diff --git a/charts/kyverno/README.md b/charts/kyverno/README.md
index fed22061de..aa486ad0f5 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/README.md
+++ b/charts/kyverno/README.md
@@ -728,50 +728,6 @@ The chart values are organised per component.
 
 | Key | Type | Default | Description |
 |-----|------|---------|-------------|
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.enabled | bool | `true` | Enable cleanup cronjob |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.backoffLimit | int | `3` | Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3. |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished | string | `""` | Time until the pod from the cronjob is deleted |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.image.registry | string | `nil` | Image registry |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.image.repository | string | `"bitnami/kubectl"` | Image repository |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.image.tag | string | `"1.30.2"` | Image tag Defaults to `latest` if omitted |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.image.pullPolicy | string | `nil` | Image pull policy Defaults to image.pullPolicy if omitted |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.imagePullSecrets | list | `[]` | Image pull secrets |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.schedule | string | `"*/10 * * * *"` | Cronjob schedule |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.threshold | int | `10000` | Reports threshold, if number of reports are above this value the cronjob will start deleting them |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.history | object | `{"failure":1,"success":1}` | Cronjob history |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for the pod |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.securityContext | object | `{"allowPrivilegeEscalation":false,"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"privileged":false,"readOnlyRootFilesystem":true,"runAsNonRoot":true,"seccompProfile":{"type":"RuntimeDefault"}}` | Security context for the containers |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.priorityClassName | string | `""` | Pod PriorityClassName |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.resources | object | `{}` | Job resources |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.tolerations | list | `[]` | List of node taints to tolerate |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.nodeSelector | object | `{}` | Node labels for pod assignment |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Pod Annotations |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podLabels | object | `{}` | Pod labels |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAntiAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod anti affinity constraints. |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod affinity constraints. |
-| cleanupJobs.admissionReports.nodeAffinity | object | `{}` | Node affinity constraints. |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.enabled | bool | `true` | Enable cleanup cronjob |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.backoffLimit | int | `3` | Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3. |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished | string | `""` | Time until the pod from the cronjob is deleted |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.image.registry | string | `nil` | Image registry |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.image.repository | string | `"bitnami/kubectl"` | Image repository |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.image.tag | string | `"1.30.2"` | Image tag Defaults to `latest` if omitted |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.image.pullPolicy | string | `nil` | Image pull policy Defaults to image.pullPolicy if omitted |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.imagePullSecrets | list | `[]` | Image pull secrets |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.schedule | string | `"*/10 * * * *"` | Cronjob schedule |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.threshold | int | `10000` | Reports threshold, if number of reports are above this value the cronjob will start deleting them |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.history | object | `{"failure":1,"success":1}` | Cronjob history |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podSecurityContext | object | `{}` | Security context for the pod |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.securityContext | object | `{"allowPrivilegeEscalation":false,"capabilities":{"drop":["ALL"]},"privileged":false,"readOnlyRootFilesystem":true,"runAsNonRoot":true,"seccompProfile":{"type":"RuntimeDefault"}}` | Security context for the containers |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.priorityClassName | string | `""` | Pod PriorityClassName |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.resources | object | `{}` | Job resources |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.tolerations | list | `[]` | List of node taints to tolerate |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.nodeSelector | object | `{}` | Node labels for pod assignment |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAnnotations | object | `{}` | Pod Annotations |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podLabels | object | `{}` | Pod Labels |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAntiAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod anti affinity constraints. |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod affinity constraints. |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.nodeAffinity | object | `{}` | Node affinity constraints. |
 | cleanupJobs.updateRequests.enabled | bool | `true` | Enable cleanup cronjob |
 | cleanupJobs.updateRequests.backoffLimit | int | `3` | Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3. |
 | cleanupJobs.updateRequests.ttlSecondsAfterFinished | string | `""` | Time until the pod from the cronjob is deleted |
@@ -794,7 +750,7 @@ The chart values are organised per component.
 | cleanupJobs.updateRequests.podAntiAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod anti affinity constraints. |
 | cleanupJobs.updateRequests.podAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod affinity constraints. |
 | cleanupJobs.updateRequests.nodeAffinity | object | `{}` | Node affinity constraints. |
-| cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.enabled | bool | `true` | Enable cleanup cronjob |
+| cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable cleanup cronjob |
 | cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.backoffLimit | int | `3` | Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3. |
 | cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished | string | `""` | Time until the pod from the cronjob is deleted |
 | cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.image.registry | string | `nil` | Image registry |
@@ -816,7 +772,7 @@ The chart values are organised per component.
 | cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.podAntiAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod anti affinity constraints. |
 | cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.podAffinity | object | `{}` | Pod affinity constraints. |
 | cleanupJobs.ephemeralReports.nodeAffinity | object | `{}` | Node affinity constraints. |
-| cleanupJobs.clusterEphemeralReports.enabled | bool | `true` | Enable cleanup cronjob |
+| cleanupJobs.clusterEphemeralReports.enabled | bool | `false` | Enable cleanup cronjob |
 | cleanupJobs.clusterEphemeralReports.backoffLimit | int | `3` | Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3. |
 | cleanupJobs.clusterEphemeralReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished | string | `""` | Time until the pod from the cronjob is deleted |
 | cleanupJobs.clusterEphemeralReports.image.registry | string | `nil` | Image registry |
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/README.md b/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/README.md
index 75ec9d7393..f12f5c62f6 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/README.md
+++ b/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
 | Key | Type | Default | Description |
 |-----|------|---------|-------------|
-| groups.kyverno | object | `{"admissionreports":true,"backgroundscanreports":true,"cleanuppolicies":true,"clusteradmissionreports":true,"clusterbackgroundscanreports":true,"clustercleanuppolicies":true,"clusterpolicies":true,"globalcontextentries":true,"policies":true,"policyexceptions":true,"updaterequests":true}` | This field can be overwritten by setting crds.labels in the parent chart |
+| groups.kyverno | object | `{"cleanuppolicies":true,"clustercleanuppolicies":true,"clusterpolicies":true,"globalcontextentries":true,"policies":true,"policyexceptions":true,"updaterequests":true}` | This field can be overwritten by setting crds.labels in the parent chart |
 | groups.reports | object | `{"clusterephemeralreports":true,"ephemeralreports":true}` | This field can be overwritten by setting crds.labels in the parent chart |
 | groups.wgpolicyk8s | object | `{"clusterpolicyreports":true,"policyreports":true}` | This field can be overwritten by setting crds.labels in the parent chart |
 | annotations | object | `{}` | This field can be overwritten by setting crds.annotations in the parent chart |
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/values.yaml b/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/values.yaml
index 6969f5f797..07cfa8403e 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/charts/crds/values.yaml
@@ -10,11 +10,7 @@ groups:
   # -- Install CRDs in group `kyverno.io`
   # -- This field can be overwritten by setting crds.labels in the parent chart
   kyverno:
-    admissionreports: true
-    backgroundscanreports: true
     cleanuppolicies: true
-    clusteradmissionreports: true
-    clusterbackgroundscanreports: true
     clustercleanuppolicies: true
     clusterpolicies: true
     globalcontextentries: true
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/ci/cleanupJobs-values.yaml b/charts/kyverno/ci/cleanupJobs-values.yaml
index 93c04d945c..6490a11c1d 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/ci/cleanupJobs-values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/ci/cleanupJobs-values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 cleanupJobs:
-  admissionReports:
+  ephemeralReports:
+    enabled: true
     nodeSelector:
       kubernetes.io/os: linux
     podAntiAffinity:
@@ -13,7 +14,8 @@ cleanupJobs:
                   values:
                     - cleanup
             topologyKey: kubernetes.io/hostname
-  clusterAdmissionReports:
+  clusterEphemeralReports:
+    enabled: true
     nodeSelector:
       kubernetes.io/os: linux
     podAntiAffinity:
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/clusterrole.yaml
index 4ea7088614..25f1ade81a 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -62,10 +62,6 @@ rules:
       - updaterequests/status
       - globalcontextentries
       - globalcontextentries/status
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
       - policyexceptions
     verbs:
       - create
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/flowschema.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/flowschema.yaml
index 8bb6f52311..779eeefc43 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/flowschema.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/admission-controller/flowschema.yaml
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ spec:
         - clusterpolicies/status
         - globalcontextentries
         - globalcontextentries/status
-        - clusteradmissionreports
-        - clusterbackgroundscanreports
       verbs:
         - create
         - delete
@@ -72,8 +70,6 @@ spec:
         - policies/status
         - updaterequests
         - updaterequests/status
-        - admissionreports
-        - backgroundscanreports
       verbs:
         - create
         - delete
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-admission-reports.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-admission-reports.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7686d3efb5..0000000000
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-admission-reports.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.enabled -}}
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: {{ template "kyverno.name" . }}-cleanup-admission-reports
-  namespace: {{ template "kyverno.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "kyverno.cleanup.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  schedule: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.schedule | quote }}
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.history.success }}
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.history.failure }}
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.backoffLimit }}
-      {{- if .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished }}
-      ttlSecondsAfterFinished: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished }}
-      {{- end }}
-      template:
-        metadata:
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAnnotations }}
-          annotations:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podLabels }}
-          labels:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: {{ template "kyverno.name" . }}-cleanup-jobs
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podSecurityContext }}
-          securityContext:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.priorityClassName }}
-          priorityClassName: {{ . }}
-          {{- end }}
-          containers:
-          - name: cleanup
-            image: {{ (include "kyverno.image" (dict "globalRegistry" .Values.global.image.registry "image" .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.image)) | quote }}
-            imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.image.pullPolicy }}
-            command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -euo pipefail
-              COUNT=$(kubectl get admissionreports.kyverno.io -A | wc -l)
-              if [ "$COUNT" -gt {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.threshold }} ]; then
-                echo "too many reports found ($COUNT), cleaning up..."
