diff --git a/openshift/release/download_release_artifacts.sh b/openshift/release/download_release_artifacts.sh
index 3cde7a013e..58bb02ba50 100755
--- a/openshift/release/download_release_artifacts.sh
+++ b/openshift/release/download_release_artifacts.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ function resolve_file() {
 }
 
 readonly YAML_OUTPUT_DIR="openshift/release/artifacts/"
-readonly NETWORK_POLICY_YAML=${YAML_OUTPUT_DIR}/net-istio-netpolicies-mesh.yaml
 readonly NET_ISTIO_YAML=${YAML_OUTPUT_DIR}/net-istio-core.yaml
 readonly patches_path="${SCRIPT_DIR}/../patches"
 
@@ -54,4 +53,3 @@ git apply -R "${patches_path}"/* || true
 git apply "${patches_path}"/*
 
 resolve_resources "config/" "$NET_ISTIO_YAML"
-resolve_resources "openshift/release/extra/" "$NETWORK_POLICY_YAML"
diff --git a/openshift/release/extra/net-istio-netpolicies-mesh.yaml b/openshift/release/extra/net-istio-netpolicies-mesh.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index ceef9b420c..0000000000
--- a/openshift/release/extra/net-istio-netpolicies-mesh.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,48 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: webhook
-  labels:
-    app: webhook
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: devel
-    networking.knative.dev/ingress-provider: istio
-spec:
-  podSelector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: webhook
-  ingress:
-  - {}
----
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: net-istio-webhook
-  labels:
-    app: net-istio-webhook
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: devel
-    networking.knative.dev/ingress-provider: istio
-spec:
-  podSelector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: net-istio-webhook
-  ingress:
-  - {}
----
-apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
-kind: NetworkPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: allow-from-openshift-monitoring-ns
-  namespace: knative-serving
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: devel
-    networking.knative.dev/ingress-provider: istio
-spec:
-  ingress:
-  - from:
-    - namespaceSelector:
-        matchLabels:
-          kubernetes.io/metadata.name: "openshift-monitoring"
-  podSelector: {}
-  policyTypes:
-  - Ingress
----