diff --git a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/k8/migration.rs b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/k8/migration.rs
deleted file mode 100644
index aa4005f119..0000000000
--- a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/k8/migration.rs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-use k8_client::meta_client::MetadataClient;
-use fluvio_controlplane_metadata::smartmodule::{SmartModuleSpec, SmartModuleV1Wrapper};
-use k8_metadata_client::SharedClient;
-use k8_types::InputK8Obj;
-use tracing::{debug, info};
-
-/// Migrate SmartModule V1 to V2
-
-pub(crate) struct SmartModuleMigrationController<C>(SharedClient<C>);
-
-impl<C> SmartModuleMigrationController<C>
-where
-    C: MetadataClient,
-{
-    /// migrate code
-    pub(crate) async fn migrate(
-        client: SharedClient<C>,
-        ns: &str,
-    ) -> Result<(), C::MetadataClientError> {
-        let controller = Self(client);
-        controller.migrate_crd(ns).await
-    }
-
-    async fn migrate_crd(&self, ns: &str) -> Result<(), C::MetadataClientError> {
-        let old_smartmodules = self.0.retrieve_items::<SmartModuleV1Wrapper, _>(ns).await?;
-        info!(
-            old_smartmodule = old_smartmodules.items.len(),
-            "SmartModule V1 found"
-        );
-        for old_sm in old_smartmodules.items {
-            let old_spec_wrapper = old_sm.spec;
-            let old_metadata = old_sm.metadata;
-            if let Some(old_spec) = old_spec_wrapper.inner {
-                info!("migrating v1 smartmodule: {}", old_metadata.name);
-                let new_spec: SmartModuleSpec = old_spec.into();
-                // debug!("new spec: {:#?}", new_spec);
-                let input = InputK8Obj::new(new_spec, old_metadata.clone().into());
-
-                let _smartmodulev2 = self.0.create_item(input).await?;
-            } else {
-                debug!(%old_metadata.name, "no v1 smartmodule, skipping");
-            }
-        }
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
-}
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/k8/mod.rs b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/k8/mod.rs
index 2431a553b4..5a630c5662 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/k8/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/k8/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 
 pub(crate) mod controllers;
 mod objects;
-pub(crate) mod migration;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod fixture;
diff --git a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/start.rs b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/start.rs
index 5296a5e627..ec841103e5 100644
--- a/crates/fluvio-sc/src/start.rs
+++ b/crates/fluvio-sc/src/start.rs
@@ -33,16 +33,6 @@ pub fn main_loop(opt: ScOpt) {
         #[cfg(feature = "k8")]
         let namespace = sc_config.namespace.clone();
 
-        #[cfg(feature = "k8")]
-        if let Err(err) = crate::k8::migration::SmartModuleMigrationController::migrate(
-            k8_client.clone(),
-            &namespace,
-        )
-        .await
-        {
-            tracing::error!("migration failed: {:#?}", err);
-        }
-
         info!("starting main loop");
 
         #[cfg(feature = "k8")]