diff --git a/docs/hardening.md b/docs/hardening.md
index 77a010047ae3fd9b15b00f6bebf6835461fdb52d..fe2f3a568a876969b7a1fdfdf0695c01bdbb7cf2 100644
--- a/docs/hardening.md
+++ b/docs/hardening.md
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ kube_pod_security_default_enforce: restricted
 Let's take a deep look to the resultant **kubernetes** configuration:
 
 * The `anonymous-auth` (on `kube-apiserver`) is set to `true` by default. This is fine, because it is considered safe if you enable `RBAC` for the `authorization-mode`.
-* The `enable-admission-plugins` has not the `PodSecurityPolicy` admission plugin. This because it is going to be definitely removed from **kubernetes** `v1.25`. For this reason we decided to set the newest `PodSecurity` (for more details, please take a look here: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-admission/>). Then, we set the `EventRateLimit` plugin, providing additional configuration files (that are automatically created under the hood and mounted inside the `kube-apiserver` container) to make it work.
+* The `enable-admission-plugins` includes `PodSecurity` (for more details, please take a look here: <https://kubernetes.io/docs/concepts/security/pod-security-admission/>). Then, we set the `EventRateLimit` plugin, providing additional configuration files (that are automatically created under the hood and mounted inside the `kube-apiserver` container) to make it work.
 * The `encryption-provider-config` provide encryption at rest. This means that the `kube-apiserver` encrypt data that is going to be stored before they reach `etcd`. So the data is completely unreadable from `etcd` (in case an attacker is able to exploit this).
 * The `rotateCertificates` in `KubeletConfiguration` is set to `true` along with `serverTLSBootstrap`. This could be used in alternative to `tlsCertFile` and `tlsPrivateKeyFile` parameters. Additionally it automatically generates certificates by itself. By default the CSRs are approved automatically via [kubelet-csr-approver](https://github.com/postfinance/kubelet-csr-approver). You can customize approval configuration by modifying Helm values via `kubelet_csr_approver_values`.
   See <https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/access-authn-authz/kubelet-tls-bootstrapping/> for more information on the subject.
diff --git a/docs/vars.md b/docs/vars.md
index b3239da948f300bf295fec89ad879af48a3a3973..959260e3138f8ef2d061a3b851b3fa1a05d47225 100644
--- a/docs/vars.md
+++ b/docs/vars.md
@@ -254,8 +254,6 @@ node_taints:
   - "node.example.com/external=true:NoSchedule"
 ```
 
-* *podsecuritypolicy_enabled* - When set to `true`, enables the PodSecurityPolicy admission controller and defines two policies `privileged` (applying to all resources in `kube-system` namespace and kubelet) and `restricted` (applying all other namespaces).
-  Addons deployed in kube-system namespaces are handled.
 * *kubernetes_audit* - When set to `true`, enables Auditing.
   The auditing parameters can be tuned via the following variables (which default values are shown below):
   * `audit_log_path`: /var/log/audit/kube-apiserver-audit.log
diff --git a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index b1c5093d352d6317b0d387cb14fdf6ea2a1a090f..bb2250a345f2cc7d69ac52345bee0707673bed99 100644
--- a/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/inventory/sample/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -243,15 +243,6 @@ kubernetes_audit: false
 # kubelet_config_dir:
 default_kubelet_config_dir: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/dynamic_kubelet_dir"
 
-# pod security policy (RBAC must be enabled either by having 'RBAC' in authorization_modes or kubeadm enabled)
