diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 850b3f4624..1c51659c49 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -493,16 +493,10 @@ set-manifest-image:
 	$(info Updating kustomize image patch file for manager resource)
 	sed -i'' -e 's@image: .*@image: '"${MANIFEST_IMG}:$(MANIFEST_TAG)"'@' ./config/default/capm3/manager_image_patch.yaml
 
-.PHONY: set-manifest-image-ipam
-set-manifest-image-ipam:
-	$(info Updating kustomize image patch file for IPAM controller)
-	sed -i'' -e 's@image: .*@image: '"${MANIFEST_IMG_IPAM}:$(MANIFEST_TAG_IPAM)"'@' ./config/ipam/image_patch.yaml
-
 .PHONY: set-manifest-pull-policy
 set-manifest-pull-policy:
 	$(info Updating kustomize pull policy file for manager resource)
 	sed -i'' -e 's@imagePullPolicy: .*@imagePullPolicy: '"$(PULL_POLICY)"'@' ./config/default/capm3/manager_pull_policy_patch.yaml
-	sed -i'' -e 's@imagePullPolicy: .*@imagePullPolicy: '"$(PULL_POLICY)"'@' ./config/ipam/pull_policy_patch.yaml
 ## --------------------------------------
 ## Deploying
 ## --------------------------------------
diff --git a/config/default/kustomization.yaml b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
index c0a9a59d18..45277eeee1 100644
--- a/config/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/config/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ labels:
 
 resources:
 - capm3
-- ../ipam
diff --git a/config/ipam/image_patch.yaml b/config/ipam/image_patch.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index e572ca8033..0000000000
--- a/config/ipam/image_patch.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: ipam-controller-manager
-  namespace: capm3-system
-spec:
-  template:
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      # Change the value of image field below to your controller image URL
-      - image: quay.io/metal3-io/ip-address-manager:v1.9.1
-        name: manager
diff --git a/config/ipam/kustomization.yaml b/config/ipam/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc228d152e..0000000000
--- a/config/ipam/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-
-# When updating the release, update also the image tag in image_patch.yaml
-resources:
-- https://github.com/metal3-io/ip-address-manager/releases/download/v1.9.1/ipam-components.yaml
-
-patches:
-- path: image_patch.yaml
-- path: pull_policy_patch.yaml
diff --git a/config/ipam/pull_policy_patch.yaml b/config/ipam/pull_policy_patch.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5fff9a2f46..0000000000
--- a/config/ipam/pull_policy_patch.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: ipam-controller-manager
-  namespace: capm3-system
-spec:
-  template:
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: manager
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hack/verify-release.sh b/hack/verify-release.sh
index 5b459fc6f9..bbbe38d8fb 100755
--- a/hack/verify-release.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-release.sh
@@ -696,6 +696,3 @@ verify_module_versions
 verify_module_group_versions
 verify_module_releases
 verify_vulnerabilities
-
-# capm3 specific checks
-verify_ipam_manifests