diff --git a/deploy/internal/deployment-endpoint.yaml b/deploy/internal/deployment-endpoint.yaml
index 0e6d068e80..36fe437e59 100644
--- a/deploy/internal/deployment-endpoint.yaml
+++ b/deploy/internal/deployment-endpoint.yaml
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ spec:
             - name: ENDPOINT_GROUP_ID
             - name: LOCAL_MD_SERVER
             - name: LOCAL_N2N_AGENT
-            - name: NOOBAA_ROOT_SECRET
             - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
             - name: GUARANTEED_LOGS_PATH
             - name: CONTAINER_CPU_REQUEST
diff --git a/deploy/internal/statefulset-core.yaml b/deploy/internal/statefulset-core.yaml
index c76499ecdd..dc6a4aecb3 100644
--- a/deploy/internal/statefulset-core.yaml
+++ b/deploy/internal/statefulset-core.yaml
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ spec:
               value: postgres
             - name: CONTAINER_PLATFORM
               value: KUBERNETES
-            - name: NOOBAA_ROOT_SECRET
             - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
             - name: AGENT_PROFILE
               value: VALUE_AGENT_PROFILE
diff --git a/pkg/bundle/deploy.go b/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
index 2166e9d8d9..2971067b55 100644
--- a/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
+++ b/pkg/bundle/deploy.go
@@ -3865,7 +3865,7 @@ data:
     pg_stat_statements.track = all
 `
 
-const Sha256_deploy_internal_deployment_endpoint_yaml = "21b206c9119e37c4ebba84d5c1e2b1d45b06c716b4def69db9ba9268ef75e1e1"
+const Sha256_deploy_internal_deployment_endpoint_yaml = "e76dc7c81a02fb396263e61311b2bc0d765f32377d1b9d2ec3f435fced2fb0c3"
 
 const File_deploy_internal_deployment_endpoint_yaml = `apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
@@ -3986,7 +3986,6 @@ spec:
             - name: ENDPOINT_GROUP_ID
             - name: LOCAL_MD_SERVER
             - name: LOCAL_N2N_AGENT
-            - name: NOOBAA_ROOT_SECRET
             - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
             - name: GUARANTEED_LOGS_PATH
             - name: CONTAINER_CPU_REQUEST
@@ -4926,7 +4925,7 @@ spec:
       noobaa-s3-svc: "true"
 `
 
-const Sha256_deploy_internal_statefulset_core_yaml = "50e5b11d8e0a2f2bb8a6db8d154b34b6569e160fa7ad2b1fb154001b36c8a152"
+const Sha256_deploy_internal_statefulset_core_yaml = "14226b25028637a7176dbdb4a6fa6e90a9e63cddd5f39cbe0c044f433b0a4764"
 
 const File_deploy_internal_statefulset_core_yaml = `apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: StatefulSet
@@ -5046,7 +5045,6 @@ spec:
               value: postgres
             - name: CONTAINER_PLATFORM
               value: KUBERNETES
-            - name: NOOBAA_ROOT_SECRET
             - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
             - name: AGENT_PROFILE
               value: VALUE_AGENT_PROFILE
diff --git a/pkg/system/phase2_creating.go b/pkg/system/phase2_creating.go
index 949bfaad62..db376a4cf1 100644
--- a/pkg/system/phase2_creating.go
+++ b/pkg/system/phase2_creating.go
@@ -450,8 +450,6 @@ func (r *Reconciler) setDesiredCoreEnv(c *corev1.Container) {
 			if r.NooBaa.Spec.ExternalPgSSLUnauthorized {
 				c.Env[j].Value = "true"
 			}
-		case "NOOBAA_ROOT_SECRET":
-			c.Env[j].Value = r.SecretRootMasterKey
 		case "NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS":
 			c.Env[j].Value = r.ApplyCAsToPods
 		case "GUARANTEED_LOGS_PATH":
diff --git a/pkg/system/phase4_configuring.go b/pkg/system/phase4_configuring.go
index bd4868bef9..9eac439bbd 100644
--- a/pkg/system/phase4_configuring.go
+++ b/pkg/system/phase4_configuring.go
@@ -371,8 +371,6 @@ func (r *Reconciler) SetDesiredDeploymentEndpoint() error {
 					if r.JoinSecret == nil {
 						c.Env[j].Value = "true"
 					}
-				case "NOOBAA_ROOT_SECRET":
-					c.Env[j].Value = r.SecretRootMasterKey
 				case "VIRTUAL_HOSTS":
 					hosts := []string{}
 					for _, addr := range r.NooBaa.Status.Services.ServiceS3.InternalDNS {