-podsecuritypolicy_enabled: false
-
-# Custom PodSecurityPolicySpec for restricted policy
-# podsecuritypolicy_restricted_spec: {}
-
-# Custom PodSecurityPolicySpec for privileged policy
-# podsecuritypolicy_privileged_spec: {}
-
 # Make a copy of kubeconfig on the host that runs Ansible in {{ inventory_dir }}/artifacts
 # kubeconfig_localhost: false
 # Use ansible_host as external api ip when copying over kubeconfig.
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
index fb26bd3eb3ad41829618b6694bcd50c131ec87b2..52444b08703db900b1cb14c9660a244e74c11c1b 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/defaults/main.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ netchecker_etcd_memory_limit: 256M
 netchecker_etcd_cpu_requests: 100m
 netchecker_etcd_memory_requests: 128M
 
-# SecurityContext when PodSecurityPolicy is enabled
+# SecurityContext (user/group)
 netchecker_agent_user: 1000
 netchecker_server_user: 1000
 netchecker_agent_group: 1000
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/netchecker.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/netchecker.yml
index b83fd3382f0b274c21f2daaf75f154f6aa950b9c..0011e7fc88d4c31b764be04a466ad4a17dc61436 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/netchecker.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/tasks/netchecker.yml
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@
       - {file: netchecker-server-clusterrolebinding.yml, type: clusterrolebinding, name: netchecker-server}
       - {file: netchecker-server-deployment.yml, type: deployment, name: netchecker-server}
       - {file: netchecker-server-svc.yml, type: svc, name: netchecker-service}
-    netchecker_templates_for_psp:
-      - {file: netchecker-agent-hostnet-psp.yml, type: podsecuritypolicy, name: netchecker-agent-hostnet-policy}
-      - {file: netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrole.yml, type: clusterrole, name: netchecker-agent}
-      - {file: netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrolebinding.yml, type: clusterrolebinding, name: netchecker-agent}
-
-- name: Kubernetes Apps | Append extra templates to Netchecker Templates list for PodSecurityPolicy
-  set_fact:
-    netchecker_templates: "{{ netchecker_templates_for_psp + netchecker_templates }}"
-  when: podsecuritypolicy_enabled
 
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Lay Down Netchecker Template
   template:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrole.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrole.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e231506392e8ded2ef99b9c4e6f80785ec50ca3..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrole.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-kind: ClusterRole
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: psp:netchecker-agent-hostnet
-  namespace: {{ netcheck_namespace }}
-rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-    - policy
-    resourceNames:
-    - netchecker-agent-hostnet
-    resources:
-    - podsecuritypolicies
-    verbs:
-    - use
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index cf44515136c8f9bc639b204aa3dc79ee55d4a473..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-clusterrolebinding.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-kind: RoleBinding
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: psp:netchecker-agent-hostnet
-  namespace: {{ netcheck_namespace }}
-subjects:
-  - kind: ServiceAccount
-    name: netchecker-agent
-    namespace: {{ netcheck_namespace }}
-roleRef:
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: psp:netchecker-agent-hostnet
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-psp.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-psp.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 21b397d12c7b78475997fb9be6519883daa96753..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/ansible/templates/netchecker-agent-hostnet-psp.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodSecurityPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: netchecker-agent-hostnet
-  annotations:
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% if apparmor_enabled %}
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% endif %}
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  privileged: false
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-    - ALL
-  volumes:
-    - 'configMap'
-    - 'emptyDir'
-    - 'projected'
-    - 'secret'
-    - 'downwardAPI'
-    - 'persistentVolumeClaim'
-  hostNetwork: true
-  hostIPC: false
-  hostPID: false
-  runAsUser:
-    rule: 'MustRunAsNonRoot'
