diff --git a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/converter/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestConverter.java b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/converter/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestConverter.java
index f7a3c93c1ab..c6f1751618b 100644
--- a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/converter/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestConverter.java
+++ b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/converter/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestConverter.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ public class KubernetesDeployManifestConverter extends AbstractAtomicOperationsC
 
   @Override
   public AtomicOperation convertOperation(Map input) {
-    return new KubernetesDeployManifestOperation(convertDescription(input), registry, artifactProvider, artifactDownloader);
+    return new KubernetesDeployManifestOperation(convertDescription(input), registry, artifactProvider);
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestOperation.java b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestOperation.java
index b7a7d35c595..a90c3f1bf49 100644
--- a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestOperation.java
+++ b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/main/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/manifest/KubernetesDeployManifestOperation.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 
 package com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.kubernetes.v2.op.manifest;
 
-import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.artifacts.ArtifactDownloader;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.data.task.Task;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.data.task.TaskRepository;
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.kubernetes.KubernetesCloudProvider;
@@ -41,29 +40,24 @@
 import com.netflix.spinnaker.moniker.Namer;
 import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import static com.netflix.spinnaker.clouddriver.kubernetes.v2.description.manifest.KubernetesDeployManifestDescription.Source.text;
-
 public class KubernetesDeployManifestOperation implements AtomicOperation<OperationResult> {
   private final KubernetesDeployManifestDescription description;
   private final KubernetesV2Credentials credentials;
-  private final ArtifactDownloader artifactDownloader;
   private final ArtifactProvider provider;
   private final Namer namer;
   private final KubernetesResourcePropertyRegistry registry;
   private static final String OP_NAME = "DEPLOY_KUBERNETES_MANIFEST";
 
-  public KubernetesDeployManifestOperation(KubernetesDeployManifestDescription description, KubernetesResourcePropertyRegistry registry, ArtifactProvider provider, ArtifactDownloader artifactDownloader) {
+  public KubernetesDeployManifestOperation(KubernetesDeployManifestDescription description, KubernetesResourcePropertyRegistry registry, ArtifactProvider provider) {
     this.description = description;
     this.credentials = (KubernetesV2Credentials) description.getCredentials().getCredentials();
     this.registry = registry;
     this.provider = provider;
-    this.artifactDownloader = artifactDownloader;
     this.namer = NamerRegistry.lookup()
         .withProvider(KubernetesCloudProvider.getID())
         .withAccount(description.getCredentials().getName())
@@ -78,23 +72,7 @@ private static Task getTask() {
   public OperationResult operate(List _unused) {
     getTask().updateStatus(OP_NAME, "Beginning deployment of manifest...");
 
-    KubernetesManifest manifest;
-    KubernetesDeployManifestDescription.Source source = description.getSource();
-    source = source == null ? text : source;
-    switch (source) {
-      case text:
-        manifest = description.getManifest();
-        break;
-      case artifact:
-        try {
-          manifest = artifactDownloader.downloadAsYaml(description.getManifestArtifact(), KubernetesManifest.class);
-        } catch (IOException e) {
-          throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to fetch artifact '" + description.getManifestArtifact() + "'", e);
-        }
-        break;
-      default:
-        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unsupported artifact source: " + source);
-    }
+    KubernetesManifest manifest = description.getManifest();
 
     if (StringUtils.isEmpty(manifest.getNamespace())) {
       manifest.setNamespace(credentials.getDefaultNamespace());
diff --git a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/KubernetesDeployManifestOperationSpec.groovy b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/KubernetesDeployManifestOperationSpec.groovy
index 5c953e85977..6502f85dc0d 100644
--- a/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/KubernetesDeployManifestOperationSpec.groovy
+++ b/clouddriver-kubernetes/src/test/groovy/com/netflix/spinnaker/clouddriver/kubernetes/v2/op/KubernetesDeployManifestOperationSpec.groovy
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ metadata:
       .withAccount(ACCOUNT)
       .setNamer(KubernetesManifest.class, new KubernetesManifestNamer())
     
-    def deployOp = new KubernetesDeployManifestOperation(deployDescription, registry, null, null)
+    def deployOp = new KubernetesDeployManifestOperation(deployDescription, registry, null)
 
     return deployOp
   }