diff --git a/operator/config/manifests/bases/forklift-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml b/operator/config/manifests/bases/forklift-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
index c8c4b2033..91300fbd3 100644
--- a/operator/config/manifests/bases/forklift-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+++ b/operator/config/manifests/bases/forklift-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ metadata:
           "namespace": "konveyor-forklift"
         },
         "spec": {
-          "feature_ui": "false",
           "feature_ui_plugin": "true",
           "feature_validation": "true",
           "feature_must_gather_api": "true",
diff --git a/operator/config/samples/forklift_v1beta1_forkliftcontroller.yaml b/operator/config/samples/forklift_v1beta1_forkliftcontroller.yaml
index bc376db46..d29954ffa 100644
--- a/operator/config/samples/forklift_v1beta1_forkliftcontroller.yaml
+++ b/operator/config/samples/forklift_v1beta1_forkliftcontroller.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   name: forklift-controller
   namespace: ${NAMESPACE}
 spec:
-  feature_ui: 'false'
   feature_ui_plugin: 'true'
   feature_validation: 'true'
   feature_must_gather_api: 'true'
diff --git a/operator/docs/development.md b/operator/docs/development.md
index d06e5b038..047f828e6 100644
--- a/operator/docs/development.md
+++ b/operator/docs/development.md
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ metadata:
   name: forklift-controller
   namespace: konveyor-forklift
 spec:
-  feature_ui: true
   feature_validation: true
 EOF
 ```
diff --git a/operator/docs/k8s.md b/operator/docs/k8s.md
index e47985139..86521f6c7 100644
--- a/operator/docs/k8s.md
+++ b/operator/docs/k8s.md
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ konveyor-forklift-bx8pt                               1/1     Running     0
 
 If this looks Ok, then you can proceed to create the forkliftcontroller CR that will install the rest of Forklift components.
 
-### Creating a _ForkliftController_ CR (SSL/TLS disabled)
+### Creating a _ForkliftController_ CR
 ```
 $ cat << EOF | kubectl -n konveyor-forklift apply -f -
 apiVersion: forklift.konveyor.io/v1beta1
@@ -62,25 +62,6 @@ kind: ForkliftController
 metadata:
   name: forklift-controller
   namespace: konveyor-forklift
-spec:
-  feature_ui: false
-  feature_validation: true
-  ui_tls_enabled: false
-EOF
-```
-
-### Creating a _ForkliftController_ CR (SSL/TLS disabled) with UI
-```
-$ cat << EOF | kubectl -n konveyor-forklift apply -f -
-apiVersion: forklift.konveyor.io/v1beta1
-kind: ForkliftController
-metadata:
-  name: forklift-controller
-  namespace: konveyor-forklift
-spec:
-  feature_ui: true
-  feature_auth_required: false
-  feature_validation: true
-  ui_tls_enabled: false
+spec: {}
 EOF
 ```
diff --git a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/defaults/main.yml b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/defaults/main.yml
index bf7e994d9..ac791da94 100644
--- a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/defaults/main.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ app_name: "{{ lookup('env', 'APP_NAME') or 'forklift' }}"
 app_namespace: "{{ lookup( 'env', 'WATCH_NAMESPACE') or 'konveyor-forklift' }}"
 
 # Feature defaults
-feature_ui: false
 feature_ui_plugin: true
 feature_validation: true
 feature_must_gather_api: true
@@ -66,25 +65,6 @@ validation_issuer_name: "{{ validation_service_name }}-issuer"
 validation_certificate_name: "{{ validation_service_name }}-certificate"
 validation_state: absent
 
-ui_image_fqin: "{{ lookup( 'env', 'UI_IMAGE') or lookup( 'env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_UI') }}"
-ui_oauth_user_scope: "user:full"
-ui_configmap_path: "/etc/forklift-ui"
-ui_configmap_name: "{{ ui_service_name }}-config"
-ui_service_name: "{{ app_name }}-ui"
-ui_deployment_name: "{{ ui_service_name }}"
-ui_container_name: "{{ app_name }}-ui"
-ui_container_limits_cpu: "100m"
