diff --git a/tools/deployment/23_generate_secrets.sh b/tools/deployment/23_generate_secrets.sh
index f6f4d0c80..336aa3e67 100755
--- a/tools/deployment/23_generate_secrets.sh
+++ b/tools/deployment/23_generate_secrets.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ export EXTERNAL_KUBECONFIG=${EXTERNAL_KUBECONFIG:-""}
 export SITE=${SITE:-"test-site"}
 
 if [[ -z "$EXTERNAL_KUBECONFIG" ]]; then
-   # TODO: use airshipctl cluster get-kubeconfig command when it's implemented
-   KUSTOMIZE_PLUGIN_HOME=./ kustomize build --enable_alpha_plugins "${AIRSHIP_CONFIG_MANIFEST_DIRECTORY}/$(basename ${AIRSHIP_CONFIG_PHASE_REPO_URL})/manifests/site/$SITE/kubeconfig/" | yq '.config' --yaml-output > ~/.airship/kubeconfig
+   # we want to take config from bundle - remove kubeconfig file so
+   # airshipctl could regenerated it from kustomize
+   [ -f "~/.airship/kubeconfig" ] && rm ~/.airship/kubeconfig
+   # we need to use tmp file, because airshipctl uses it and fails
+   # if we write directly
+   airshipctl cluster get-kubeconfig > ~/.airship/tmp-kubeconfig
+   mv ~/.airship/tmp-kubeconfig ~/.airship/kubeconfig
 fi
 
 #backward compatibility with previous behavior
diff --git a/tools/gate/00_setup.sh b/tools/gate/00_setup.sh
index 285ca1ed7..54b4125a7 100755
--- a/tools/gate/00_setup.sh
+++ b/tools/gate/00_setup.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ sudo apt update
 sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt -y install software-properties-common python3-pip curl wget ca-certificates
 sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt -y --no-install-recommends install docker.io make
 
-PACKAGES="yq ansible netaddr"
+PACKAGES="ansible netaddr"
 if [[ -z "${http_proxy}" ]]; then
   sudo pip3 install $PACKAGES
 else
diff --git a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
index 9c06ac081..da48d38d6 100644
--- a/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/jobs.yaml
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@
     vars:
       site_name: test-site
       gate_scripts:
-        - ./tools/deployment/provider_common/03_install_pip.sh
-        - ./tools/deployment/provider_common/04_install_yq.sh
         - ./tools/deployment/01_install_kubectl.sh
         # 21_systemwide_executable.sh is run in the build-gate pre-run above
         - ./tools/deployment/22_test_configs.sh