-  seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  fsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/cluster_roles/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/cluster_roles/defaults/main.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f26583da39c3274207309c0be9854af0c46e46bb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/cluster_roles/defaults/main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
----
-
-podsecuritypolicy_restricted_spec:
-  privileged: false
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-    - ALL
-  volumes:
-    - 'configMap'
-    - 'emptyDir'
-    - 'projected'
-    - 'secret'
-    - 'downwardAPI'
-    - 'persistentVolumeClaim'
-  hostNetwork: false
-  hostIPC: false
-  hostPID: false
-  runAsUser:
-    rule: 'MustRunAsNonRoot'
-  seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  runAsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  fsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
-
-podsecuritypolicy_privileged_spec:
-  privileged: true
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: true
-  allowedCapabilities:
-    - '*'
-  volumes:
-    - '*'
-  hostNetwork: true
-  hostPorts:
-    - min: 0
-      max: 65535
-  hostIPC: true
-  hostPID: true
-  runAsUser:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  runAsGroup:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  fsGroup:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
-  # This will fail if allowed-unsafe-sysctls is not set accordingly in kubelet flags
-  allowedUnsafeSysctls:
-    - '*'
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/gcp_pd/templates/gcp-pd-csi-setup.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/gcp_pd/templates/gcp-pd-csi-setup.yml.j2
index 610baf33b71e0bf4447068877f40b3c75581e9a7..67ce7f621e212a80151b6aa95c7c02e000b0f00d 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/gcp_pd/templates/gcp-pd-csi-setup.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/csi_driver/gcp_pd/templates/gcp-pd-csi-setup.yml.j2
@@ -162,56 +162,6 @@ roleRef:
   name: csi-gce-pd-resizer-role
   apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
 ---
-kind: ClusterRole
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: csi-gce-pd-controller-deploy
-rules:
-  - apiGroups: ["policy"]
-    resources: ["podsecuritypolicies"]
-    verbs: ["use"]
-    resourceNames:
-      - csi-gce-pd-controller-psp
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: csi-gce-pd-controller-deploy
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: csi-gce-pd-controller-deploy
-subjects:
-  - kind: ServiceAccount
-    name: csi-gce-pd-controller-sa
-    namespace: kube-system
----
-
-kind: ClusterRole
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: csi-gce-pd-node-deploy
-rules:
-  - apiGroups: ['policy']
-    resources: ['podsecuritypolicies']
-    verbs:     ['use']
-    resourceNames:
-    - csi-gce-pd-node-psp
----
-
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: csi-gce-pd-node
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: csi-gce-pd-node-deploy
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: csi-gce-pd-node-sa
-  namespace: kube-system
----
 apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
 kind: ClusterRoleBinding
 metadata:
@@ -288,4 +238,4 @@ subjects:
 roleRef:
   kind: Role
   name: csi-gce-pd-leaderelection-role
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
\ No newline at end of file
+  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
index 95a2f7586d121b754dba6803fe0ef9da6de74c8a..86cba2d574e5e1e6d810e271eafd3fd0d3581b12 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@
       - { name: rolebinding-cephfs-provisioner, file: rolebinding-cephfs-provisioner.yml, type: rolebinding }
       - { name: deploy-cephfs-provisioner, file: deploy-cephfs-provisioner.yml, type: deploy }
       - { name: sc-cephfs-provisioner, file: sc-cephfs-provisioner.yml, type: sc }
-    cephfs_provisioner_templates_for_psp:
-      - { name: psp-cephfs-provisioner, file: psp-cephfs-provisioner.yml, type: psp }
-
-- name: CephFS Provisioner | Append extra templates to CephFS Provisioner Templates list for PodSecurityPolicy
-  set_fact:
-    cephfs_provisioner_templates: "{{ cephfs_provisioner_templates_for_psp + cephfs_provisioner_templates }}"
-  when:
-    - podsecuritypolicy_enabled
-    - cephfs_provisioner_namespace != "kube-system"
 
 - name: CephFS Provisioner | Create manifests
   template:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-cephfs-provisioner.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-cephfs-provisioner.yml.j2
index 4c92ea68e58b4eb4a8dddfc3daa090772682dc5f..c6a1490867812fa4b61fd70a9d976e5efa5c34a0 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-cephfs-provisioner.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-cephfs-provisioner.yml.j2
