diff --git a/tools/deployment/10_install_essentials.sh b/tools/deployment/10_install_essentials.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fb156aa3d..000000000
--- a/tools/deployment/10_install_essentials.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-# foo bar
-set -xe
-
-install_pkg(){
-  for i in "$@"; do
-    dpkg -l $i 2> /dev/null | grep ^ii > /dev/null || sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive -E apt -y install $i
-  done
-}
-
-if [ ! -f /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp ] || \
-  sudo find /var/lib/apt/periodic/update-success-stamp -mtime +1 | grep update-success-stamp; then
-  sudo -E apt -y update
-fi
-
-install_pkg curl docker.io make ca-certificates
-
-./tools/deployment/provider_common/02_install_jq.sh
-./tools/deployment/provider_common/03_install_pip.sh
-./tools/deployment/provider_common/04_install_yq.sh
-./tools/deployment/01_install_kubectl.sh
-./tools/install_kustomize.sh
diff --git a/tools/install_kustomize.sh b/tools/install_kustomize.sh
index 91d2169b2..82d00c906 100755
--- a/tools/install_kustomize.sh
+++ b/tools/install_kustomize.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 set -xe
 
 echo "Installing kustomize"
-kustomize_version=v3.8.5
+kustomize_version=v4.2.0
 kustomize_download_url="https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/kustomize/releases/download/kustomize/${kustomize_version}/kustomize_${kustomize_version}_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
 curl -sSL "$kustomize_download_url" | tar -C /tmp -xzf -
 sudo install /tmp/kustomize /usr/local/bin