diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator.go b/pkg/operator/operator.go
index 23f4715c6..fd6e172d6 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator.go
@@ -477,7 +477,6 @@ func (optr *Operator) maoConfigFromInfrastructure() (*OperatorConfig, error) {
 	features := map[string]bool{
 		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateAWSDedicatedHosts):       featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateAWSDedicatedHosts),
 		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateMachineAPIMigration):     featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateMachineAPIMigration),
-		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateAzureWorkloadIdentity):   featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateAzureWorkloadIdentity),
 		string(apifeatures.FeatureGateVSphereHostVMGroupZonal): featureGates.Enabled(apifeatures.FeatureGateVSphereHostVMGroupZonal),
 	}
 	if features[string(apifeatures.FeatureGateMachineAPIMigration)] {
diff --git a/pkg/operator/operator_test.go b/pkg/operator/operator_test.go
index 6a1cb43fe..6da986a1e 100644
--- a/pkg/operator/operator_test.go
+++ b/pkg/operator/operator_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ const (
 var (
 	enabledFeatureGates = []openshiftv1.FeatureGateAttributes{
 		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateMachineAPIMigration},
-		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateAzureWorkloadIdentity},
 		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateVSphereHostVMGroupZonal},
 		{Name: apifeatures.FeatureGateAWSDedicatedHosts},
 	}
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ var (
 
 	enabledFeatureMap = map[string]bool{
 		"MachineAPIMigration":     true,
-		"AzureWorkloadIdentity":   true,
 		"VSphereHostVMGroupZonal": true,
 		"AWSDedicatedHosts":       true,
 	}