diff --git a/config/README.md b/config/README.md
index 275c99a966..3bef7f6393 100644
--- a/config/README.md
+++ b/config/README.md
@@ -21,9 +21,8 @@ in `hack/ci-e2e.sh`, and put them directly in the `e2e` overlays.
    - **basic-auth** - Enable basic authentication. Note that the basic-auth
       component is missing the actual credentials. This is on purpose, to make
       sure that the user is setting the password instead of using sample
-      credentials. The required secrets are:
+      credentials. The required secrets is called:
       - `ironic-credentials`
-      - `ironic-inspector-credentials`
    - **tls** - Enable TLS. A CA certificate is needed here to verify the
       connection to Ironic. If you deploy BMO together with Ironic in a
       Kubernetes cluster, they can share the secret created for Ironic. The CA
diff --git a/config/components/basic-auth/credentials_patch.yaml b/config/components/basic-auth/credentials_patch.yaml
index c3a600f7eb..3048c16f3b 100644
--- a/config/components/basic-auth/credentials_patch.yaml
+++ b/config/components/basic-auth/credentials_patch.yaml
@@ -12,13 +12,7 @@ spec:
         - name: ironic-credentials
           mountPath: "/opt/metal3/auth/ironic"
           readOnly: true
-        - name: ironic-inspector-credentials
-          mountPath: "/opt/metal3/auth/ironic-inspector"
-          readOnly: true
       volumes:
       - name: ironic-credentials
         secret:
           secretName: ironic-credentials
-      - name: ironic-inspector-credentials
-        secret:
-          secretName: ironic-inspector-credentials
diff --git a/config/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml b/config/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml
index 44e9f0c413..9e91544ef6 100644
--- a/config/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
 kind: Component
 
-# NOTE: This component requires secrets with the basic auth credentials!
-# How you create them is up to you.
-# The required secrets are:
+# NOTE: This component requires a secret with the basic auth credentials!
+# How you create it is up to you. The required secrets is:
 # - ironic-credentials
-# - ironic-inspector-credentials
 #
-# Both should contain 2 fields: username and password.
-# Example:
+# It should contain 2 fields: username and password. Example:
 #
 # apiVersion: v1
 # kind: Secret
diff --git a/config/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml b/config/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml
index 490f7c0be1..35d5c5ec37 100644
--- a/config/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,3 @@ components:
 #     files:
 #     - username=ironic-username
 #     - password=ironic-password
-#   - name: ironic-inspector-credentials
-#     files:
-#     - username=ironic-inspector-username
-#     - password=ironic-inspector-password
diff --git a/config/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml b/config/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml
index 63c1e21eda..99c0f10336 100644
--- a/config/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml
@@ -35,7 +35,3 @@ secretGenerator:
     files:
     - username=ironic-username
     - password=ironic-password
-  - name: ironic-inspector-credentials
-    files:
-    - username=ironic-inspector-username
-    - password=ironic-inspector-password
diff --git a/docs/deploying.md b/docs/deploying.md
index dedc0428af..d2c9e278f3 100644
--- a/docs/deploying.md
+++ b/docs/deploying.md
@@ -110,9 +110,6 @@ ironic-deployment/
 │   │   ├── ironic-auth-config
 │   │   ├── ironic-auth-config-tpl
 │   │   ├── ironic-htpasswd
-│   │   ├── ironic-inspector-auth-config
-│   │   ├── ironic-inspector-auth-config-tpl
-│   │   ├── ironic-inspector-htpasswd
 │   │   └── kustomization.yaml
 │   ├── keepalived
 │   │   ├── ironic_bmo_configmap.env
@@ -148,8 +145,8 @@ more information, check the readme in the `ironic-deployment` folder.
 There is a useful deployment script that configures and deploys BareMetal
 Operator and Ironic. It requires some variables :
 
-- IRONIC_HOST : domain name for Ironic and inspector
-- IRONIC_HOST_IP : IP on which Ironic and inspector are listening
+- IRONIC_HOST : domain name for Ironic
+- IRONIC_HOST_IP : IP on which Ironic is listening
 
