diff --git a/deployment/overlays/default-combined/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/default-combined/kustomization.yaml
index d980ea0b08..3eb74c4ed0 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/default-combined/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/default-combined/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 namespace: node-feature-discovery
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../../base/rbac
 - ../../base/nfd-crds
 - ../../base/master-worker-combined
-
-resources:
 - namespace.yaml
 
 components:
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/default-job/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/default-job/kustomization.yaml
index 8d2850000b..e1d6e124cd 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/default-job/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/default-job/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 namespace: node-feature-discovery
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../../base/rbac
 - ../../base/nfd-crds
 - ../../base/master
 - ../../base/worker-job
-
-resources:
 - namespace.yaml
 
 components:
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
index 8774b59f8e..550adc01cb 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/default/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,13 +3,11 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 namespace: node-feature-discovery
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../../base/rbac
 - ../../base/nfd-crds
 - ../../base/master
 - ../../base/worker-daemonset
-
-resources:
 - namespace.yaml
 
 components:
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/master-worker-topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/master-worker-topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml
index ebf0ac213a..19fa1bfcc8 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/master-worker-topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/master-worker-topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 namespace: node-feature-discovery
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../../base/rbac
 - ../../base/rbac-topologyupdater
 - ../../base/rbac-topology-gc
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ bases:
 - ../../base/noderesourcetopologies-crd
 - ../../base/topologyupdater-daemonset
 - ../../base/topology-gc
-
-resources:
 - namespace.yaml
 
 components:
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/prune/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/prune/kustomization.yaml
index 903116c19c..06c7cda2a9 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/prune/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/prune/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,10 +3,9 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 namespace: node-feature-discovery
 
-bases:
-- ../../base/rbac
 
 resources:
+- ../../base/rbac
 - namespace.yaml
 - master-job.yaml
 
diff --git a/deployment/overlays/topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml b/deployment/overlays/topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml
index 964f990d0d..e001d62ad6 100644
--- a/deployment/overlays/topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/deployment/overlays/topologyupdater/kustomization.yaml
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ kind: Kustomization
 
 namespace: node-feature-discovery
 
-bases:
+resources:
 - ../../base/rbac-topologyupdater
 - ../../base/rbac-topology-gc
 - ../../base/noderesourcetopologies-crd
 - ../../base/topologyupdater-daemonset
 - ../../base/topology-gc
-
-resources:
 - namespace.yaml
 
 components: