diff --git a/modules/hcp-hc-objects.adoc b/modules/hcp-hc-objects.adoc
index afd937ff2d9a..7786f91bfee6 100644
--- a/modules/hcp-hc-objects.adoc
+++ b/modules/hcp-hc-objects.adoc
@@ -190,53 +190,6 @@ status:
 <4> Replace `<dns.base.domain.name>` with the DNS base domain name.
 <5> Replace `<4.x.y>` with the supported {product-title} version you want to use.
 
-. Add an annotation in the `HostedCluster` object that points to the HyperShift Operator release in the {product-title} release:
-
-.. Obtain the image payload by entering the following command:
-+
-[source,terminal]
-----
-$ oc adm release info \
-  registry.<dns.base.domain.name>:5000/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release:<4.x.y>-x86_64 \
-  | grep hypershift
-----
-+
-where `<dns.base.domain.name>` is the DNS base domain name and `<4.x.y>` is the supported {product-title} version you want to use.
-+
-.Example output
-[source,terminal]
-----
-hypershift        sha256:31149e3e5f8c5e5b5b100ff2d89975cf5f7a73801b2c06c639bf6648766117f8
-----
-
-.. By using the {product-title} Images namespace, check the digest by entering the following command:
-+
-[source,terminal]
-----
-podman pull registry.<dns.base.domain.name>:5000/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:31149e3e5f8c5e5b5b100ff2d89975cf5f7a73801b2c06c639bf6648766117f8
-----
-+
-where `<dns.base.domain.name>` is the DNS base domain name.
-+
-.Example output
-[source,terminal]
-----
-podman pull registry.dns.base.domain.name:5000/openshift/release@sha256:31149e3e5f8c5e5b5b100ff2d89975cf5f7a73801b2c06c639bf6648766117f8
-Trying to pull registry.dns.base.domain.name:5000/openshift/release@sha256:31149e3e5f8c5e5b5b100ff2d89975cf5f7a73801b2c06c639bf6648766117f8...
-Getting image source signatures
-Copying blob d8190195889e skipped: already exists
-Copying blob c71d2589fba7 skipped: already exists
-Copying blob d4dc6e74b6ce skipped: already exists
-Copying blob 97da74cc6d8f skipped: already exists
-Copying blob b70007a560c9 done
-Copying config 3a62961e6e done
-Writing manifest to image destination
-Storing signatures
-3a62961e6ed6edab46d5ec8429ff1f41d6bb68de51271f037c6cb8941a007fde
-----
-+
-The release image that is set in the `HostedCluster` object must use the digest rather than the tag; for example, `quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release@sha256:e3ba11bd1e5e8ea5a0b36a75791c90f29afb0fdbe4125be4e48f69c76a5c47a0`.
-
 . Create all of the objects that you defined in the YAML files by concatenating them into a file and applying them against the management cluster. To do so, enter the following command:
 +
 [source,terminal]