diff --git a/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh b/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh
index 64d182661..f6378a553 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/end2end/install-kind-dependencies.sh
@@ -201,6 +201,11 @@ mongodb_sharded() {
         $SOLUTION_REGISTRY/os-shell=$(get_image_from_deps mongodb-shell) \
         $SOLUTION_REGISTRY/mongodb-exporter=$(get_image_from_deps mongodb-sharded-exporter)
 
+    # cat the current kustomize file
+    cat kustomization.yaml
+
+    cat ./_build/root/deploy/mongodb-sharded-1-node-2-shards.yaml
+
     kubectl apply -k .
 
     kubectl rollout status statefulset data-db-mongodb-sharded-mongos
diff --git a/kustomization.yaml b/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 35bcaf3cb..000000000
--- a/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-resources:
-- ./_build/root/deploy/mongodb-sharded-1-node-2-shards.yaml
-patches:
-- patch: |
-    - op: add
-      path: /spec/volumeClaimTemplates/-
-      value:
-        metadata:
-          name: datadir
-        spec:
-          accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              storage: "8Gi"
-          storageClassName: standard
-  target:
-    kind: StatefulSet
-    name: data-db-mongodb-sharded-configsvr
-- patch: |
-    - op: add
-      path: /spec/volumeClaimTemplates/-
-      value:
-        metadata:
-          name: datadir
-        spec:
-          accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              storage: "8Gi"
-          storageClassName: standard
-  target:
-    kind: StatefulSet
-    name: data-db-mongodb-sharded-shard0-data
-- patch: |
-    - op: add
-      path: /spec/volumeClaimTemplates/-
-      value:
-        metadata:
-          name: datadir
-        spec:
-          accessModes: ["ReadWriteOnce"]
-          resources:
-            requests:
-              storage: "8Gi"
-          storageClassName: standard
-  target:
-    kind: StatefulSet
-    name: data-db-mongodb-sharded-shard1-data