@@ -20,7 +20,3 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["secrets"]
     verbs: ["get", "create", "delete"]
-  - apiGroups: ["policy"]
-    resourceNames: ["cephfs-provisioner"]
-    resources: ["podsecuritypolicies"]
-    verbs: ["use"]
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/templates/psp-cephfs-provisioner.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/templates/psp-cephfs-provisioner.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 76d146cbb992f00e26b583d4e6cb5be2faff517a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/cephfs_provisioner/templates/psp-cephfs-provisioner.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodSecurityPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: cephfs-provisioner
-  annotations:
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% if apparmor_enabled %}
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% endif %}
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  privileged: false
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-    - ALL
-  volumes:
-    - 'configMap'
-    - 'emptyDir'
-    - 'projected'
-    - 'secret'
-    - 'downwardAPI'
-    - 'persistentVolumeClaim'
-  hostNetwork: false
-  hostIPC: false
-  hostPID: false
-  runAsUser:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  fsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
index 1d08376b7ff8e196e6572712a852ddd74da16cdc..76445dae08412c75671051db62ca6ee8321b3135 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/tasks/main.yml
@@ -49,15 +49,6 @@
       - { name: rolebinding-rbd-provisioner, file: rolebinding-rbd-provisioner.yml, type: rolebinding }
       - { name: deploy-rbd-provisioner, file: deploy-rbd-provisioner.yml, type: deploy }
       - { name: sc-rbd-provisioner, file: sc-rbd-provisioner.yml, type: sc }
-    rbd_provisioner_templates_for_psp:
-      - { name: psp-rbd-provisioner, file: psp-rbd-provisioner.yml, type: psp }
-
-- name: RBD Provisioner | Append extra templates to RBD Provisioner Templates list for PodSecurityPolicy
-  set_fact:
-    rbd_provisioner_templates: "{{ rbd_provisioner_templates_for_psp + rbd_provisioner_templates }}"
-  when:
-    - podsecuritypolicy_enabled
-    - rbd_provisioner_namespace != "kube-system"
 
 - name: RBD Provisioner | Create manifests
   template:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-rbd-provisioner.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-rbd-provisioner.yml.j2
index 8fc7e4b9de7009762043500535bae03001967137..9e319a34851360b1ae69ba6c01f98e647a27dd26 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-rbd-provisioner.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/templates/clusterrole-rbd-provisioner.yml.j2
@@ -24,7 +24,3 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups: [""]
     resources: ["secrets"]
     verbs: ["get", "create", "delete"]
-  - apiGroups: ["policy"]
-    resourceNames: ["rbd-provisioner"]
-    resources: ["podsecuritypolicies"]
-    verbs: ["use"]
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/templates/psp-rbd-provisioner.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/templates/psp-rbd-provisioner.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index c59effdba15526b9eaa861dc5761c46db06958a5..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/external_provisioner/rbd_provisioner/templates/psp-rbd-provisioner.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodSecurityPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: rbd-provisioner
-  annotations:
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% if apparmor_enabled %}
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% endif %}
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  privileged: false
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-    - ALL
-  volumes:
-    - 'configMap'
-    - 'emptyDir'
-    - 'projected'
-    - 'secret'
-    - 'downwardAPI'
-    - 'persistentVolumeClaim'
-  hostNetwork: false
-  hostIPC: false
-  hostPID: false
-  runAsUser:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  fsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml
index 2988683941ca25c323bd943618682b1d194b6419..eb554c5c212eb54a3ab140ae8c73c35ab713c3a6 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/tasks/main.yml
@@ -11,21 +11,6 @@
   when:
     - matallb_auto_assign is defined
 
-- name: Kubernetes Apps | Check AppArmor status
-  command: which apparmor_parser
-  register: apparmor_status
-  when:
-    - podsecuritypolicy_enabled
-    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
-  failed_when: false
-
-- name: Kubernetes Apps | Set apparmor_enabled
-  set_fact:
-    apparmor_enabled: "{{ apparmor_status.rc == 0 }}"
-  when:
-    - podsecuritypolicy_enabled
-    - inventory_hostname == groups['kube_control_plane'][0]
-
 - name: Kubernetes Apps | Lay Down MetalLB
   become: true
   template:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb.yaml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb.yaml.j2
index 608ad31cda47480ef66e83251e306ebc209c6511..af18a100b31122ebc8c605fecc85a68808cf28ae 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb.yaml.j2
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/metallb/templates/metallb.yaml.j2
@@ -1504,14 +1504,6 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - create
   - patch
-- apiGroups:
-  - policy
-  resourceNames:
-  - controller
-  resources:
-  - podsecuritypolicies
-  verbs:
-  - use
 - apiGroups:
   - admissionregistration.k8s.io
   resourceNames:
@@ -1597,14 +1589,6 @@ rules:
   verbs:
   - create
   - patch
-- apiGroups:
-  - policy
-  resourceNames:
-  - speaker
-  resources:
-  - podsecuritypolicies
-  verbs:
-  - use
 {% endif %}
 
 ---
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml
index 06f1f6a1355594ed6086ef89d43b0441ab0476bb..a915e0773815959c2cf29c72691404e925caa595 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/tasks/main.yml
@@ -42,17 +42,6 @@
       - { name: registry-secrets, file: registry-secrets.yml, type: secrets }
       - { name: registry-cm, file: registry-cm.yml, type: cm }
       - { name: registry-rs, file: registry-rs.yml, type: rs }
-    registry_templates_for_psp:
-      - { name: registry-psp, file: registry-psp.yml, type: psp }
-      - { name: registry-cr, file: registry-cr.yml, type: clusterrole }
-      - { name: registry-crb, file: registry-crb.yml, type: rolebinding }
-
-- name: Registry | Append extra templates to Registry Templates list for PodSecurityPolicy
-  set_fact:
-    registry_templates: "{{ registry_templates[:2] + registry_templates_for_psp + registry_templates[2:] }}"
-  when:
-    - podsecuritypolicy_enabled
-    - registry_namespace != "kube-system"
 
 - name: Registry | Append nginx ingress templates to Registry Templates list when ingress enabled
   set_fact:
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-cr.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-cr.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 45f3fc49e46d90046999f9cecb86b2a2ebf5ee1b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-cr.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: psp:registry
-  namespace: {{ registry_namespace }}
-rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-    - policy
-    resourceNames:
-    - registry
-    resources:
-    - podsecuritypolicies
-    verbs:
-    - use
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-crb.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-crb.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 8589420f6824a8f1b3552aca40cd2838f7661870..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-crb.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-kind: RoleBinding
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-  name: psp:registry
-  namespace: {{ registry_namespace }}
-subjects:
-  - kind: ServiceAccount
-    name: registry
-    namespace: {{ registry_namespace }}
-roleRef:
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: psp:registry
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-psp.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-psp.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index b04d8c27a1935a11e7b9d7577ddb59b4fc496c51..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes-apps/registry/templates/registry-psp.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodSecurityPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: registry
-  annotations:
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% if apparmor_enabled %}
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% endif %}
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  privileged: false
-  allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-  requiredDropCapabilities:
-    - ALL
-  volumes:
-    - 'configMap'
-    - 'emptyDir'
-    - 'projected'
-    - 'secret'
-    - 'downwardAPI'
-    - 'persistentVolumeClaim'
-  hostNetwork: false
-  hostIPC: false
-  hostPID: false
-  runAsUser:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  seLinux:
-    rule: 'RunAsAny'
-  supplementalGroups:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  fsGroup:
-    rule: 'MustRunAs'
-    ranges:
-      - min: 1
-        max: 65535
-  readOnlyRootFilesystem: false
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
index dbc38ad818dd869791f83e8b033b4f32f40deb79..dcad832ba89a83d8538d3577b7e7a5b8e7070d47 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/kubeadm-setup.yml