 In addition you can configure the following variables. They are **optional**.
 If you leave them unset, then passwords and certificates will be generated
@@ -158,18 +155,11 @@ for you.
 - KUBECTL_ARGS : Additional arguments to kubectl apply
 - IRONIC_USERNAME : username for ironic
 - IRONIC_PASSWORD : password for ironic
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME : username for inspector
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD : password for inspector
 - IRONIC_CACERT_FILE : CA certificate path for ironic
 - IRONIC_CAKEY_FILE : CA certificate key path, unneeded if ironic
   certificates exist
 - IRONIC_CERT_FILE : Ironic certificate path
 - IRONIC_KEY_FILE : Ironic certificate key path
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE : Inspector certificate path
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE : Inspector certificate key path
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CACERT_FILE : CA certificate path for inspector, defaults to
-  IRONIC_CACERT_FILE
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CAKEY_FILE : CA certificate key path, unneeded if inspector
   certificates exist
 - MARIADB_KEY_FILE: Path to the key of MariaDB
 - MARIADB_CERT_FILE:  Path to the cert of MariaDB
diff --git a/docs/dev-setup.md b/docs/dev-setup.md
index bff0e10f3f..9f23425b19 100644
--- a/docs/dev-setup.md
+++ b/docs/dev-setup.md
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ The following environment variables can be passed to configure the ironic:
 - DEPLOY_KERNEL_URL - the URL of the kernel to deploy ironic-python-agent
 - DEPLOY_RAMDISK_URL - the URL of the ramdisk to deploy ironic-python-agent
 - IRONIC_ENDPOINT - the endpoint of the ironic
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_ENDPOINT - the endpoint of the ironic inspector
 - CACHEURL - the URL of the cached images
 - IRONIC_FAST_TRACK - whether to enable fast_track provisioning or not
   (default true)
@@ -137,16 +136,11 @@ authentication enabled, you also need to export the following variables:
 - IRONIC_CACERT_FILE
 - IRONIC_CERT_FILE
 - IRONIC_KEY_FILE
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CACERT_FILE
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE
 
 ### Basic authentication variables
 
 - IRONIC_USERNAME
 - IRONIC_PASSWORD
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME
-- IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD
 
 The names of these variables are self explanatory. TLS variables expect the
 path of the corresponding certificate/key file as their value. Basic
diff --git a/docs/ironic-authentication.md b/docs/ironic-authentication.md
index f7eb633843..e74487a469 100644
--- a/docs/ironic-authentication.md
+++ b/docs/ironic-authentication.md
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # Authenticating to Ironic
 
-Because hosts under the control of Metal³ need to contact the Ironic and Ironic
-Inspector APIs during inspection and provisioning, it is highly advisable to
-require authentication on those APIs, since the provisioned hosts running user
+Because hosts under the control of Metal³ need to contact the Ironic
+API during inspection and provisioning, it is highly advisable to
+require authentication on this API, since the provisioned hosts running user
 workloads will remain connected to the provisioning network.
 
 ## Configuration
 
-The `baremetal-operator` supports connecting to Ironic and Ironic Inspector
-configured with the following `auth_strategy` modes:
+The `baremetal-operator` supports connecting to Ironic configured with the
+following `auth_strategy` modes:
 
 * `noauth` (no authentication)
 * `http_basic` (HTTP [Basic access authentication](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basic_access_authentication))
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ Authentication configuration is read from the filesystem, beginning at the root
 directory specified in the environment variable `METAL3_AUTH_ROOT_DIR`. If this
 variable is empty or not specified, the default is `/opt/metal3/auth`.
 
-Within the root directory there are separate subdirectories, `ironic` for
-Ironic client configuration, and `ironic-inspector` for Ironic Inspector client
-configuration. (This allows the data to be populated from separate secrets when
-deploying in Kubernetes.)
+Within the root directory there is a separate subdirectory `ironic` for
+Ironic client configuration.
 
