diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3bfd0e13ba..54c9e1247b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 # Image URL to use all building/pushing image targets
 
-# renovate: datasource=github-releases depName=cert-manager/cert-manager
-CERT_MANAGER_VERSION ?= v1.11.0
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=kubernetes-sigs/kustomize
 KUSTOMIZE_VERSION?=v4.5.7
 # renovate: datasource=github-tags depName=helm/helm