@@ -232,12 +232,6 @@
   tags:
     - kubeadm_token
 
-- name: PodSecurityPolicy | install PodSecurityPolicy
-  include_tasks: psp-install.yml
-  when:
-    - podsecuritypolicy_enabled
-    - inventory_hostname == first_kube_control_plane
-
 - name: Kubeadm | Join other masters
   include_tasks: kubeadm-secondary.yml
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/main.yml
index 50eccbd0735e50b0463eb772f51316956b2c549b..37f36ab145ebafa847ce43d76a334a43cf423e33 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/main.yml
@@ -80,11 +80,6 @@
     - upgrade
   ignore_errors: true  # noqa ignore-errors
 
-- name: Disable SecurityContextDeny admission-controller and enable PodSecurityPolicy
-  set_fact:
-    kube_apiserver_enable_admission_plugins: "{{ kube_apiserver_enable_admission_plugins | difference(['SecurityContextDeny']) | union(['PodSecurityPolicy']) | unique }}"
-  when: podsecuritypolicy_enabled
-
 - name: Define nodes already joined to existing cluster and first_kube_control_plane
   import_tasks: define-first-kube-control.yml
 
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/psp-install.yml b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/psp-install.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4a990f82a62272e79cf3724e59d293fdbf379a75..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/tasks/psp-install.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
----
-- name: Check AppArmor status
-  command: which apparmor_parser
-  register: apparmor_status
-  failed_when: false
-  changed_when: apparmor_status.rc != 0
-
-- name: Set apparmor_enabled
-  set_fact:
-    apparmor_enabled: "{{ apparmor_status.rc == 0 }}"
-
-- name: Render templates for PodSecurityPolicy
-  template:
-    src: "{{ item.file }}.j2"
-    dest: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.file }}"
-    mode: 0640
-  register: psp_manifests
-  with_items:
-    - {file: psp.yml, type: psp, name: psp}
-    - {file: psp-cr.yml, type: clusterrole, name: psp-cr}
-    - {file: psp-crb.yml, type: rolebinding, name: psp-crb}
-
-- name: Add policies, roles, bindings for PodSecurityPolicy
-  kube:
-    name: "{{ item.item.name }}"
-    kubectl: "{{ bin_dir }}/kubectl"
-    resource: "{{ item.item.type }}"
-    filename: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/{{ item.item.file }}"
-    state: "latest"
-  register: result
-  until: result is succeeded
-  retries: 10
-  delay: 6
-  with_items: "{{ psp_manifests.results }}"
-  environment:
-    KUBECONFIG: "{{ kube_config_dir }}/admin.conf"
-  loop_control:
-    label: "{{ item.item.file }}"
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp-cr.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp-cr.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index d9f0e8d53bd87fe231aca3cff07f597942237d67..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp-cr.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: psp:privileged
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - policy
-  resourceNames:
-  - privileged
-  resources:
-  - podsecuritypolicies
-  verbs:
-  - use
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: psp:restricted
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-rules:
-- apiGroups:
-  - policy
-  resourceNames:
-  - restricted
-  resources:
-  - podsecuritypolicies
-  verbs:
-  - use
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp-crb.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp-crb.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 7513c3c5fa61a5d942bcaaa0c9dae93450611b97..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp-crb.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: psp:any:restricted
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: psp:restricted
-subjects:
-- kind: Group
-  name: system:authenticated
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: RoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: psp:kube-system:privileged
-  namespace: kube-system
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: psp:privileged
-subjects:
-- kind: Group
-  name: system:masters
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-- kind: Group
-  name: system:serviceaccounts:kube-system
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
----
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-kind: RoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: psp:nodes:privileged
-  namespace: kube-system
-  annotations:
-    kubernetes.io/description: 'Allow nodes to create privileged pods. Should
-      be used in combination with the NodeRestriction admission plugin to limit
-      nodes to mirror pods bound to themselves.'
