diff --git a/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensor.yaml b/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensor.yaml
index db7ffc958f..5ee52b6f5e 100644
--- a/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensor.yaml
+++ b/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensor.yaml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ spec:
       - operator: Exists
       containers:
       - name: host-sensor
-        image: quay.io/kubescape/host-scanner:v1.0.54
+        image: quay.io/kubescape/host-scanner:v1.0.57
         securityContext:
           allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
           privileged: true
diff --git a/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy_test.go b/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy_test.go
index 0ba07cb6a9..a26fb27a24 100644
--- a/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy_test.go
+++ b/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensordeploy_test.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func TestHostSensorHandler(t *testing.T) {
 				envelope, status, err := h.CollectResources(ctx)
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 
-				require.Len(t, envelope, 11*2) // has cloud provider, no control plane requested
+				require.Len(t, envelope, 10*2) // has cloud provider, no control plane requested
 				require.Len(t, status, 0)
 
 				foundControl, foundProvider := false, false
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ func TestHostSensorHandler(t *testing.T) {
 				envelope, status, err := h.CollectResources(ctx)
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 
-				require.Len(t, envelope, 12*2) // has empty cloud provider, has control plane info
+				require.Len(t, envelope, 11*2) // has empty cloud provider, has control plane info
 				require.Len(t, status, 0)
 
 				foundControl, foundProvider := false, false
@@ -141,37 +141,6 @@ func TestHostSensorHandler(t *testing.T) {
 			})
 		})
 
-		t.Run("should build host sensor with error in response from /kubeletConfigurations", func(t *testing.T) {
-			k8s := NewKubernetesApiMock(WithNode(mockNode1()),
-				WithPod(mockPod1()),
-				WithPod(mockPod2()),
-				WithResponses(mockResponsesNoCloudProvider()),
-				WithErrorResponse(RestURL{"http", "pod1", "7888", "/kubeletConfigurations"}), // this endpoint will return an error from this pod
-			)
-
-			h, err := NewHostSensorHandler(k8s, "")
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			require.NotNil(t, h)
-
-			t.Run("should initialize host sensor", func(t *testing.T) {
-				require.NoError(t, h.Init(ctx))
-
-				w, err := k8s.KubernetesClient.CoreV1().Pods(h.daemonSet.Namespace).Watch(ctx, metav1.ListOptions{})
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-				w.Stop()
-
-				require.Len(t, h.hostSensorPodNames, 2)
-			})
-
-			t.Run("should collect resources from pods, with some errors", func(t *testing.T) {
-				envelope, status, err := h.CollectResources(ctx)
-				require.NoError(t, err)
-
-				require.Len(t, envelope, 12*2-1) // one resource is missing
-				require.Len(t, status, 0)        // error is not reported in status: this is due to the worker pool not bubbling up errors
-			})
-		})
-
 		t.Run("should FAIL to build host sensor because there are no nodes", func(t *testing.T) {
 			h, err := NewHostSensorHandler(NewKubernetesApiMock(), "")
 			require.Error(t, err)
diff --git a/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensorgetfrompod.go b/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensorgetfrompod.go
index 5a90ba4bcd..bac67eaaa9 100644
--- a/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensorgetfrompod.go
+++ b/core/pkg/hostsensorutils/hostsensorgetfrompod.go
@@ -10,12 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	logger "github.com/kubescape/go-logger"
-	"github.com/kubescape/go-logger/helpers"
 	"github.com/kubescape/k8s-interface/k8sinterface"
 	"github.com/kubescape/opa-utils/objectsenvelopes/hostsensor"
 	"github.com/kubescape/opa-utils/reporthandling/apis"
-
-	"sigs.k8s.io/yaml"
 )
 
 // getPodList clones the internal list of pods being watched as a map of pod names.
@@ -204,22 +201,6 @@ func (hsh *HostSensorHandler) getOsReleaseFile(ctx context.Context) ([]hostsenso
 	return hsh.sendAllPodsHTTPGETRequest(ctx, "/osRelease", "OsReleaseFile")
 }
 
-// getKubeletConfigurations returns the list of kubelet configurations.
-func (hsh *HostSensorHandler) getKubeletConfigurations(ctx context.Context) ([]hostsensor.HostSensorDataEnvelope, error) {
-	// loop over pods and port-forward it to each of them
-	res, err := hsh.sendAllPodsHTTPGETRequest(ctx, "/kubeletConfigurations", "KubeletConfiguration") // empty kind, will be overridden
-	for resIdx := range res {
-		jsonBytes, ery := yaml.YAMLToJSON(res[resIdx].Data)
-		if ery != nil {
-			logger.L().Ctx(ctx).Warning("failed to convert kubelet configurations from yaml to json", helpers.Error(ery))
-			continue
-		}
-		res[resIdx].SetData(jsonBytes)
-	}
-
-	return res, err
-}
-
 // hasCloudProviderInfo iterates over the []hostsensor.HostSensorDataEnvelope list to find info about the cloud provider.
 //
 // If information are found, then return true. Return false otherwise.
@@ -259,10 +240,6 @@ func (hsh *HostSensorHandler) CollectResources(ctx context.Context) ([]hostsenso
 		Query    func(context.Context) ([]hostsensor.HostSensorDataEnvelope, error)
 	}{
 		// queries to the deployed host-scanner
-		{
-			Resource: KubeletConfiguration,
-			Query:    hsh.getKubeletConfigurations,
-		},
 		{
 			Resource: KubeletCommandLine,
 			Query:    hsh.getKubeletCommandLine,