diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/main.go b/cmd/image-builder/main.go
index e9b156f4e918..936d3c1bf7ba 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/main.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/main.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ type options struct {
 	buildInADO            bool
 	adoPreviewRun         bool
 	adoPreviewRunYamlPath string
-	testKanikoBuildConfig bool
 	parseTagsOnly         bool
 	oidcToken             string
 	azureAccessToken      string
@@ -236,8 +235,6 @@ func prepareADOTemplateParameters(options options) (adopipelines.OCIImageBuilder
 
 	templateParameters.SetExportTags(options.exportTags)
 
-	templateParameters.SetUseKanikoConfigFromPR(options.testKanikoBuildConfig)
-
 	if len(options.buildArgs) > 0 {
 		templateParameters.SetBuildArgs(options.buildArgs.String())
 	}
@@ -797,7 +794,6 @@ func (o *options) gatherOptions(flagSet *flag.FlagSet) *flag.FlagSet {
 	flagSet.BoolVar(&o.adoPreviewRun, "ado-preview-run", false, "Trigger ADO pipeline in preview mode")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&o.adoPreviewRunYamlPath, "ado-preview-run-yaml-path", "", "Path to yaml file with ADO pipeline definition to be used in preview mode")
 	flagSet.BoolVar(&o.parseTagsOnly, "parse-tags-only", false, "Only parse tags and print them to stdout")
-	flagSet.BoolVar(&o.testKanikoBuildConfig, "test-kaniko-build-config", false, "Verify kaniko build config for build in ADO")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&o.oidcToken, "oidc-token", "", "Token used to authenticate against Azure DevOps backend service")
 	flagSet.StringVar(&o.azureAccessToken, "azure-access-token", "", "Token used to authenticate against Azure DevOps API")
 
diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
index 221c08033cbd..db4cdb49ea6a 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
@@ -784,16 +784,15 @@ func Test_prepareADOTemplateParameters(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			want: pipelines.OCIImageBuilderTemplateParams{
-				"Context":               "",
-				"Dockerfile":            "",
-				"ExportTags":            "false",
-				"JobType":               "postsubmit",
-				"Name":                  "",
-				"PullBaseSHA":           "",
-				"RepoName":              "",
-				"RepoOwner":             "",
-				"Tags":                  "e3sgLkVudiAiR09MQU5HX1ZFUlNJT04iIH19LVNob3J0U0hBPXt7IC5FbnYgIkdPTEFOR19WRVJTSU9OIiB9fS17eyAuU2hvcnRTSEEgfX0=",
-				"UseKanikoConfigFromPR": "false",
+				"Context":     "",
+				"Dockerfile":  "",
+				"ExportTags":  "false",
+				"JobType":     "postsubmit",
+				"Name":        "",
+				"PullBaseSHA": "",
+				"RepoName":    "",
+				"RepoOwner":   "",
+				"Tags":        "e3sgLkVudiAiR09MQU5HX1ZFUlNJT04iIH19LVNob3J0U0hBPXt7IC5FbnYgIkdPTEFOR19WRVJTSU9OIiB9fS17eyAuU2hvcnRTSEEgfX0=",
 			},
 		},
 		{
@@ -809,17 +808,16 @@ func Test_prepareADOTemplateParameters(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 			want: pipelines.OCIImageBuilderTemplateParams{
-				"Context":               "",
-				"Dockerfile":            "",
-				"ExportTags":            "false",
-				"JobType":               "workflow_dispatch",
-				"Name":                  "",
-				"PullBaseSHA":           "abc123",
-				"BaseRef":               "main",
-				"RepoName":              "",
-				"RepoOwner":             "",
-				"Tags":                  "e3sgLkVudiAiR09MQU5HX1ZFUlNJT04iIH19LVNob3J0U0hBPXt7IC5FbnYgIkdPTEFOR19WRVJTSU9OIiB9fS17eyAuU2hvcnRTSEEgfX0=",
-				"UseKanikoConfigFromPR": "false",
+				"Context":     "",
+				"Dockerfile":  "",
+				"ExportTags":  "false",
+				"JobType":     "workflow_dispatch",
+				"Name":        "",
+				"PullBaseSHA": "abc123",
+				"BaseRef":     "main",
+				"RepoName":    "",
+				"RepoOwner":   "",
+				"Tags":        "e3sgLkVudiAiR09MQU5HX1ZFUlNJT04iIH19LVNob3J0U0hBPXt7IC5FbnYgIkdPTEFOR19WRVJTSU9OIiB9fS17eyAuU2hvcnRTSEEgfX0=",
 			},
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams.go b/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams.go
index adc94d5625f4..62eeb463b890 100644
--- a/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams.go
+++ b/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams.go
@@ -132,13 +132,6 @@ func (p OCIImageBuilderTemplateParams) SetImageTags(tags string) {
 	p["Tags"] = encodedTags
 }
 
-// SetUseKanikoConfigFromPR sets optional parameter UseKanikoConfigFromPR.
-// If true, ADO pipeline will use a Kaniko config from PR.
-// This is used for testing purposes.
-func (p OCIImageBuilderTemplateParams) SetUseKanikoConfigFromPR(useKanikoFromPR bool) {
-	p["UseKanikoConfigFromPR"] = strconv.FormatBool(useKanikoFromPR)
-}
-
 // SetAuthorization sets Authorization parameter.
 // This parameter is used to provide authorization token when running in github actions
 func (p OCIImageBuilderTemplateParams) SetAuthorization(authorizationToken string) {
diff --git a/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams_test.go b/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams_test.go
index 01a11618c4e5..632e843e2303 100644
--- a/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams_test.go
+++ b/pkg/azuredevops/pipelines/templatesParams_test.go
@@ -87,10 +87,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Test OCIImageBuilderTemplateParams", func() {
 		Expect(params["Tags"]).To(Equal(expected))
 	})
 
-	It("sets the correct UseKanikoConfigFromPR", func() {
-		params.SetUseKanikoConfigFromPR(true)
-		Expect(params["UseKanikoConfigFromPR"]).To(Equal("true"))
-	})
 	It("sets the correct Authorization", func() {
 		params.SetAuthorization("some-token")
 		Expect(params["Authorization"]).To(Equal("some-token"))