diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index fd38e5d..740d458 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -980,8 +980,6 @@ jobs:
             kubectl describe clustersecretstore/doppler-hetznerterra || true
             kubectl -n observability describe externalsecret/grafana-admin || true
             kubectl -n observability get secret/grafana-admin-credentials || true
-            kubectl -n flux-system describe ocirepository/loki || true
-            kubectl -n flux-system describe ocirepository/promtail || true
             kubectl -n flux-system describe helmrelease/kube-prometheus-stack || true
             kubectl -n flux-system describe helmrelease/loki || true
             kubectl -n flux-system describe helmrelease/promtail || true
@@ -1087,56 +1085,6 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           }
 
-          wait_for_ocirepository_ready_or_cached() {
-            local repository="$1"
-            local timeout="$2"
-            local attempts="${3:-3}"
-            local artifact_storage
-            local attempt
-            local ready
-
-            for attempt in $(seq 1 "${attempts}"); do
-              if ! kubectl get --raw=/readyz --request-timeout=10s >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-                echo "Kubernetes API is not ready while waiting for OCIRepository ${repository}; failing fast" >&2
-                kubectl -n kube-system get pods -o wide || true
-                exit 1
-              fi
-
-              ready="$(kubectl -n flux-system get "ocirepository/${repository}" -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type=="Ready")].status}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
-              if [ "${ready}" = "True" ]; then
-                return 0
-              fi
-
-              artifact_storage="$(kubectl -n flux-system get "ocirepository/${repository}" -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type=="ArtifactInStorage")].status}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
-              if [ "${artifact_storage}" = "True" ]; then
-                echo "OCIRepository ${repository} is not currently Ready; continuing with cached artifact" >&2
-                return 0
-              fi
-
-              reconcile_flux_resource "ocirepository/${repository}" 120
-              if kubectl -n flux-system wait --for=condition=Ready "ocirepository/${repository}" --timeout="${timeout}"; then
-                return 0
-              fi
-
-              if ! kubectl get --raw=/readyz --request-timeout=10s >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-                echo "Kubernetes API became unavailable while waiting for OCIRepository ${repository}; failing fast" >&2
-                kubectl -n kube-system get pods -o wide || true
-                exit 1
-              fi
-
-              artifact_storage="$(kubectl -n flux-system get "ocirepository/${repository}" -o jsonpath='{.status.conditions[?(@.type=="ArtifactInStorage")].status}' 2>/dev/null || true)"
-              if [ "${artifact_storage}" = "True" ]; then
-                echo "OCIRepository ${repository} is not currently Ready; continuing with cached artifact" >&2
-                return 0
-              fi
-
-              echo "OCIRepository ${repository} did not become Ready after ${timeout}; forcing retry (${attempt}/${attempts})" >&2
-            done
-
-            observability_diagnostics
-            exit 1
-          }
-
           wait_for_helmrelease_ready() {
             local release="$1"
             local timeout_seconds="$2"
@@ -1178,10 +1126,6 @@ jobs:
           wait_for_resource flux-system kustomization.kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/addon-observability 600
           reconcile_flux_resource kustomization/addon-observability 600
           wait_for_flux_ready kustomization/addon-observability 300s
-          wait_for_resource flux-system ocirepository.source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/loki 300
-          wait_for_resource flux-system ocirepository.source.toolkit.fluxcd.io/promtail 300
-          wait_for_ocirepository_ready_or_cached loki 90s 3
-          wait_for_ocirepository_ready_or_cached promtail 90s 3
           for release in kube-prometheus-stack loki promtail; do
             wait_for_resource flux-system "helmrelease.helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/${release}" 300
             request_helmrelease_reconcile "${release}"