-                kubectl delete admissionreports.kyverno.io -A -l='!audit.kyverno.io/report.aggregate'
-              else
-                echo "($COUNT) reports found, no clean up needed"
-              fi
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.securityContext }}
-            securityContext:
-              {{- toYaml . | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.resources }}
-            resources:
-              {{- toYaml . | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.imagePullSecrets }}
-          imagePullSecrets:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.tolerations | default .Values.global.tolerations}}
-          tolerations:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.nodeSelector | default .Values.global.nodeSelector }}
-          nodeSelector:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- if or .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAntiAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.nodeAffinity }}
-          affinity:
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAntiAffinity }}
-            podAntiAffinity:
-              {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.podAffinity }}
-            podAffinity:
-              {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.nodeAffinity }}
-            nodeAffinity:
-              {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-          {{- end }}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-cluster-admission-reports.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-cluster-admission-reports.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3aed886802..0000000000
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-cluster-admission-reports.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-{{- if .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.enabled -}}
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: {{ template "kyverno.name" . }}-cleanup-cluster-admission-reports
-  namespace: {{ template "kyverno.namespace" . }}
-  labels:
-    {{- include "kyverno.cleanup.labels" . | nindent 4 }}
-spec:
-  schedule: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.schedule | quote }}
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.history.success }}
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.history.failure }}
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.backoffLimit }}
-      {{- if .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished }}
-      ttlSecondsAfterFinished: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.ttlSecondsAfterFinished }}
-      {{- end }}
-      template:
-        metadata:
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAnnotations }}
-          annotations:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podLabels }}
-          labels:
-            {{- toYaml . | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: {{ template "kyverno.name" . }}-cleanup-jobs
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podSecurityContext }}
-          securityContext:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.priorityClassName }}
-          priorityClassName: {{ . }}
-          {{- end }}
-          containers:
-          - name: cleanup
-            image: {{ (include "kyverno.image" (dict "globalRegistry" .Values.global.image.registry "image" .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.image)) | quote }}
-            imagePullPolicy: {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.image.pullPolicy }}
-            command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -euo pipefail
-              COUNT=$(kubectl get clusteradmissionreports.kyverno.io -A | wc -l)
-              if [ "$COUNT" -gt {{ .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.threshold }} ]; then
-                echo "too many reports found ($COUNT), cleaning up..."