-ui_container_limits_memory: "800Mi"
-ui_container_requests_cpu: "100m"
-ui_container_requests_memory: "150Mi"
-ui_tls_secret_name: "{{ ui_service_name }}-serving-cert"
-ui_tls_enabled: true
-ui_route_name: "virt"
-ui_meta_file_name: "meta.json"
-ui_node_extra_ca_certs: "/opt/app-root/src/ca.crt"
-ui_state: absent
-ui_plugin_state: absent
-
 ui_plugin_image_fqin: "{{ lookup( 'env', 'UI_PLUGIN_IMAGE') or lookup( 'env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_UI_PLUGIN') }}"
 ui_plugin_console_name: "{{ app_name }}-console-plugin"
 ui_plugin_display_name: "Console plugin for {{ app_name }}"
@@ -95,6 +75,7 @@ ui_plugin_container_limits_cpu: "100m"
 ui_plugin_container_limits_memory: "800Mi"
 ui_plugin_container_requests_cpu: "100m"
 ui_plugin_container_requests_memory: "150Mi"
+ui_plugin_state: absent
 
 api_image_fqin: "{{ lookup( 'env', 'API_IMAGE') or lookup( 'env', 'RELATED_IMAGE_API') }}"
 api_service_name: "{{ app_name }}-api"
diff --git a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/tasks/main.yml b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/tasks/main.yml
index c242cec98..487a276a2 100644
--- a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/tasks/main.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 ---
 - block:
 
-  - name: "Set UI feature state"
-    set_fact:
-      ui_state: "present"
-    when: feature_ui|bool
-
   - name: "Set UI plugin feature state"
     set_fact:
       ui_plugin_state: "present"
@@ -169,85 +164,6 @@
         state: "{{ must_gather_api_state }}"
         definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'must-gather-api/deployment-must-gather-api.yml.j2') }}"
 
-  # Non-k8s UI tasks
-  - when: feature_ui|bool and not k8s_cluster|bool
-    block:
-
-    - name: "Setup UI route"
-      k8s:
-        state: "{{ ui_state }}"
-        definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'ui/route-ui.yml.j2') }}"
-
-    - name: "Obtain UI route"
-      k8s_info:
-        api_version: "route.openshift.io/v1"
-        kind: "Route"
-        namespace: "{{ app_namespace }}"
-        name: "{{ ui_route_name }}"
-      register: route
-      until: (route.resources|length) > 0
-      delay: 10
-      retries: 6
-
-    - name: "Extract UI FQDN from the route"
-      set_fact:
-        ui_route_fqdn: "{{ route.resources[0].spec.host }}"
-
-    - name: "Obtain OCP cluster version"
-      k8s_info:
-        kind: ClusterVersion
-        name: version
-      register: ocp_cv
-
-    - name: "Extract OCP cluster version"
-      set_fact:
-        forklift_cluster_version: "{{ ocp_cv | json_query(query) | first }}"
-      vars:
-        query: "resources[0].status.history[?state=='Completed'].version"
-      when: (ocp_cv.resources|length) > 0
-
-    - name: "Check if UI oauthclient exists already so we don't update it"
-      k8s_info:
-        api_version: v1
-        kind: OAuthClient
-        name: "{{ ui_service_name }}"
-        namespace: "{{ app_namespace }}"
-      register: ui_oauthclient_status
-
-    - when: (ui_oauthclient_status.resources | length) == 0
-      block:
-      - name: "Generate random secret value for oauth client"
-        set_fact:
-          ui_oauth_secret: "{{ 99999999 | random | to_uuid | b64encode }}"
-
-      - name: "Setup UI oauthclient"
-        k8s:
-          state: present
-          definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'ui/oauthclient-ui.yml.j2') }}"
-
-    - name: "Use existing secret value for oauth client"
-      set_fact:
-        ui_oauth_secret: "{{ ui_oauthclient_status.resources[0].secret }}"
-      when: (ui_oauthclient_status.resources | length) > 0
-
-  - when: feature_ui|bool
-    block:
-
-    - name: "Setup UI config map"
-      k8s:
-        state: "{{ ui_state }}"
-        definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'ui/configmap-ui.yml.j2') }}"
-
-    - name: "Setup UI service"
-      k8s:
-        state: "{{ ui_state }}"
