diff --git a/manifests/.gitignore b/manifests/.gitignore
index 9118a229f..0c8b9cdf1 100644
--- a/manifests/.gitignore
+++ b/manifests/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 arango-deployment-dev.yaml
+arango-deployment-replication-dev.yaml
 arango-storage-dev.yaml
 arango-test-dev.yaml
diff --git a/manifests/arango-deployment-replication-dev.yaml b/manifests/arango-deployment-replication-dev.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9860eb04f..000000000
--- a/manifests/arango-deployment-replication-dev.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-## deployment-replication/rbac.yaml
-## Cluster role granting access to ArangoDeploymentReplication resources.
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: arango-deployment-replications
-rules:
-- apiGroups: ["replication.database.arangodb.com"]
-  resources: ["arangodeploymentreplications"]
-  verbs: ["*"]
-
----
-
-## Cluster role granting access to all resources needed by the ArangoDeploymentReplication operator.
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterRole
-metadata:
-  name: arango-deployment-replication-operator
-rules:
-- apiGroups: ["replication.database.arangodb.com"]
-  resources: ["arangodeploymentreplications"]
-  verbs: ["*"]
-- apiGroups: ["database.arangodb.com"]
-  resources: ["arangodeployments"]
-  verbs: ["get"]
-- apiGroups: ["apiextensions.k8s.io"]
-  resources: ["customresourcedefinitions"]
-  verbs: ["get"]
-- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["pods", "services", "endpoints", "persistentvolumeclaims", "events", "secrets"]
-  verbs: ["*"]
-- apiGroups: [""]
-  resources: ["nodes"]
-  verbs: ["get"]
-- apiGroups: ["apps"]
-  resources: ["deployments"]
-  verbs: ["*"]
-
----
-
-## Bind the cluster role granting access to ArangoDeploymentReplication resources
-## to the default service account of the configured namespace.
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: RoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: arango-deployment-replications
-  namespace: default
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: arango-deployment-replications
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: default
-  namespace: default
-
----
-
-## Bind the cluster role granting access to all resources needed by 
-## the ArangoDeploymentReplication operator to the default service account
-## the is being used to run the operator deployment.
-apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: ClusterRoleBinding
-metadata:
-  name: arango-deployment-replication-operator-default
-roleRef:
-  apiGroup: rbac.authorization.k8s.io
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  name: arango-deployment-replication-operator
-subjects:
-- kind: ServiceAccount
-  name: default
-  namespace: default
-
----
-
-## deployment-replication/deployment-replication.yaml
-
-apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: arango-deployment-replication-operator
-  namespace: default
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  strategy:
-    type: Recreate
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        name: arango-deployment-replication-operator
-        app: arango-deployment-replication-operator
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: operator
-        imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
-        image: ewoutp/kube-arangodb@sha256:8480ab465a40a91b9dffeff0d3cf1534e1687b38ca7ad57b254d1deefdffd81f
-        args:
-          - --operator.deployment-replication
-        env:
-        - name: MY_POD_NAMESPACE
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              fieldPath: metadata.namespace
-        - name: MY_POD_NAME
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              fieldPath: metadata.name
-        - name: MY_POD_IP
-          valueFrom:
-            fieldRef:
-              fieldPath: status.podIP
-        ports:
-        - name: metrics
-          containerPort: 8528
-        livenessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /health
-            port: 8528
-            scheme: HTTPS
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
-          periodSeconds: 10
-        readinessProbe:
-          httpGet:
-            path: /ready/deployment-replication
-            port: 8528
-            scheme: HTTPS
-          initialDelaySeconds: 5
-          periodSeconds: 10
-