diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/environment_types.go b/api/v1alpha1/environment_types.go
index 1dd7d8c6..2bf0ca6b 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/environment_types.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/environment_types.go
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ type EnvironmentSpec struct {
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Pattern="^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$"
 	Context string `json:"context"`
 
-	// +optional
-	Releaser *Image `json:"releaser,omitempty"`
-
 	Priority   int                   `json:"priority"`
 	Tests      []Test                `json:"recipes"`
 	TestRunner string                `json:"test_runner"`
diff --git a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index 7f9fc26f..ccf76512 100644
--- a/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/api/v1alpha1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -549,11 +549,6 @@ func (in *EnvironmentRequestStatus) DeepCopy() *EnvironmentRequestStatus {
 // DeepCopyInto is an autogenerated deepcopy function, copying the receiver, writing into out. in must be non-nil.
 func (in *EnvironmentSpec) DeepCopyInto(out *EnvironmentSpec) {
 	*out = *in
-	if in.Releaser != nil {
-		in, out := &in.Releaser, &out.Releaser
-		*out = new(Image)
-		**out = **in
-	}
 	if in.Tests != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Tests, &out.Tests
 		*out = make([]Test, len(*in))
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/etos.eiffel-community.github.io_environments.yaml b/config/crd/bases/etos.eiffel-community.github.io_environments.yaml
index edce2735..e9b9a409 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/etos.eiffel-community.github.io_environments.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/etos.eiffel-community.github.io_environments.yaml
@@ -121,19 +121,6 @@ spec:
                   - testCase
                   type: object
                 type: array
-              releaser:
-                description: Image configuration.
-                properties:
-                  image:
-                    type: string
-                  imagePullPolicy:
-                    default: IfNotPresent
-                    description: PullPolicy describes a policy for if/when to pull
-                      a container image
-                    type: string
-                required:
-                - image
-                type: object
               sub_suite_id:
                 pattern: ^[0-9a-f]{8}-[0-9a-f]{4}-[1-5][0-9a-f]{3}-[89ab][0-9a-f]{3}-[0-9a-f]{12}$
                 type: string
diff --git a/internal/controller/environment_controller.go b/internal/controller/environment_controller.go
index 9af1d7a9..cdb45004 100644
--- a/internal/controller/environment_controller.go
+++ b/internal/controller/environment_controller.go
@@ -199,17 +199,12 @@ func (r *EnvironmentReconciler) reconcileReleaser(ctx context.Context, releasers
 	if releasers.empty() && !environment.ObjectMeta.DeletionTimestamp.IsZero() {
 		if controllerutil.ContainsFinalizer(environment, releaseFinalizer) {
 			logger.Info("Environment is being deleted, release it")
-			var image *etosv1alpha1.Image
-			if environment.Spec.Releaser != nil {
-				image = environment.Spec.Releaser
-			} else {
-				environmentRequest, err := r.environmentRequest(ctx, environment)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				image = environmentRequest.Spec.Image
+			environmentRequest, err := r.environmentRequest(ctx, environment)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
 			}
-			releaser := r.releaseJob(environment, *image)
+			releaser := r.releaseJob(environment, environmentRequest)
+			fmt.Println(releaser)
 			if err := ctrl.SetControllerReference(environment, releaser, r.Scheme); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -241,7 +236,7 @@ func (r *EnvironmentReconciler) environmentRequest(ctx context.Context, environm
 }
 
 // releaseJob is the job definition for an environment releaser.
-func (r EnvironmentReconciler) releaseJob(environment *etosv1alpha1.Environment, image etosv1alpha1.Image) *batchv1.Job {
+func (r EnvironmentReconciler) releaseJob(environment *etosv1alpha1.Environment, environmentRequest *etosv1alpha1.EnvironmentRequest) *batchv1.Job {
 	id := environment.Labels["etos.eiffel-community.github.io/id"]
 	cluster := environment.Labels["etos.eiffel-community.github.io/cluster"]
 	ttl := int32(300)
@@ -274,8 +269,8 @@ func (r EnvironmentReconciler) releaseJob(environment *etosv1alpha1.Environment,
 					Containers: []corev1.Container{
 						{
 							Name:            environment.Name,
-							Image:           image.Image,
-							ImagePullPolicy: image.ImagePullPolicy,
+							Image:           environmentRequest.Spec.Image.Image,
+							ImagePullPolicy: environmentRequest.Spec.ImagePullPolicy,
 							Resources: corev1.ResourceRequirements{
 								Limits: corev1.ResourceList{
 									corev1.ResourceMemory: resource.MustParse("256Mi"),