
--- a/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml
+++ b/cluster/manifests/deletions.yaml
@@ -391,3 +391,6 @@ post_apply:
   kind: ServiceAccount
   namespace: kube-system
 {{- end}}
+- name: karpenter-nodeclaim-migrator
+  kind: CronJob
+  namespace: kube-system
diff --git a/cluster/manifests/z-karpenter/nodeclaim-migrator-cronjob.yaml b/cluster/manifests/z-karpenter/nodeclaim-migrator-cronjob.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 989be186b4..0000000000
--- a/cluster/manifests/z-karpenter/nodeclaim-migrator-cronjob.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: karpenter-nodeclaim-migrator
-  namespace: "kube-system"
-  labels:
-    application: kubernetes
-    component: karpenter-nodeclaim-migrator
-spec:
-  schedule: "*/1 * * * *"
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  startingDeadlineSeconds: 300
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      activeDeadlineSeconds: 300
-      backoffLimit: 0
-      template:
-        metadata:
-          labels:
-            application: kubernetes
-            component: karpenter-nodeclaim-migrator
-          annotations:
-            logging/destination: "{{.Cluster.ConfigItems.log_destination_infra}}"
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: karpenter
-          restartPolicy: Never
-          containers:
-          - name: karpenter-nodeclaim-migrator
-            # image: container-registry.zalando.net/teapot/karpenter-nodeclaim-migrator:main-1
-            image: mikkeloscar/karpenter-nodeclaim-migrator:1
-            resources:
-              limits:
-                cpu: 100m
-                memory: 100Mi
-              requests:
-                cpu: 100m
-                memory: 100Mi