diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-build-downstream.yaml b/.github/workflows/push-build-downstream.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b2521790d92b..000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/push-build-downstream.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Push Image Build Downstream
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - release-*
-    tags:
-      - v*
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    # reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#using-a-specific-shell
-    shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  push-image-to-container-registry:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'parth-gr/rook'
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version: "1.21"
-
-        # docker/setup-qemu action installs QEMU static binaries, which are used to run builders for architectures other than the host.
-      - name: set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@master
-        with:
-          platforms: all
-
-      - name: log in to container registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: quay.io
-          username: ${{ secrets.QUAY_OCS_DEV_ROBOT_USER }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.QUAY_OCS_DEV_ROBOT_PASSWORD }}
-
-      # creating custom env var
-      - name: set env
-        run: |
-          echo "BRANCH_NAME=${GITHUB_REF##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "GITHUB_SHA=${GITHUB_SHA}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: build and release
-        env:
-          BRANCH_NAME: ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
-          GITHUB_SHA: $ {{ env.GITHUB_SHA }}
-        run: |
-          tests/scripts/build-release-downstream.sh
diff --git a/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-role.tpl b/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-role.tpl
index 6b64843df13d..1d0f4ed8f047 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-role.tpl
+++ b/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-role.tpl
@@ -132,14 +132,4 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["persistentvolumeclaims"]
     verbs: ["get", "update", "delete", "list"]
----
-kind: Role
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: rook-ceph-default
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }} # namespace:cluster
-rules:
-  - apiGroups: [""]
-    resources: [""]
-    verbs: [""]
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-rolebinding.tpl b/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-rolebinding.tpl
index c8dd6c50310d..b9748d40120c 100644
--- a/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-rolebinding.tpl
+++ b/deploy/charts/library/templates/_cluster-rolebinding.tpl
@@ -90,18 +90,4 @@ subjects:
   - kind: ServiceAccount
     name: rook-ceph-purge-osd
     namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }} # namespace:cluster
----
-kind: RoleBinding
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: rook-ceph-default
-  namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }} # namespace:cluster
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: Role
-  name: rook-ceph-default
-subjects:
-  - kind: ServiceAccount
-    name: rook-ceph-default
-    namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }} # namespace:cluster
 {{- end }}
diff --git a/deploy/examples/common.yaml b/deploy/examples/common.yaml
index 36e47a6e66f5..4ea76243cd4c 100644
--- a/deploy/examples/common.yaml
+++ b/deploy/examples/common.yaml
@@ -790,16 +790,6 @@ rules:
       - update
       - delete
 ---
-kind: Role
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: rook-ceph-default
-  namespace: rook-ceph # namespace:cluster
-rules:
-  - apiGroups: [""]
-    resources: [""]
-    verbs: [""]
----
 # Aspects of ceph-mgr that operate within the cluster's namespace
 kind: Role
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
@@ -1046,20 +1036,6 @@ subjects:
     name: rook-ceph-cmd-reporter
     namespace: rook-ceph # namespace:cluster
 ---
-kind: RoleBinding
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: rook-ceph-default
-  namespace: rook-ceph # namespace:cluster
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: Role
-  name: rook-ceph-default
-subjects:
-  - kind: ServiceAccount
-    name: rook-ceph-default
-    namespace: rook-ceph # namespace:cluster
----
 # Allow the ceph mgr to access resources scoped to the CephCluster namespace necessary for mgr modules
 kind: RoleBinding
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
diff --git a/tests/scripts/build-release-downstream.sh b/tests/scripts/build-release-downstream.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index febc6efd52dd..000000000000
--- a/tests/scripts/build-release-downstream.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -ex
-
-# Load dot env file if available
-if [ -f .env ]; then
-    # shellcheck disable=SC2046
-    export $(grep -v '^#' .env | xargs -d '\n')
-fi
-
-MAKE='make --debug=v --output-sync'
-$MAKE build BUILD_REGISTRY=local
-build_Image="local/ceph-amd64:latest"
-git_hash=$(git rev-parse --short "${GITHUB_SHA}")
-tag_Image=quay.io/ocs-dev/rook-ceph:v${BRANCH_NAME}-$git_hash
-docker tag "$build_Image" "$tag_Image"
-docker push "$tag_Image"