 ### `noauth`
 
diff --git a/hack/ci-e2e.sh b/hack/ci-e2e.sh
index 7af7e41d13..c7c5ae68a6 100755
--- a/hack/ci-e2e.sh
+++ b/hack/ci-e2e.sh
@@ -118,29 +118,19 @@ IRONIC_OVERLAY="${REPO_ROOT}/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e"
 
 IRONIC_USERNAME="$(tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1)"
 IRONIC_PASSWORD="$(tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1)"
-IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME="$(tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1)"
-IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD="$(tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1)"
 
 echo "${IRONIC_USERNAME}" > "${BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-username"
 echo "${IRONIC_PASSWORD}" > "${BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-password"
-echo "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME}" > "${BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-username"
-echo "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD}" > "${BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-password"
 
 BMO_UPGRADE_FROM_OVERLAY="${REPO_ROOT}/config/overlays/e2e-release-0.4"
 echo "${IRONIC_USERNAME}" > "${BMO_UPGRADE_FROM_OVERLAY}/ironic-username"
 echo "${IRONIC_PASSWORD}" > "${BMO_UPGRADE_FROM_OVERLAY}/ironic-password"
-echo "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME}" > "${BMO_UPGRADE_FROM_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-username"
-echo "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD}" > "${BMO_UPGRADE_FROM_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-password"
 
 envsubst < "${REPO_ROOT}/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/ironic-auth-config-tpl" > \
   "${IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-auth-config"
-envsubst < "${REPO_ROOT}/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/ironic-inspector-auth-config-tpl" > \
-  "${IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-auth-config"
 
 echo "IRONIC_HTPASSWD=$(htpasswd -n -b -B "${IRONIC_USERNAME}" "${IRONIC_PASSWORD}")" > \
   "${IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-htpasswd"
-echo "INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD=$(htpasswd -n -b -B "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME}" \
-  "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD}")" > "${IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-htpasswd"
 
 
 # We need to gather artifacts/logs before exiting also if there are errors
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/base/ironic.yaml b/ironic-deployment/base/ironic.yaml
index 31609189ac..2af30f0552 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/base/ironic.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/base/ironic.yaml
@@ -111,38 +111,6 @@ spec:
           privileged: false
           runAsUser: 997 # ironic
           runAsGroup: 994 # ironic
-      - name: ironic-inspector
-        image: quay.io/metal3-io/ironic
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        readinessProbe:
-          exec:
-            command: ["sh", "-c", "curl -sSf http://127.0.0.1:5050 || curl -sSf -k https://127.0.0.1:5050"]
-          initialDelaySeconds: 30
-          periodSeconds: 30
-          timeoutSeconds: 10
-          successThreshold: 1
-          failureThreshold: 10
-        livenessProbe:
-          exec:
-            command: ["sh", "-c", "curl -sSf http://127.0.0.1:5050 || curl -sSf -k https://127.0.0.1:5050"]
-          initialDelaySeconds: 30
-          periodSeconds: 30
-          timeoutSeconds: 10
-          successThreshold: 1
-          failureThreshold: 10
-        command:
-        - /bin/runironic-inspector
-        envFrom:
-        - configMapRef:
-            name: ironic-bmo-configmap
-        securityContext:
-          allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-          capabilities:
-            drop:
-            - ALL
-          privileged: false
-          runAsUser: 996 # ironic-inspector
-          runAsGroup: 993 # ironicinspector
       - name: ironic-httpd
         image: quay.io/metal3-io/ironic
         imagePullPolicy: Always
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/auth.yaml b/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/auth.yaml
index d710aa1362..5262be045f 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/auth.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/auth.yaml
@@ -7,33 +7,13 @@ spec:
     spec:
       containers:
       - name: ironic
-        volumeMounts:
-        # This is the credentials for authenticating with inspector
-        - name: ironic-inspector-auth-config
-          mountPath: "/auth/ironic-inspector"
-          readOnly: true
         envFrom:
-        # This is the htpassword matching the ironic-auth-config that inspector has
+        # This is the htpassword matching the ironic-auth-config
         - secretRef:
             name: ironic-htpasswd
         - configMapRef:
             name: ironic-bmo-configmap
-      - name: ironic-inspector
-        volumeMounts:
-        # This is the credentials for authenticating with ironic
-        - name: ironic-auth-config
-          mountPath: "/auth/ironic"
-          readOnly: true
-        envFrom:
-        # This is the htpassword matching the ironic-inspector-auth-config that ironic has
-        - secretRef:
-            name: ironic-inspector-htpasswd
-        - configMapRef:
-            name: ironic-bmo-configmap
       volumes:
       - name: ironic-auth-config
         secret:
           secretName: ironic-auth-config
-      - name: ironic-inspector-auth-config
-        secret:
-          secretName: ironic-inspector-auth-config
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/ironic-inspector-auth-config-tpl b/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/ironic-inspector-auth-config-tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 78bbcbd7ce..0000000000
--- a/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/ironic-inspector-auth-config-tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[inspector]
-auth_type=http_basic
-username=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME}
-password=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml b/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml
index 8eaff16af5..062ca12583 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ kind: Component
 # How you create them is up to you.
 # The required secrets are:
 # - ironic-htpasswd
-# - ironic-inspector-htpasswd
 # - ironic-auth-config
-# - ironic-inspector-auth-config
 #
 # The content should be as in these examples:
 #
@@ -21,23 +19,9 @@ kind: Component
 # apiVersion: v1
 # kind: Secret
 # metadata:
-#   name: ironic-inspector-htpasswd
-# data:
-#   INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD: <base64-encoded-htpasswd-string>
-# ---
-# apiVersion: v1
-# kind: Secret
-# metadata:
 #   name: ironic-auth-config
 # data:
 #   auth-config: <base64-encoded-auth-config>
-# ---
-# apiVersion: v1
-# kind: Secret
-# metadata:
-#   name: ironic-inspector-auth-config
-# data:
-#   auth-config: <base64-encoded-auth-config>
 #
 # Check `ironic-auth-config-tpl` for a template of what to put in the auth-config.
 
