diff --git a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/kustomization.yaml b/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/kustomization.yaml
index 858fcea8..1c9bc2bc 100644
--- a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,11 +3,4 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 resources:
 - ../default
-- prepull-nginx.yaml
 - webhosting-operator-scheduling.yaml
-- websites-scheduling.yaml
-
-images:
-- name: pause
-  newName: registry.k8s.io/pause
-  newTag: "3.7"
diff --git a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/prepull-nginx.yaml b/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/prepull-nginx.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 138d7978..00000000
--- a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/prepull-nginx.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: DaemonSet
-metadata:
-  name: prepull-nginx
-  labels:
-    app: prepull-nginx
-  annotations:
-    description: |
-      This DaemonSet makes sure the image used for websites is present on all website workers.
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: prepull-nginx
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: prepull-nginx
-    spec:
-      initContainers:
-      - name: nginx
-        image: nginx:1.21-alpine
-        command:
-        - /bin/sh
-        - -c
-        - exit 0
-      containers:
-      - name: pause
-        image: pause
-      tolerations:
-      - key: dedicated-for
-        value: websites
-        effect: NoSchedule
-      affinity:
-        nodeAffinity:
-          requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
-            nodeSelectorTerms:
-            - matchExpressions:
-              - key: dedicated-for
-                operator: In
-                values:
-                - websites
diff --git a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/websites-scheduling.yaml b/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/websites-scheduling.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a31a690..00000000
--- a/webhosting-operator/config/policy/shoot/websites-scheduling.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kyverno.io/v1
-kind: ClusterPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: websites-scheduling
-spec:
-  failurePolicy: Fail
-  rules:
-  # schedule websites on dedicated worker pool for better isolation in load tests
-  - name: add-scheduling-constraints
-    match:
-      any:
-      - resources:
-          kinds:
-          - Pod
-          selector:
-            matchLabels:
-              app: website
-    mutate:
-      patchesJson6902: |-
-        - op: add
-          path: "/spec/tolerations/-"
-          value: {"key":"dedicated-for","operator":"Equal","value":"websites","effect":"NoSchedule"}        
-        - op: add
-          path: "/spec/affinity/nodeAffinity/requiredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution/nodeSelectorTerms/-"
-          value: {"matchExpressions": [{"key":"dedicated-for","operator":"In","values":["websites"]}]}
diff --git a/webhosting-operator/shoot.yaml b/webhosting-operator/shoot.yaml
index 1de511f3..1dc71388 100644
--- a/webhosting-operator/shoot.yaml
+++ b/webhosting-operator/shoot.yaml
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ spec:
         workers: 10.250.0.0/16
     type: openstack
     workers:
-    # runs system and monitoring components
+    # runs system and monitoring components, and sample websites
     - name: system
       cri:
         name: containerd
@@ -98,31 +98,6 @@ spec:
         type: storage_premium_perf1
       zones:
       - eu01-2
-    # runs actual websites
-    - name: websites
-      cri:
-        name: containerd
-      machine:
-        image:
-          name: coreos
-        type: g1.2
-      maxSurge: 5
-      maxUnavailable: 0
-      maximum: 10
-      minimum: 1
-      systemComponents:
-        allow: false
-      labels:
-        dedicated-for: websites
-      taints:
-      - key: dedicated-for
-        value: websites
-        effect: NoSchedule
-      volume:
-        size: 50Gi
-        type: storage_premium_perf1
-      zones:
-      - eu01-2
   purpose: development
   region: RegionOne
   secretBindingName: cq12kuc8ir