diff --git a/cmd/secrets-store-csi-driver/main.go b/cmd/secrets-store-csi-driver/main.go
index 0774bcf10..0a385e317 100644
--- a/cmd/secrets-store-csi-driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/secrets-store-csi-driver/main.go
@@ -62,13 +62,12 @@ var (
 	// https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/secrets-store-csi-driver/issues/823.
 	// The default should be moved to /var/ in https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/secrets-store-csi-driver/issues/870
 	additionalProviderPaths = flag.String("additional-provider-volume-paths", "/var/run/secrets-store-csi-providers", "Comma separated list of additional paths to communicate with providers")
-	// this will be removed in a future release
-	metricsAddr          = flag.String("metrics-addr", ":8095", "The address the metric endpoint binds to")
-	enableSecretRotation = flag.Bool("enable-secret-rotation", false, "Enable secret rotation feature [alpha]")
-	rotationPollInterval = flag.Duration("rotation-poll-interval", 2*time.Minute, "Secret rotation poll interval duration")
-	enableProfile        = flag.Bool("enable-pprof", false, "enable pprof profiling")
-	profilePort          = flag.Int("pprof-port", 6065, "port for pprof profiling")
-	maxCallRecvMsgSize   = flag.Int("max-call-recv-msg-size", 1024*1024*4, "maximum size in bytes of gRPC response from plugins")
+	metricsAddr             = flag.String("metrics-addr", ":8095", "The address the metric endpoint binds to")
+	enableSecretRotation    = flag.Bool("enable-secret-rotation", false, "Enable secret rotation feature [alpha]")
+	rotationPollInterval    = flag.Duration("rotation-poll-interval", 2*time.Minute, "Secret rotation poll interval duration")
+	enableProfile           = flag.Bool("enable-pprof", false, "enable pprof profiling")
+	profilePort             = flag.Int("pprof-port", 6065, "port for pprof profiling")
+	maxCallRecvMsgSize      = flag.Int("max-call-recv-msg-size", 1024*1024*4, "maximum size in bytes of gRPC response from plugins")
 
 	// Enable optional healthcheck for provider clients that exist in memory
 	providerHealthCheck         = flag.Bool("provider-health-check", false, "Enable health check for configured providers")
diff --git a/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver-windows.yaml b/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver-windows.yaml
index 1c60a7010..a6bc7895a 100644
--- a/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver-windows.yaml
+++ b/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver-windows.yaml
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ spec:
             - "--nodeid=$(KUBE_NODE_NAME)"
             - "--provider-volume={{ .Values.windows.providersDir }}"
             - "--additional-provider-volume-paths={{ join "," .Values.windows.additionalProvidersDirs }}"
-            {{- if and (semverCompare ">= v0.0.9-0" .Values.windows.image.tag) .Values.minimumProviderVersions }}
-            - "--min-provider-version={{ .Values.minimumProviderVersions }}"
-            {{- end }}
             {{- if and (semverCompare ">= v0.0.15-0" .Values.windows.image.tag) .Values.enableSecretRotation }}
             - "--enable-secret-rotation={{ .Values.enableSecretRotation }}"
             {{- end }}
diff --git a/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver.yaml b/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver.yaml
index 780a7e56f..11c80b485 100644
--- a/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver.yaml
+++ b/manifest_staging/charts/secrets-store-csi-driver/templates/secrets-store-csi-driver.yaml
@@ -78,9 +78,6 @@ spec:
             - "--nodeid=$(KUBE_NODE_NAME)"
             - "--provider-volume={{ .Values.linux.providersDir }}"
             - "--additional-provider-volume-paths={{ join "," .Values.linux.additionalProvidersDirs }}"
-            {{- if and (semverCompare ">= v0.0.8-0" .Values.linux.image.tag) .Values.minimumProviderVersions }}
-            - "--min-provider-version={{ .Values.minimumProviderVersions }}"
-            {{- end }}
             {{- if and (semverCompare ">= v0.0.15-0" .Values.linux.image.tag) .Values.enableSecretRotation }}
             - "--enable-secret-rotation={{ .Values.enableSecretRotation }}"
             {{- end }}