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/components/keepalived/ironic_bmo_configmap.env b/ironic-deployment/components/keepalived/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
index 7e31d52ea3..d9c459514b 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/components/keepalived/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
+++ b/ironic-deployment/components/keepalived/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ IRONIC_ENDPOINT=http://172.22.0.2:6385/v1/
 CACHEURL=http://172.22.0.1/images
 IRONIC_FAST_TRACK=true
 IRONIC_KERNEL_PARAMS=console=ttyS0
+USE_IRONIC_INSPECTOR=false
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/components/tls/certificate.yaml b/ironic-deployment/components/tls/certificate.yaml
index 9bd75b4cd2..d8a83c7aa7 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/components/tls/certificate.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/components/tls/certificate.yaml
@@ -39,16 +39,3 @@ spec:
     kind: Issuer
     name: ca-issuer
   secretName: ironic-cert
----
-apiVersion: cert-manager.io/v1
-kind: Certificate
-metadata:
-  name: ironic-inspector-cert
-spec:
-  commonName: ironic-inspector-cert
-  ipAddresses:
-  - IRONIC_HOST_IP
-  issuerRef:
-    kind: Issuer
-    name: ca-issuer
-  secretName: ironic-inspector-cert
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/components/tls/tls.yaml b/ironic-deployment/components/tls/tls.yaml
index a09a51105b..491eb7eaf3 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/components/tls/tls.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/components/tls/tls.yaml
@@ -16,15 +16,10 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP
           value: "true"
-        - name: INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP
-          value: "true"
         volumeMounts:
         - name: cert-ironic-ca
           mountPath: "/certs/ca/ironic"
           readOnly: true
-        - name: cert-ironic-inspector-ca
-          mountPath: "/certs/ca/ironic-inspector"
-          readOnly: true
       - name: ironic-httpd
         livenessProbe:
          exec:
@@ -35,50 +30,17 @@ spec:
         env:
         - name: IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP
           value: "true"
-        - name: INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP
-          value: "true"
         volumeMounts:
         - name: cert-ironic
           mountPath: "/certs/ironic"
           readOnly: true
-        - name: cert-ironic-inspector
-          mountPath: "/certs/ironic-inspector"
-          readOnly: true
         - name: cert-ironic-ca
           mountPath: "/certs/ca/ironic"
           readOnly: true
-        - name: cert-ironic-inspector-ca
-          mountPath: "/certs/ca/ironic-inspector"
-          readOnly: true
-      - name: ironic-inspector
-        readinessProbe:
-          exec:
-            command: ["sh", "-c", "curl -sSf http://127.0.0.1:5049"]
-        livenessProbe:
-          exec:
-            command: ["sh", "-c", "curl -sSf http://127.0.0.1:5049"]
-        env:
-        - name: IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP
-          value: "true"
-        - name: INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP
-          value: "true"
-        volumeMounts:
-        - name: cert-ironic-ca
-          mountPath: "/certs/ca/ironic"
-          readOnly: true
-        - name: cert-ironic-inspector-ca
-          mountPath: "/certs/ca/ironic-inspector"
-          readOnly: true
       volumes:
       - name: cert-ironic-ca
         secret:
           secretName: ironic-cacert
-      - name: cert-ironic-inspector-ca
-        secret:
-          secretName: ironic-cacert
       - name: cert-ironic
         secret:
           secretName: ironic-cert
-      - name: cert-ironic-inspector
-        secret:
-          secretName: ironic-inspector-cert
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/default/ironic_bmo_configmap.env b/ironic-deployment/default/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
index 7351648a6a..39f612e2b5 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/default/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
+++ b/ironic-deployment/default/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ CACHEURL=http://172.22.0.1/images
 IRONIC_FAST_TRACK=true
 IRONIC_KERNEL_PARAMS=console=ttyS0
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_VLAN_INTERFACES=all
-USE_IRONIC_INSPECTOR=true
+USE_IRONIC_INSPECTOR=false
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/basic-auth_tls.yaml b/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/basic-auth_tls.yaml
index a2b56205ed..cd734eed84 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/basic-auth_tls.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/basic-auth_tls.yaml
@@ -10,21 +10,13 @@ spec:
         envFrom:
         - secretRef:
             name: ironic-htpasswd
-        - secretRef:
-            name: ironic-inspector-htpasswd
         - configMapRef:
             name: ironic-bmo-configmap
         volumeMounts:
         - mountPath: /auth/ironic
           name: ironic-auth-config
           readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /auth/ironic-inspector
-          name: ironic-inspector-auth-config
-          readOnly: true
       volumes:
       - name: ironic-auth-config
         secret:
           secretName: ironic-auth-config
-      - name: ironic-inspector-auth-config
-        secret:
-          secretName: ironic-inspector-auth-config
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml b/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml
index 9df46e96de..4768fb42d4 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/overlays/basic-auth_tls/kustomization.yaml
@@ -20,13 +20,6 @@ patches:
 #   envs:
 #   - ironic-htpasswd
 #   name: ironic-htpasswd
-# - behavior: create
-#   envs:
-#   - ironic-inspector-htpasswd
-#   name: ironic-inspector-htpasswd
 # - name: ironic-auth-config
 #   files:
 #   - auth-config=ironic-auth-config
-# - name: ironic-inspector-auth-config
-#   files:
-#   - auth-config=ironic-inspector-auth-config
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/ironic_bmo_configmap.env b/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
index 24c556e11a..2686d1ddea 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
+++ b/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/ironic_bmo_configmap.env
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ CACHEURL=http://192.168.222.199/images
 IRONIC_FAST_TRACK=true
 IRONIC_KERNEL_PARAMS=console=ttyS0
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_VLAN_INTERFACES=all
+USE_IRONIC_INSPECTOR=false
diff --git a/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml b/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml
index 7710dbc3b9..7978315158 100644
--- a/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/ironic-deployment/overlays/e2e/kustomization.yaml
@@ -24,16 +24,9 @@ secretGenerator:
   behavior: create
   envs:
   - ironic-htpasswd
-- name: ironic-inspector-htpasswd
-  behavior: create
-  envs:
-  - ironic-inspector-htpasswd
 - name: ironic-auth-config
   files:
   - auth-config=ironic-auth-config
-- name: ironic-inspector-auth-config
-  files:
-  - auth-config=ironic-inspector-auth-config
 
 replacements:
   # Replace IRONIC_HOST_IP in certificates with the PROVISIONING_IP from the configmap
diff --git a/tools/deploy.sh b/tools/deploy.sh
index b486006223..4427a28902 100755
--- a/tools/deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/deploy.sh
@@ -142,41 +142,18 @@ if [[ "${DEPLOY_BASIC_AUTH}" == "true" ]]; then
             IRONIC_PASSWORD="$(cat "${IRONIC_AUTH_DIR}ironic-password")"
         fi
     fi
-    if [ -z "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME:-}" ]; then
-        if [ ! -f "${IRONIC_AUTH_DIR}ironic-inspector-username" ]; then
-            IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME="$(tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1)"
-            echo "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME" > "${IRONIC_AUTH_DIR}ironic-inspector-username"
-        else
-            IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME="$(cat "${IRONIC_AUTH_DIR}ironic-inspector-username")"
-        fi
-    fi
-    if [ -z "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD:-}" ]; then
-        if [ ! -f "${IRONIC_AUTH_DIR}ironic-inspector-password" ]; then
-            IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD="$(tr -dc 'a-zA-Z0-9' < /dev/urandom | fold -w 12 | head -n 1)"
-            echo "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD" > "${IRONIC_AUTH_DIR}ironic-inspector-password"
-        else
-            IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD="$(cat "${IRONIC_AUTH_DIR}ironic-inspector-password")"
-        fi
-    fi
 
