diff --git a/.github/workflows/flux-schedule.yaml b/.github/workflows/flux-schedule.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 94fbc0f6..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/flux-schedule.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
----
-name: Schedule - Update Flux
-
-on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 12 * * *"
-
-jobs:
-  flux-upgrade:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Setup Flux CLI
-        uses: fluxcd/flux2/action@main
-
-      - name: Upgrade Flux
-        id: upgrade
-        run: |
-          CLI_VERSION="$(flux -v)"
-          VERSION="v${CLI_VERSION#*flux version }"
-          flux install --version="${VERSION}" \
-            --network-policy=false \
-            --export > ./cluster/base/flux-system/gotk-components.yaml
-          echo "::set-output name=flux_version::$VERSION"
-
-      - name: Create pull request for Flux upgrade
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: "flux/upgrade-${{ steps.upgrade.outputs.flux_version }}"
-          delete-branch: true
-          title: "chore(deps): upgrade flux components to ${{ steps.upgrade.outputs.flux_version }}"
-          signoff: false
-          committer: GitHub <noreply@github.com>
-          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
-          commit-message: "chore(deps): upgrade flux components to ${{ steps.upgrade.outputs.flux_version }}"
-          body: |
-            Release notes: https://github.com/fluxcd/flux2/releases/tag/${{ steps.upgrade.outputs.flux_version }}
-          labels: flux/upgrade
diff --git a/cluster/base/flux-system/gotk-patches.yaml b/cluster/base/flux-system/gotk-patches.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9023416f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/base/flux-system/gotk-patches.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+# Delete the allow-egress NetworkPolicy
+$patch: delete
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: allow-egress
+  namespace: flux-system
+---
+# Delete the allow-scraping NetworkPolicy
+$patch: delete
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: allow-scraping
+  namespace: flux-system
+---
+# Delete the allow-webhooks NetworkPolicy
+$patch: delete
+apiVersion: networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: NetworkPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: allow-webhooks
+  namespace: flux-system
diff --git a/cluster/base/flux-system/kustomization.yaml b/cluster/base/flux-system/kustomization.yaml
index 3b407e72..6cf83ade 100644
--- a/cluster/base/flux-system/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/cluster/base/flux-system/kustomization.yaml
@@ -4,3 +4,5 @@ resources:
   - gotk-components.yaml
   - gotk-sync.yaml
   - charts
+patchesStrategicMerge:
+  - ./gotk-patches.yaml