diff --git a/infrastructure/controllers/base/tailscale/authkey-secret.enc.yaml b/infrastructure/controllers/base/tailscale/authkey-secret.enc.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1441d1d..0000000
--- a/infrastructure/controllers/base/tailscale/authkey-secret.enc.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
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-    namespace: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:F5yrzxvlhG7r,iv:Bo6KQ5Jw//ujusHAKeFgbQZv9fiEjVGAcg2NfQoKkRQ=,tag:/7thf1cUYiXGpyJg+sB3sw==,type:str]
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-data:
-    authkey: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:MECFadN0uzQGUvHeTrFEF3DU4HhkvksqSu1XXUs4whDhvlHduwCsCpHSQIRP4TkEFmPnufaKwc3/PKNi82/h2EzA0p8ZsTlB5MHBS1xyk+FLZn6X,iv:+kyMjGtN+Snh0Gs4sGe+UOHTLHtMGODDkjDCYUnLpeA=,tag:29vMCubpg3hlw18/26azzQ==,type:str]
-sops:
-    age:
-        - recipient: age1uuxf066xuuqgvjppxfcmqkwfcufnwp3wcwnl9h20g9k4l8nkw9jsaungf7
-          enc: |
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-            l0n1wSF6nO2u+TFEJ4CCSVZ8KiiZXgj1SI5RH0lB45RDX5TgiOsMVA==
-            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-    lastmodified: "2026-05-04T03:09:08Z"
-    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:XZUchEgndlDyUK9jUazTlBNqmtLe1NfSy2PR8MUsglcEfuGLopaORCsYBkINC5VfRiX7bxu9jEY7nlxwUNng8zHO6RVYo2c5l7ocbtbGafLcXmjUyVB1un2koMWZnk10PTKxq3+Tda1KztQ8+zvmdAZYsJFU8gyRuH5L5dK5B2o=,iv:uTOP9ByQIYUJXVdafgwE1XeR983QVHDjNDehVhYEEkk=,tag:HuV1QR6mav9SPE9eUQGrFA==,type:str]
-    unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
-    version: 3.12.2
diff --git a/infrastructure/controllers/base/tailscale/kustomization.yaml b/infrastructure/controllers/base/tailscale/kustomization.yaml
index c4297dd..738f629 100644
--- a/infrastructure/controllers/base/tailscale/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/infrastructure/controllers/base/tailscale/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ resources:
   - namespace.yaml
   - repository.yaml
   - release-operator.yaml
-  - authkey-secret.enc.yaml
   - dummy0auth.yaml
  # - tsproxy-rtx6000.yaml