     if [[ "${DEPLOY_BMO}" == "true" ]]; then
         echo "${IRONIC_USERNAME}" > "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-username"
         echo "${IRONIC_PASSWORD}" > "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-password"
-
-        echo "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME}" > "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-username"
-        echo "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD}" > "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-password"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${DEPLOY_IRONIC}" == "true" ]]; then
         envsubst < "${IRONIC_BASIC_AUTH_COMPONENT}/ironic-auth-config-tpl" > \
         "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-auth-config"
-        envsubst < "${IRONIC_BASIC_AUTH_COMPONENT}/ironic-inspector-auth-config-tpl" > \
-        "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-auth-config"
 
         echo "IRONIC_HTPASSWD=$(htpasswd -n -b -B "${IRONIC_USERNAME}" "${IRONIC_PASSWORD}")" > \
         "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-htpasswd"
-        echo "INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD=$(htpasswd -n -b -B "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME}" \
-        "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD}")" > "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-htpasswd"
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -192,9 +169,7 @@ if [[ "${DEPLOY_IRONIC}" == "true" ]]; then
 
     if [ "${DEPLOY_BASIC_AUTH}" == "true" ]; then
         ${KUSTOMIZE} edit add secret ironic-htpasswd --from-env-file=ironic-htpasswd
-        ${KUSTOMIZE} edit add secret ironic-inspector-htpasswd --from-env-file=ironic-inspector-htpasswd
         ${KUSTOMIZE} edit add secret ironic-auth-config --from-file=auth-config=ironic-auth-config
-        ${KUSTOMIZE} edit add secret ironic-inspector-auth-config --from-file=auth-config=ironic-inspector-auth-config
 
         if [[ "${DEPLOY_TLS}" == "true" ]]; then
             # Basic-auth + TLS is special since TLS also means reverse proxy, which affects basic-auth.
@@ -235,8 +210,6 @@ if [[ "${DEPLOY_BMO}" == "true" ]]; then
         # These files are created below
         ${KUSTOMIZE} edit add secret ironic-credentials \
             --from-file=username=ironic-username --from-file=password=ironic-password
-        ${KUSTOMIZE} edit add secret ironic-inspector-credentials \
-            --from-file=username=ironic-inspector-username --from-file=password=ironic-inspector-password
     fi
 
     if [[ "${DEPLOY_TLS}" == "true" ]]; then
@@ -270,11 +243,6 @@ if [[ "${DEPLOY_IRONIC}" == "true" ]]; then
     fi
     IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP="${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic_bmo_configmap.env"
     cp "${IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP_SOURCE}" "${IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP}"
-    if grep -q "INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP" "${IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP}" ; then
-        sed "s/\(INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP\).*/\1=${DEPLOY_TLS}/" -i "${IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP}"
-    else
-        echo "INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP=${DEPLOY_TLS}" >> "${IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP}"
-    fi
     if grep -q "RESTART_CONTAINER_CERTIFICATE_UPDATED" "${IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP}" ; then
         sed "s/\(RESTART_CONTAINER_CERTIFICATE_UPDATED\).*/\1=${RESTART_CONTAINER_CERTIFICATE_UPDATED}/" -i "${IRONIC_BMO_CONFIGMAP}"
     else
@@ -302,15 +270,15 @@ if [[ "${DEPLOY_BASIC_AUTH}" == "true" ]]; then
     if [[ "${DEPLOY_BMO}" == "true" ]]; then
         rm "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-username"
         rm "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-password"
-        rm "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-username"
-        rm "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-password"
+        rm -f "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-username"
+        rm -f "${TEMP_BMO_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-password"
     fi
 
