diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6e2dbac34..765ca9086 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -412,7 +412,6 @@ bundle: $(OPM) $(YQ) manifests kustomize operator-sdk ## Generate bundle manifes
 	V="kuadrant-operator.v$(BUNDLE_VERSION)" $(YQ) eval '.metadata.name = strenv(V)' -i config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
 	V="$(BUNDLE_VERSION)" $(YQ) eval '.spec.version = strenv(V)' -i config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
 	V="$(IMG)" $(YQ) eval '.metadata.annotations.containerImage = strenv(V)' -i config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
-	V="kuadrant-operator.v$(REPLACES_VERSION)" $(YQ) eval '.spec.replaces = strenv(V)' -i config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
 	# Generate bundle
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/manifests | $(OPERATOR_SDK) generate bundle -q --overwrite --version $(BUNDLE_VERSION) $(BUNDLE_METADATA_OPTS)
 	# Update operator dependencies
diff --git a/config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index 2d5eba664..807ae1724 100644
--- a/config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/config/manifests/bases/kuadrant-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -76,5 +76,4 @@ spec:
   provider:
     name: Red Hat
     url: https://github.com/Kuadrant/kuadrant-operator
-  replaces: kuadrant-operator.v0.3.1
   version: 0.4.0
diff --git a/utils/generate-catalog.sh b/utils/generate-catalog.sh
index b8da4fb4f..1038a74bd 100755
--- a/utils/generate-catalog.sh
+++ b/utils/generate-catalog.sh
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@ cat ${TMP_DIR}/kuadrant-operator-bundle.yaml >> ${CATALOG_FILE}
 NAME=`${YQ} eval '.name' ${TMP_DIR}/kuadrant-operator-bundle.yaml` \
 REPLACES=kuadrant-operator.v${REPLACES_VERSION} \
 CHANNELS=${CHANNELS} \
-    ${YQ} eval '(.entries[0].name = strenv(NAME)) | (.entries[0].replaces = strenv(REPLACES)) | (.name = strenv(CHANNELS))' ${CATALOG_BASEDIR}/kuadrant-operator-channel-entry.yaml >> ${CATALOG_FILE}
+    ${YQ} eval '(.entries[0].name = strenv(NAME)) | (.name = strenv(CHANNELS))' ${CATALOG_BASEDIR}/kuadrant-operator-channel-entry.yaml >> ${CATALOG_FILE}
 
 rm -rf $TMP_DIR