diff --git a/apps/operators/external-dns.yaml b/apps/operators/external-dns.yaml
index 89fdba882..48c752faf 100644
--- a/apps/operators/external-dns.yaml
+++ b/apps/operators/external-dns.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 ---
 component: external-dns
 sources:
-  - ref: understack
-    path: 'operators/external-dns'
+  - repoURL: ghcr.io/rackerlabs/charts
+    chart: external-dns-rackspace
+    targetRevision: 0.0.1
+    helm:
+      releaseName: external-dns-rackspace
+      namespace: "external-dns"
+      ignoreMissingValueFiles: true
+      valueFiles:
+        - $deploy/{{.name}}/helm-configs/external-dns.yaml
+  - ref: deploy
+    path: '{{.name}}/manifests/external-dns'
diff --git a/operators/external-dns/kustomization.yaml b/operators/external-dns/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index dd9852c9e..000000000
--- a/operators/external-dns/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-helmCharts:
-  - name: external-dns-rackspace
-    namespace: "openstack"
-    releaseName: external-dns-rackspace
-    repo: oci://ghcr.io/rackerlabs/charts
-    version: 0.0.1
-    valuesFile: values.yaml
diff --git a/operators/external-dns/values.yaml b/operators/external-dns/values.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 85fd976fa..000000000
--- a/operators/external-dns/values.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-namespace: "openstack"
-externalDns:
-  image:
-    repository: "registry.k8s.io/external-dns/external-dns"
-    tag: "v0.18.0"
-
-rackspaceWebhook:
-  image:
-    repository: "ghcr.io/rackerlabs/external-dns-rackspace-webhook"
-    tag: "0.0.1"
-  secret:
-    create: false # this will allow us to use secretsStore of own choice like, sealedSecrets