     if [[ "${DEPLOY_IRONIC}" == "true" ]]; then
         rm "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-auth-config"
-        rm "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-auth-config"
-
         rm "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-htpasswd"
-        rm "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-htpasswd"
+
+        rm -f "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-auth-config"
+        rm -f "${TEMP_IRONIC_OVERLAY}/ironic-inspector-htpasswd"
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/tools/run_local_ironic.sh b/tools/run_local_ironic.sh
index 17c0e168e4..64616e9340 100755
--- a/tools/run_local_ironic.sh
+++ b/tools/run_local_ironic.sh
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ IRONIC_CERT_FILE="${IRONIC_CERT_FILE:-}"
 IRONIC_KEY_FILE="${IRONIC_KEY_FILE:-}"
 IRONIC_TLS_SETUP=${IRONIC_TLS_SETUP:-"true"}
 
-IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CACERT_FILE="${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CACERT_FILE:-}"
-IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE="${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE:-}"
-IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE="${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE:-}"
-
 MARIADB_CACERT_FILE="${MARIADB_CACERT_FILE:-}"
 MARIADB_CERT_FILE="${MARIADB_CERT_FILE:-}"
 MARIADB_KEY_FILE="${MARIADB_KEY_FILE:-}"
@@ -72,15 +68,6 @@ if [ "$IRONIC_TLS_SETUP" = "true" ]; then
             -out "${IRONIC_CERT_FILE}" -keyout "${IRONIC_KEY_FILE}"
     fi
 
-    if [ -z "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE" ]; then
-        IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE="${IRONIC_DATA_DIR}/tls/inspector.crt"
-        IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE="${IRONIC_DATA_DIR}/tls/inspector.key"
-        IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CACERT_FILE="${IRONIC_CERT_FILE}"
-        sudo openssl req -x509 -newkey rsa:4096 -nodes -days 365 -subj "/CN=ironic" \
-            -addext "subjectAltName = IP:${CLUSTER_PROVISIONING_IP},IP:${PROVISIONING_IP}" \
-            -out "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE}" -keyout "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE}"
-    fi
-
     export IRONIC_BASE_URL="https://${CLUSTER_PROVISIONING_IP}"
     if [ -z "$IRONIC_CACERT_FILE" ]; then
         export IRONIC_CACERT_FILE=$IRONIC_CERT_FILE
@@ -96,13 +83,11 @@ IRONIC_ENDPOINT="${IRONIC_ENDPOINT:-"${IRONIC_BASE_URL}:6385/v1/"}"
 CACHEURL="${CACHEURL:-"http://${PROVISIONING_IP}/images"}"
 IRONIC_FAST_TRACK="${IRONIC_FAST_TRACK:-"true"}"
 IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP=${IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP:-"true"}
-INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP=${INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP:-"true"}
 IRONIC_USE_MARIADB=${IRONIC_USE_MARIADB:-"false"}
 if [[ $IRONIC_TLS_SETUP == *false* ]]
 then
      # No reverse proxy for Ironic if TLS is not used
      IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP="false"
-     INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP="false"
 fi
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_VLAN_INTERFACES=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_VLAN_INTERFACES:-"all"}
 