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: psp:privileged
-subjects:
-  - kind: Group
-    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-    name: system:nodes
-  - kind: User
-    apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-    # Legacy node ID
-    name: kubelet
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp.yml.j2 b/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp.yml.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5da5400414ce04021d3be92f74fd287f57ca3b0d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/kubernetes/control-plane/templates/psp.yml.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
----
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodSecurityPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: restricted
-  annotations:
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'docker/default,runtime/default'
-{% if apparmor_enabled %}
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/defaultProfileName:  'runtime/default'
-    apparmor.security.beta.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: 'runtime/default'
-{% endif %}
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  {{ podsecuritypolicy_restricted_spec | to_yaml(indent=2, width=1337) | indent(width=2) }}
----
-apiVersion: policy/v1beta1
-kind: PodSecurityPolicy
-metadata:
-  name: privileged
-  annotations:
-    seccomp.security.alpha.kubernetes.io/allowedProfileNames: '*'
-  labels:
-    addonmanager.kubernetes.io/mode: Reconcile
-spec:
-  {{ podsecuritypolicy_privileged_spec | to_yaml(indent=2, width=1337) | indent(width=2) }}
diff --git a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
index b6642a0666faae6c09e6b65b18fb59f483804d38..cbe95835cfbbadc93db05fb9f3fb995c0f4a4ab2 100644
--- a/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubernetes/node/defaults/main.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ loadbalancer_apiserver_pod_name: "{% if loadbalancer_apiserver_type == 'nginx' %
 #   - extensions/v1beta1/deployments=true
 #   - extensions/v1beta1/replicasets=true
 #   - extensions/v1beta1/networkpolicies=true
-#   - extensions/v1beta1/podsecuritypolicies=true
 
 # A port range to reserve for services with NodePort visibility.
 # Inclusive at both ends of the range.
diff --git a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
index a18505bcb3f274334ac08b3ec8a90606a9c248b5..ddb290f915a267f32746c0794c08aa8588e59b91 100644
--- a/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
+++ b/roles/kubespray-defaults/defaults/main/main.yml
@@ -608,7 +608,6 @@ etcd_events_peer_addresses: |-
     {{ hostvars[item].etcd_member_name | default("etcd" + loop.index | string) }}-events=https://{{ hostvars[item].etcd_events_access_address | default(hostvars[item].ip | default(fallback_ips[item])) }}:2382{% if not loop.last %},{% endif %}
   {%- endfor %}
 
-podsecuritypolicy_enabled: false
 etcd_heartbeat_interval: "250"
 etcd_election_timeout: "5000"
 etcd_snapshot_count: "10000"
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-apiserver.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-apiserver.yml.j2
index 78356194537d47f87f694cfb72273be526b4251b..49f5918b4e7078157ef6a5c566777d6d8286eefb 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-apiserver.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-apiserver.yml.j2
@@ -172,14 +172,6 @@ rules:
   - create
   - update
   - delete
-- apiGroups:
-  - policy
-  resourceNames:
-  - calico-apiserver
-  resources:
-  - podsecuritypolicies
-  verbs:
-  - use
 
 ---
 
diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-cr.yml.j2 b/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-cr.yml.j2
index d00c9e9a72fedc56bc1d5bb697203b3fe546e77b..ac0331f22d07216a5a6a9d7516b30f2941667177 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-cr.yml.j2
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/templates/calico-cr.yml.j2
@@ -71,16 +71,7 @@ rules:
     verbs:
       # Needed for clearing NodeNetworkUnavailable flag.
       - patch
-{% if calico_datastore == "etcd" %}
-  - apiGroups:
-    - policy
-    resourceNames:
-    - privileged
-    resources:
-    - podsecuritypolicies
-    verbs:
-    - use
-{% elif calico_datastore == "kdd" %}
+{% if calico_datastore == "kdd" %}
       # Calico stores some configuration information in node annotations.
       - update
   # Watch for changes to Kubernetes NetworkPolicies.