diff --git a/operator/pom.xml b/operator/pom.xml
index e2331ec1aec..b1b85b18373 100644
--- a/operator/pom.xml
+++ b/operator/pom.xml
@@ -78,10 +78,6 @@
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-rest-client-jackson</artifactId>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
-            <artifactId>quarkus-openshift</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
             <artifactId>quarkus-kubernetes-client</artifactId>
diff --git a/operator/src/main/resources/application.properties b/operator/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 7ec43538a37..003b4233586 100644
--- a/operator/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/operator/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ operator.keycloak.image-pull-policy=Always
 
 # https://quarkus.io/guides/deploying-to-kubernetes#environment-variables-from-keyvalue-pairs
 quarkus.kubernetes.env.vars.operator-keycloak-image=${operator.keycloak.image}
-quarkus.openshift.env.vars.operator-keycloak-image=${operator.keycloak.image}
 
 # Bundle config
 quarkus.operator-sdk.bundle.package-name=keycloak-operator