@@ -120,15 +105,14 @@ IRONIC_FAST_TRACK=${IRONIC_FAST_TRACK}
 IRONIC_KERNEL_PARAMS=${IRONIC_KERNEL_PARAMS}
 IRONIC_BOOT_ISO_SOURCE=${IRONIC_BOOT_ISO_SOURCE}
 IRONIC_TLS_SETUP=${IRONIC_TLS_SETUP}
-IRONIC_INSPECTOR_TLS_SETUP=${IRONIC_TLS_SETUP}
 IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP=${IRONIC_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP}
-INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP=${INSPECTOR_REVERSE_PROXY_SETUP}
 IRONIC_INSPECTOR_VLAN_INTERFACES=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_VLAN_INTERFACES}
 IPA_BASEURI=${IPA_BASEURI}
 IRONIC_USE_MARIADB=${IRONIC_USE_MARIADB}
 HTTP_PROXY=${HTTP_PROXY}
 HTTPS_PROXY=${HTTPS_PROXY}
 NO_PROXY=${NO_PROXY}
+USE_IRONIC_INSPECTOR=false
 EOF
 
 if [ "$IRONIC_TLS_SETUP" == "true" ] && [ -n "$IRONIC_CA_CERT_B64" ]; then
@@ -163,15 +147,6 @@ fi
 if [ -r "$IRONIC_KEY_FILE" ]; then
      CERTS_MOUNTS="${CERTS_MOUNTS} -v ${IRONIC_KEY_FILE}:/certs/ironic/tls.key "
 fi
-if [ -r "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CACERT_FILE" ]; then
-     CERTS_MOUNTS="${CERTS_MOUNTS} -v ${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CACERT_FILE}:/certs/ca/ironic-inspector/tls.crt "
-fi
-if [ -r "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE" ]; then
-     CERTS_MOUNTS="${CERTS_MOUNTS} -v ${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_CERT_FILE}:/certs/ironic-inspector/tls.crt "
-fi
-if [ -r "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE" ]; then
-     CERTS_MOUNTS="${CERTS_MOUNTS} -v ${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_KEY_FILE}:/certs/ironic-inspector/tls.key "
-fi
 
 if [ -r "$MARIADB_CACERT_FILE" ]; then
      CERTS_MOUNTS="${CERTS_MOUNTS} -v ${MARIADB_CACERT_FILE}:/certs/ca/mariadb/tls.crt "
@@ -202,14 +177,6 @@ if [ -n "$IRONIC_USERNAME" ]; then
      IRONIC_HTPASSWD="$(htpasswd -n -b -B "${IRONIC_USERNAME}" "${IRONIC_PASSWORD}")"
      IRONIC_HTPASSWD="--env HTTP_BASIC_HTPASSWD=${IRONIC_HTPASSWD} --env IRONIC_HTPASSWD=${IRONIC_HTPASSWD}"
 fi
-IRONIC_INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD=""
-if [ -n "$IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME" ]; then
-     envsubst < "${SCRIPTDIR}/ironic-deployment/components/basic-auth/ironic-inspector-auth-config-tpl" > \
-        "${IRONIC_DATA_DIR}/auth/ironic-inspector-auth-config"
-     BASIC_AUTH_MOUNTS="${BASIC_AUTH_MOUNTS} -v ${IRONIC_DATA_DIR}/auth/ironic-inspector-auth-config:/auth/ironic-inspector/auth-config"
-     IRONIC_INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD="$(htpasswd -n -b -B "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_USERNAME}" "${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_PASSWORD}")"
-     IRONIC_INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD="--env HTTP_BASIC_HTPASSWD=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD} --env INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD}"
-fi
 
 sudo mkdir -p "$IRONIC_DATA_DIR/html/images"
 # Locally supplied IPA images are imported here when the environment variables are set accordingly.
@@ -304,11 +271,3 @@ sudo "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" run -d --net host --privileged --name ironic-endpoin
 sudo "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" run -d --net host --privileged --name ironic-log-watch \
     ${POD} --entrypoint /bin/runlogwatch.sh \
      -v "$IRONIC_DATA_DIR:/shared" "${IRONIC_IMAGE}"
-
-# Start Ironic Inspector
-# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-sudo "${CONTAINER_RUNTIME}" run -d --net host --privileged --name ironic-inspector \
-     ${POD} ${CERTS_MOUNTS} ${BASIC_AUTH_MOUNTS} ${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_HTPASSWD} \
-     --env-file "${IRONIC_DATA_DIR}/ironic-vars.env" \
-     --entrypoint /bin/runironic-inspector \
-     -v "$IRONIC_DATA_DIR:/shared" "${IRONIC_IMAGE}"