diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/application/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/application/templates/_helpers.tpl
index ab354407f..ce24bf65d 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/application/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/application/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,3 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   {{- printf "%s:%s" .repository .tag }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-
-{{- define "deploymentversion" -}}
-apps/v1
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/_helpers.tpl
index ab354407f..ce24bf65d 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,3 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   {{- printf "%s:%s" .repository .tag }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-
-{{- define "deploymentversion" -}}
-apps/v1
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
index 68308a630..7f4c3ee2f 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/charts/runtime/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "poddisruptionbudgetversion" . }}
+apiVersion: policy/v1
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
   name: {{ include "name" . }}
diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl
index ab354407f..ce24bf65d 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-admission-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -21,7 +21,3 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   {{- printf "%s:%s" .repository .tag }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-
-{{- define "deploymentversion" -}}
-apps/v1
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl b/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl
index 966c42415..bbdadd851 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -21,11 +21,3 @@ app.kubernetes.io/instance: {{ .Release.Name }}
   {{- printf "%s:%s" .Values.image.repository .Values.image.tag }}
   {{- end }}
 {{- end }}
-
-{{- define "deploymentversion" -}}
-apps/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "poddisruptionbudgetversion" -}}
-policy/v1
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml b/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
index 4aaaf12b7..b59d48cde 100644
--- a/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
+++ b/charts/gardener-extension-networking-cilium/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "poddisruptionbudgetversion" . }}
+apiVersion: policy/v1
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
   name: gardener-extension-networking-cilium
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index 5f5bdbdbb..b1d836a17 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   name: cilium
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
index 25fdb41d5..fc899e74e 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: cilium
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/daemonset.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
index 9d6f12b14..22d2bda41 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/agent/templates/daemonset.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "daemonsetversion" . }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: DaemonSet
 metadata:
   name: cilium
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index 59950c045..7841aa5c7 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   name: hubble-relay
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ rules:
       - list
       - watch
 ---
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   name: hubble-generate-certs
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
index 9be99dc0b..2eae23c81 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: hubble-relay
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ subjects:
   name: hubble-relay
   namespace: {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 ---
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: hubble-generate-certs
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/deployment.yaml
index 63a078c55..42e61247a 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-relay/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "deploymentversion" .}}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index 5770df69d..9a849697b 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   name: hubble-ui
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
index 5ca7926b9..55eed09b5 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: hubble-ui
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/deployment.yaml
index fa0b52fbc..80efce0ae 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-apiVersion: {{ include "deploymentversion" .}}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: {{ .Chart.Name }}
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/ingress.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/ingress.yaml
index 6a0bb1cd8..afe2fed99 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/ingress.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/hubble-ui/templates/ingress.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {{- if .Values.ingress.enabled -}}
 {{- $ingressPath := .Values.ingress.path -}}
-apiVersion: {{ include "ingressversion" . }}
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Ingress
 metadata:
   name: hubble-ui
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrole.yaml
index ab0883c3c..8cd53e923 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRole
 metadata:
   name: cilium-operator
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
index 9e1ed0dc7..986479b49 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/clusterrolebinding.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "rbacversion" . }}
+apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
   name: cilium-operator
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/deployment.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/deployment.yaml
index 000ac4e0e..4a29b3d95 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/deployment.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/deployment.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "deploymentversion" . }}
+apiVersion: apps/v1
 kind: Deployment
 metadata:
   name: cilium-operator
diff --git a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
index df6678e44..15ae61630 100644
--- a/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
+++ b/charts/internal/cilium/charts/operator/templates/poddisruptionbudget.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apiVersion: {{ include "poddisruptionbudgetversion" . }}
+apiVersion: policy/v1
 kind: PodDisruptionBudget
 metadata:
   name: cilium-operator
diff --git a/charts/utils-templates/templates/_versions.tpl b/charts/utils-templates/templates/_versions.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 7869a93d2..000000000
--- a/charts/utils-templates/templates/_versions.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-{{- define "kubeletcomponentconfigversion" -}}
-kubelet.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "schedulercomponentconfigversion" -}}
-kubescheduler.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "proxycomponentconfigversion" -}}
-kubeproxy.config.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "apiserverversion" -}}
-apiserver.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "auditkubernetesversion" -}}
-audit.k8s.io/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "rbacversion" -}}
-rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "deploymentversion" -}}
-apps/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "daemonsetversion" -}}
-apps/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "statefulsetversion" -}}
-apps/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "apiserviceversion" -}}
-apiregistration.k8s.io/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "networkpolicyversion" -}}
-networking.k8s.io/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "cronjobversion" -}}
-batch/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "hpaversion" -}}
-autoscaling/v2beta1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "webhookadmissionregistration" -}}
-admissionregistration.k8s.io/v1beta1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "poddisruptionbudgetversion" -}}
-policy/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "podsecuritypolicyversion" -}}
-policy/v1beta1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "ingressversion" -}}
-networking.k8s.io/v1beta1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "storageclassversion" -}}
-storage.k8s.io/v1
-{{- end -}}
-
-{{- define "servicemonitoringversion" -}}
-monitoring.coreos.com/v1
-{{- end -}}