diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index e4cc85a..a5cc1fc 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -611,62 +611,12 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           }
 
-          pull_image_on_node() {
-            local image="$1"
-            local host_ip="$2"
-            local attempts="$3"
-            local sleep_seconds="$4"
-            local pulled=false
-
-            for attempt in $(seq 1 "${attempts}"); do
-              echo "Pre-pulling ${image} on ${host_ip} (${attempt}/${attempts})"
-              if ssh -i "$HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519" -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -o ConnectTimeout=10 "ubuntu@${host_ip}" \
-                "sudo k3s crictl inspecti '${image}' >/dev/null 2>&1 || (sudo k3s crictl pull '${image}' && sudo k3s crictl inspecti '${image}' >/dev/null 2>&1)"; then
-                pulled=true
-                break
-              fi
-              sleep "${sleep_seconds}"
-            done
-
-            if [ "${pulled}" != "true" ]; then
-              echo "Failed to pre-pull required Rancher image ${image} on ${host_ip}" >&2
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          }
-
-          pull_image_on_all_nodes() {
-            local image="$1"
-            local ips
-            local pids=""
-            local failed=false
-            ips="$(python3 -c 'import json; outputs=json.load(open("outputs/terraform_outputs.json")); print(" ".join(outputs["control_plane_ips"]["value"] + outputs["worker_ips"]["value"]))')"
-
-            for ip in ${ips}; do
-              pull_image_on_node "${image}" "${ip}" 30 10 &
-              pids="${pids} $!"
-            done
-
-            for pid in ${pids}; do
-              if ! wait "${pid}"; then
-                failed=true
-              fi
-            done
-
-            if [ "${failed}" = "true" ]; then
-              echo "Failed to pre-pull required Rancher image ${image} on one or more nodes" >&2
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          }
-
           echo "Waiting for Rancher..."
           wait_for_resource flux-system kustomization.kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/addon-rancher 600
           kubectl -n flux-system annotate kustomization/addon-rancher reconcile.fluxcd.io/requestedAt="$(date +%s)" --overwrite
           wait_for_resource flux-system helmrelease.helm.toolkit.fluxcd.io/rancher 600
           reconcile_helmrelease rancher
           wait_for_helmchart_ready flux-system-rancher rancher 180s 5
-          pull_image_on_all_nodes rancher/shell:v0.6.2
-          pull_image_on_all_nodes rancher/rancher-webhook:v0.9.3
-          pull_image_on_all_nodes rancher/system-upgrade-controller:v0.17.0
           wait_for_helmrelease_ready rancher cattle-system 900
           wait_for_resource "" namespace/cattle-system 600
           wait_for_resource cattle-system deployment/cattle-system-rancher 600