diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/4402-rajatvig-small.md b/changelogs/unreleased/4402-rajatvig-small.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4e11fe01fa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/4402-rajatvig-small.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Removed the hack for ImagePullPolicy for certgen
diff --git a/examples/render/contour-deployment.yaml b/examples/render/contour-deployment.yaml
index 63bac64116f..db363d1affd 100644
--- a/examples/render/contour-deployment.yaml
+++ b/examples/render/contour-deployment.yaml
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: contour
         image: ghcr.io/projectcontour/contour:main
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - contour
         - certgen
diff --git a/examples/render/contour-gateway.yaml b/examples/render/contour-gateway.yaml
index 66a9c847a6a..db1aaf6e847 100644
--- a/examples/render/contour-gateway.yaml
+++ b/examples/render/contour-gateway.yaml
@@ -4911,7 +4911,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: contour
         image: ghcr.io/projectcontour/contour:main
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - contour
         - certgen
diff --git a/examples/render/contour.yaml b/examples/render/contour.yaml
index 3661691e607..95f0d805311 100644
--- a/examples/render/contour.yaml
+++ b/examples/render/contour.yaml
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
       - name: contour
         image: ghcr.io/projectcontour/contour:main
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
+        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
         command:
         - contour
         - certgen
diff --git a/hack/generate-deployment.sh b/hack/generate-deployment.sh
index f0fcb20de3e..0dc6ad8d7e7 100755
--- a/hack/generate-deployment.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-deployment.sh
@@ -53,14 +53,9 @@ done
 
 echo
 
-# certgen uses the ':latest' image tag, so it always needs to be pulled. Everything
-# else correctly uses versioned image tags so we should use IfNotPresent.
 for y in $FILES ; do
     echo # Ensure we have at least one newline between joined fragments.
     case $y in
-    */02-job-certgen.yaml)
-        cat "$y"
-        ;;
     $SKIP_FILE)
        # skip this file
         ;;
diff --git a/hack/generate-gateway-deployment.sh b/hack/generate-gateway-deployment.sh
index e99f36cab95..a8043da81db 100755
--- a/hack/generate-gateway-deployment.sh
+++ b/hack/generate-gateway-deployment.sh
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ done
 
 echo
 
-# certgen uses the ':latest' image tag, so it always needs to be pulled. Everything
-# else correctly uses versioned image tags so we should use IfNotPresent and updates
-# the Contour config for Gateway API.
 for y in "${REPO}/examples/contour/"*.yaml ; do
     echo # Ensure we have at least one newline between joined fragments.
     case $y in
@@ -43,9 +40,6 @@ for y in "${REPO}/examples/contour/"*.yaml ; do
     */01-contour-config.yaml)
         sed 's|# gateway:|gateway:|g ; s|#   controllerName: projectcontour.io/projectcontour/contour|  controllerName: projectcontour.io/projectcontour/contour|g' < "$y"
         ;;
-    */02-job-certgen.yaml)
-        cat "$y"
-        ;;
     *)
         sed 's/imagePullPolicy: Always/imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent/g' < "$y"
         ;;