-        definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'ui/service-ui.yml.j2') }}"
-
-    - name: "Setup UI deployment"
-      k8s:
-        state: "{{ ui_state }}"
-        definition: "{{ lookup('template', 'ui/deployment-ui.yml.j2') }}"
-
   - when: feature_ui_plugin|bool and not k8s_cluster|bool
     block:
 
@@ -302,15 +218,6 @@
     vars:
       feature_label: "{{ ui_plugin_service_name }}"
 
-  - when: not feature_ui|bool
-    name: "Cleanup {{ ui_service_name }} if disabled"
-    include_tasks: cleanup.yml
-    loop: "{{ forklift_resources }}"
-    loop_control:
-      loop_var: resource_kind
-    vars:
-      feature_label: "{{ ui_service_name }}"
-
   - when: not feature_validation|bool
     name: "Cleanup {{ validation_service_name }} if disabled"
     include_tasks: cleanup.yml
diff --git a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/configmap-ui.yml.j2 b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/configmap-ui.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 1a5d2b047..000000000
--- a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/configmap-ui.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    app: {{ app_name }}
-    service: {{ ui_service_name }}
-  name: "{{ ui_configmap_name }}"
-  namespace: "{{ app_namespace }}"
-data:
-  "{{ ui_meta_file_name }}": |
-    {    
-      "namespace": "{{ app_namespace }}",
-      "configNamespace": "{{ app_namespace }}",
-      "clusterApi": "https://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local",
-      "inventoryApi": "https://{{ inventory_service_name }}.{{ app_namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:8443",
-      "mustGatherApi": "https://{{ must_gather_api_service_name }}.{{ app_namespace }}.svc.cluster.local:8443",
-      "oauth": {
-{% if not k8s_cluster|bool %}
-        "clientId": "{{ ui_service_name }}",
-{% if ui_tls_enabled|bool %}
-        "redirectUrl": "https://{{ ui_route_fqdn }}/login/callback",
-{% else %}
-        "redirectUrl": "http://{{ ui_route_fqdn }}/login/callback",
-{% endif %}
-        "userScope": "{{ ui_oauth_user_scope }}",
-        "clientSecret": "{{ ui_oauth_secret }}"
-{% endif %}
-      }
-    }
diff --git a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/deployment-ui.yml.j2 b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/deployment-ui.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index ae4716b74..000000000
--- a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/deployment-ui.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: {{ ui_deployment_name }}
-  namespace: "{{ app_namespace }}"
-  labels:
-    app: {{ app_name }}
-    service: {{ ui_service_name }}
-spec:
-  selector:
-     matchLabels:
-       app: {{ app_name }}
-       service: {{ ui_service_name }}
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: {{ app_name }}
-        service: {{ ui_service_name }}
-    spec:
-      containers:
-        - name: {{ ui_container_name }}
-          image: "{{ ui_image_fqin }}"
-          imagePullPolicy: "{{ image_pull_policy }}"
-          env:
-            - name: AUTH_REQUIRED
-              value: '{{ feature_auth_required|lower }}'
-            - name: META_FILE
-              value: {{ ui_configmap_path }}/{{ ui_meta_file_name }}
-            - name: NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS
-              value: {{ ui_node_extra_ca_certs }}
-            - name: FORKLIFT_OPERATOR_VERSION
-              value: {{ forklift_operator_version }}
-{% if k8s_cluster|bool %}
-            - name: FORKLIFT_CLUSTER_VERSION
-              value: "{{ k8s_cluster_version }}"
-{% else %}
-            - name: FORKLIFT_CLUSTER_VERSION
-              value: "{{ forklift_cluster_version }}"
-{% endif %}
-{% if ui_tls_enabled|bool %}
-            - name: UI_TLS_ENABLED
-              value: 'true'
-            - name: UI_TLS_CERTIFICATE
-              value: "/var/run/secrets/{{ ui_tls_secret_name }}/tls.crt"
-            - name: UI_TLS_KEY
-              value: "/var/run/secrets/{{ ui_tls_secret_name }}/tls.key"
-{% else %}
-            - name: UI_TLS_ENABLED
-              value: 'false'
-{% endif %}
-          ports:
-{% if ui_tls_enabled|bool %}
-            - containerPort: 8443
-{% else %}
-            - containerPort: 8080
-{% endif %}
-              protocol: TCP
-          resources:
-            limits:
-              cpu: {{ ui_container_limits_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ ui_container_limits_memory }}
-            requests:
-              cpu: {{ ui_container_requests_cpu }}
-              memory: {{ ui_container_requests_memory }}
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: "{{ ui_configmap_name }}"
-              mountPath: "{{ ui_configmap_path }}"
-{% if ui_tls_enabled|bool %}
-            - name: "{{ ui_tls_secret_name }}"
-              mountPath: "/var/run/secrets/{{ ui_tls_secret_name }}"
-{% endif %}
-{% if trusted_ca_enabled is defined and trusted_ca_enabled|bool %}
-            - name: trusted-ca
-              mountPath: /etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem
-              readOnly: true
-{% endif %}
-      volumes:
-        - name: "{{ ui_configmap_name }}"
-          configMap:
-            name: "{{ ui_configmap_name }}"
-{% if ui_tls_enabled|bool %}
-        - name: "{{ ui_tls_secret_name }}"
-          secret:
-            defaultMode: 420
-            secretName: "{{ ui_tls_secret_name }}"
-{% endif %}
-{% if trusted_ca_enabled is defined and trusted_ca_enabled|bool %}
-        - name: trusted-ca
-          configMap:
-            name: trusted-ca
-            items:
-              - key: ca-bundle.crt
-                path: tls-ca-bundle.pem
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/oauthclient-ui.yml.j2 b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/oauthclient-ui.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 48da611af..000000000
--- a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/oauthclient-ui.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: oauth.openshift.io/v1
-kind: OAuthClient
-metadata:
-  name: {{ ui_service_name }}
-  namespace: "{{ app_namespace }}"
-grantMethod: auto
-redirectURIs:
-- "https://{{ ui_route_fqdn }}/login/callback"
-secret: "{{ ui_oauth_secret }}"
diff --git a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/route-ui.yml.j2 b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/route-ui.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d26e7325..000000000
--- a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/route-ui.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: route.openshift.io/v1
-kind: Route
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    haproxy.router.openshift.io/timeout: 300s
-  name: "{{ ui_route_name }}"
-  namespace: "{{ app_namespace }}"
-  labels:
-    app: {{ app_name }}
-    service: {{ ui_service_name }}
-spec:
-  to:
-    kind: Service
-    name: {{ ui_service_name }}
-{% if ui_tls_enabled|bool %}
-  tls:
-    termination: reencrypt
-    insecureEdgeTerminationPolicy: Redirect
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/service-ui.yml.j2 b/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/service-ui.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 555b16fbf..000000000
--- a/operator/roles/forkliftcontroller/templates/ui/service-ui.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  annotations:
-    service.beta.openshift.io/serving-cert-secret-name: {{ ui_tls_secret_name }}
-  name: {{ ui_service_name }}
-  namespace: "{{ app_namespace }}"
-  labels:
-    app: {{ app_name }}
-    service: {{ ui_service_name }}
-spec:
-  ports:
-{% if ui_tls_enabled|bool %}
-    - name: ui-https
-      port: 8443
-      targetPort: 8443
-      protocol: TCP
-{% else %}
-    - name: ui-http
-      port: 8080
-      targetPort: 8080
-      protocol: TCP
-{% endif %}
-  selector:
-    app: {{ app_name }}
-    service: {{ ui_service_name }}