diff --git a/e2e/e2e_canary_upgrade_test.go b/e2e/e2e_canary_upgrade_test.go
index c8e64a23d..b601dbf20 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_canary_upgrade_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_canary_upgrade_test.go
@@ -40,10 +40,6 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	defaultCRDUrls = []string{
-		"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stackrox/stackrox/4.5.4/operator/bundle/manifests/platform.stackrox.io_securedclusters.yaml",
-		"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stackrox/stackrox/4.5.4/operator/bundle/manifests/platform.stackrox.io_centrals.yaml",
-	}
 	operatorConfig1         = operatorConfigForVersion(operatorVersion1)
 	operatorConfig2         = operatorConfigForVersion(operatorVersion2)
 	operator1DeploymentName = getDeploymentName(operatorVersion1)
@@ -535,10 +531,6 @@ func reconciledByOperatorPatch(operatorConfig OperatorConfig) string {
 	return `rolloutGroup: ` + value
 }
 
-func forceReconcilePatch() string {
-	return `forceReconcile: true`
-}
-
 func minimalCentralResourcesPatch() string {
 	return `
 spec:
@@ -588,15 +580,6 @@ spec:
 
 func defaultTenantResourceValues() string {
 	return `
-labels:
-  app.kubernetes.io/managed-by: "rhacs-fleetshard"
-  app.kubernetes.io/instance: "{{ .Name }}"
-  rhacs.redhat.com/org-id: "{{ .OrganizationID }}"
-  rhacs.redhat.com/tenant: "{{ .ID }}"
-  rhacs.redhat.com/instance-type: "{{ .InstanceType }}"
-annotations:
-  rhacs.redhat.com/org-name: "{{ .OrganizationName }}"
-centralRdsCidrBlock: "10.1.0.0/16"
 centralVpaEnabled: false
 rolloutGroup: dev
 centralResources:
@@ -661,18 +644,14 @@ func defaultApplications() []argocd.Application {
 }
 
 func restoreDefaultGitopsConfig() error {
-	defaultConfig, err := gitops.NewProvider().Get()
-	if err != nil {
-		defaultConfig = defaultGitopsConfig()
-	}
-	return putGitopsConfig(context.Background(), defaultConfig)
+	return putGitopsConfig(context.Background(), defaultGitopsConfig())
 }
 
 func operator462() OperatorConfig {
 	return OperatorConfig{
 		DeploymentName:       "rhacs-operator-4.6.2",
 		Image:                "registry.redhat.io/advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator@sha256:a96572d0df791da60763dec4b4f0f52124772c3649303170968806dcc3de8269",
-		CentralLabelSelector: "rhacs.redhat.com/version-selector=4.6.2",
+		CentralLabelSelector: "rhacs.redhat.com/version-selector=dev",
 	}
 }