diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f94e511db..6a48a88f2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,5 +30,3 @@ testbin
 test
 build
 hack/manifests
-
-hack/vars.rst
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f2354561..2ee629874 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -413,11 +413,6 @@ release-build:
 	cd hack && $(GO) run release.go --templateDir ./templates/values/ --outputDir ../deployment/network-operator/
 	cd hack && $(GO) run release.go --templateDir ./templates/config/manager --outputDir ../config/manager/
 
-.PHONY: generate-docs-versions-var
-generate-docs-versions-var:
-	cd hack && $(GO) run release.go --templateDir ./templates/docs-versions-var/ --outputDir .
-	mv hack/vars.yaml hack/vars.rst
-
 # dev environment
 
 MINIKUBE_CLUSTER_NAME = net-op-dev
diff --git a/hack/templates/docs-versions-var/vars.template b/hack/templates/docs-versions-var/vars.template
deleted file mode 100644
index 116c02c68..000000000
--- a/hack/templates/docs-versions-var/vars.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-.. |network-operator-version| replace:: {{ .NetworkOperator.Version }}
-.. |helm-chart-version| replace:: {{ .HelmChartVersion }}
-.. |ocp-channel| replace::  {{ .OcpDefaulChannel }}
-.. |mofed-version| replace:: {{ .Mofed.Version }}
-.. |mofed-init-container-version| replace:: {{ .NetworkOperatorInitContainer.Version }}
-.. |sriov-device-plugin-version| replace:: {{ .SriovDevicePlugin.Version }}
-.. |k8s-rdma-shared-dev-plugin-version| replace:: {{ .RdmaSharedDevicePlugin.Version }}
-.. |ib-kubernetes-version| replace:: {{ .IbKubernetes.Version }}
-.. |cni-plugins-version| replace:: {{ .CniPlugins.Version }}
-.. |multus-version| replace:: {{ .Multus.Version }}
-.. |ipoib-cni-version| replace:: {{ .Ipoib.Version }}
-.. |whereabouts-version| replace:: {{ .IpamPlugin.Version }}
-.. |nvidia-ipam-version| replace:: {{ .NvIPAM.Version }}
-.. |nic-feature-discovery-version| replace:: {{ .NicFeatureDiscovery.Version }}
-.. |sriovnetop-version| replace:: {{ .SriovNetworkOperator.Version }}
-.. |sriovnetop-sriov-cni-version| replace:: {{ .SriovCni.Version }}
-.. |sriovnetop-ib-sriov-cni-version| replace:: {{ .SriovIbCni.Version }}
-.. |sriovnetop-sriov-device-plugin-version| replace:: {{ .SriovDevicePlugin.Version }}
-.. |doca-telemetry-version| replace:: {{ .DOCATelemetryService.Version }}
-.. |node-feature-discovery-version| replace:: {{ .Nfd.Version }}
-