diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/gcp/create/hypershift-gcp-create-chain.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/gcp/create/hypershift-gcp-create-chain.yaml
index 855028e64556a..ae5957ae07475 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/gcp/create/hypershift-gcp-create-chain.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/hypershift/gcp/create/hypershift-gcp-create-chain.yaml
@@ -43,9 +43,6 @@ chain:
 
       RELEASE_IMAGE="${OCP_IMAGE_LATEST}"
 
-      # TODO(GCP-426): Remove CAPG image override once HyperShift's CAPI CRDs serve v1beta2
-      CAPG_IMAGE="quay.io/openshift-release-dev/ocp-v4.0-art-dev@sha256:bdec420448b81cc57f5b53bbcf491c0ed53b6e3ca97da722f69f386a373afe50"
-
       # TODO(GCP-440): Remove boot image pin once NodePool controller discovers it from stream metadata
       GCP_BOOT_IMAGE="${HYPERSHIFT_GCP_BOOT_IMAGE:-projects/rhcos-cloud/global/images/rhcos-9-6-20250925-0-gcp-x86-64}"
 
@@ -77,7 +74,6 @@ chain:
         --service-account-signing-key-path "${SA_SIGNING_KEY_PATH}" \
         --oidc-issuer-url "${OIDC_ISSUER_URL}" \
         --boot-image "${GCP_BOOT_IMAGE}" \
-        --annotations "hypershift.openshift.io/capi-provider-gcp-image=${CAPG_IMAGE}" \
         --annotations "hypershift.openshift.io/pod-security-admission-label-override=baseline" \
         --disable-cluster-capabilities Console \
         --disable-cluster-capabilities Ingress \