diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0f395e9c..52676e38 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -392,35 +392,6 @@ docker-build-and-push: buildx-machine docker-pull-prerequisites ## Run docker-bu
 			--build-arg package=. \
 			--build-arg ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" . -t $(CONTROLLER_IMG):$(TAG)
 
-## --------------------------------------
-## Docker - clusterclass
-## --------------------------------------
-
-.PHONY: docker-build-clusterclass ## Build the docker image for clusterclass
-docker-build-clusterclass: buildx-machine docker-pull-prerequisites ## Build docker image for a specific architecture
-	## reads Dockerfile from stdin to avoid an incorrectly cached Dockerfile (https://github.com/moby/buildkit/issues/1368)
-	# buildx does not support using local registry for multi-architecture images
-	cat $(EXP_CLUSTERCLASS_DIR)/Dockerfile | DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 BUILDX_BUILDER=$(MACHINE) docker buildx build $(ADDITIONAL_COMMANDS) \
-			--platform $(ARCH) \
-			--load \
-			--build-arg builder_image=$(GO_CONTAINER_IMAGE) \
-			--build-arg goproxy=$(GOPROXY) \
-			--build-arg package=./exp/clusterclass \
-			--build-arg ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" . -t $(CLUSTERCLASS_IMG):$(TAG) --file - --progress=plain
-
-.PHONY: docker-build-and-push-clusterclass
-docker-build-and-push-clusterclass: buildx-machine docker-pull-prerequisites ## Run docker-build-and-push-clusterclass targets for all architectures
-	cat $(EXP_CLUSTERCLASS_DIR)/Dockerfile | DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 BUILDX_BUILDER=$(MACHINE) docker buildx build $(ADDITIONAL_COMMANDS) \
-			--platform $(TARGET_PLATFORMS) \
-			--push \
-			--sbom=true \
-			--attest type=provenance,mode=max \
-			--iidfile=$(IID_FILE) \
-			--build-arg builder_image=$(GO_CONTAINER_IMAGE) \
-			--build-arg goproxy=$(GOPROXY) \
-			--build-arg package=./exp/clusterclass \
-			--build-arg ldflags="$(LDFLAGS)" . -t $(CLUSTERCLASS_IMG):$(TAG) --file - --progress=plain
-
 docker-list-all:
 	@echo $(CONTROLLER_IMG):${TAG}
 
diff --git a/scripts/turtles-dev.sh b/scripts/turtles-dev.sh
index 7d3cde0f..4ec155b3 100755
--- a/scripts/turtles-dev.sh
+++ b/scripts/turtles-dev.sh
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ RANCHER_IMAGE=${RANCHER_IMAGE:-rancher/rancher:$RANCHER_VERSION}
 CLUSTER_NAME=${CLUSTER_NAME:-capi-test}
 ETCD_CONTROLLER_IMAGE=${ETCD_CONTROLLER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/rancher/turtles}
 ETCD_CONTROLLER_IMAGE_TAG=${ETCD_CONTROLLER_IMAGE_TAG:-dev}
-CC_CONTROLLER_IMAGE=${CC_CONTROLLER_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/rancher/turtles-clusterclass-operations}
-CC_CONTROLLER_IMAGE_TAG=${CC_CONTROLLER_IMAGE_TAG:-dev}
 USE_TILT_DEV=${USE_TILT_DEV:-true}
 
 BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")
@@ -81,10 +79,6 @@ install_local_rancher_turtles_chart() {
     make docker-build
     # Load the etcdrestore controller image into the kind cluster
     kind load docker-image $ETCD_CONTROLLER_IMAGE:$ETCD_CONTROLLER_IMAGE_TAG --name $CLUSTER_NAME
-    # Build the clusterclass controller image
-    make docker-build-clusterclass
-    # Load the clusterclass controller image into the kind cluster
-    kind load docker-image $CC_CONTROLLER_IMAGE:$CC_CONTROLLER_IMAGE_TAG --name $CLUSTER_NAME
     # Install the Rancher Turtles using a local chart with 'etcd-snapshot-restore' feature flag enabled
     # to run etcdrestore controller
     helm upgrade --install rancher-turtles out/charts/rancher-turtles \