-                kubectl delete clusteradmissionreports.kyverno.io -A -l='!audit.kyverno.io/report.aggregate'
-              else
-                echo "($COUNT) reports found, no clean up needed"
-              fi
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.securityContext }}
-            securityContext:
-              {{- toYaml . | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.resources }}
-            resources:
-              {{- toYaml . | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.imagePullSecrets }}
-          imagePullSecrets:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.tolerations | default .Values.global.tolerations}}
-          tolerations:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.nodeSelector | default .Values.global.nodeSelector }}
-          nodeSelector:
-            {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
-          {{- end }}
-          {{- if or .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAntiAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.nodeAffinity }}
-          affinity:
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAntiAffinity }}
-            podAntiAffinity:
-              {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.podAffinity }}
-            podAffinity:
-              {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-            {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.clusterAdmissionReports.nodeAffinity }}
-            nodeAffinity:
-              {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 14 }}
-            {{- end }}
-          {{- end }}
-{{- end -}}
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-update-requests.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-update-requests.yaml
index 51d7ee10a7..9344354fae 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-update-requests.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/cleanup-update-requests.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ spec:
           nodeSelector:
             {{- tpl (toYaml .) $ | nindent 12 }}
           {{- end }}
-          {{- if or .Values.cleanupJobs.updateRequests.podAntiAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.updateRequests.podAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.admissionReports.nodeAffinity }}
+          {{- if or .Values.cleanupJobs.updateRequests.podAntiAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.updateRequests.podAffinity .Values.cleanupJobs.updateRequests.nodeAffinity }}
           affinity:
             {{- with .Values.cleanupJobs.updateRequests.podAntiAffinity }}
             podAntiAffinity:
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/clusterrole.yaml
index b97c50dd2d..094328dbc2 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/cleanup/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups:
       - kyverno.io
     resources:
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
       - updaterequests
     verbs:
       - list
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/rbac/reports.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/rbac/reports.yaml
index e0c4c9d153..89ea5dc4f8 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/rbac/reports.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/rbac/reports.yaml
@@ -6,21 +6,6 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "kyverno.rbac.labels.admin" . | nindent 4 }}
 rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-      - kyverno.io
-    resources:
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
-    verbs:
-      - create
-      - delete
-      - get
-      - list
-      - patch
-      - update
-      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - reports.kyverno.io
     resources:
@@ -42,17 +27,6 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     {{- include "kyverno.rbac.labels.view" . | nindent 4 }}
 rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-      - kyverno.io
-    resources:
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
-    verbs:
-      - get
-      - list
-      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - reports.kyverno.io
     resources:
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/clusterrole.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/clusterrole.yaml
index 45bccb9c2c..b21ac21786 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/clusterrole.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/clusterrole.yaml
@@ -39,10 +39,6 @@ rules:
     resources:
       - globalcontextentries
       - globalcontextentries/status
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
       - policyexceptions
       - policies
       - clusterpolicies
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/flowschema.yaml b/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/flowschema.yaml
index 0f5ab20203..7dbd98a07e 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/flowschema.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/templates/reports-controller/flowschema.yaml
@@ -20,37 +20,6 @@ spec:
         - get
         - list
         - watch
-    - apiGroups:
-        - kyverno.io
-      clusterScope: true
-      resources:
-        - clusteradmissionreports
-        - clusterbackgroundscanreports
-      verbs:
-        - create
-        - delete
-        - get
-        - list
-        - patch
-        - update
-        - watch
-        - deletecollection
-    - apiGroups:
-        - kyverno.io
-      namespaces:
-        - '*'
-      resources:
-        - admissionreports
-        - backgroundscanreports
-      verbs:
-        - create
-        - delete
-        - get
-        - list
-        - patch
-        - update
-        - watch
-        - deletecollection
     - apiGroups:
         - reports.kyverno.io
       clusterScope: true
diff --git a/charts/kyverno/values.yaml b/charts/kyverno/values.yaml
index d824c63abc..0ce6ae34f4 100644
--- a/charts/kyverno/values.yaml
+++ b/charts/kyverno/values.yaml
@@ -687,166 +687,6 @@ features:
 # Cleanup cronjobs to prevent internal resources from stacking up in the cluster
 cleanupJobs:
 
-  admissionReports:
-
-    # -- Enable cleanup cronjob
-    enabled: true
-
-    # -- Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3.
-    backoffLimit: 3
-
-    # -- Time until the pod from the cronjob is deleted
-    ttlSecondsAfterFinished: ""
-
-    image:
-      # -- (string) Image registry
-      registry: ~
-      # -- Image repository
-      repository: bitnami/kubectl
-      # -- Image tag
-      # Defaults to `latest` if omitted
-      tag: '1.30.2'
-      # -- (string) Image pull policy
-      # Defaults to image.pullPolicy if omitted
-      pullPolicy: ~
-
-    # -- Image pull secrets
-    imagePullSecrets: []
-      # - name: secretName
-
-    # -- Cronjob schedule
-    schedule: '*/10 * * * *'
-
-    # -- Reports threshold, if number of reports are above this value the cronjob will start deleting them
-    threshold: 10000
-
-    # -- Cronjob history
-    history:
-      success: 1
-      failure: 1
-
-    # -- Security context for the pod
-    podSecurityContext: {}
-
-    # -- Security context for the containers
-    securityContext:
-      runAsNonRoot: true
-      privileged: false
-      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-      capabilities:
-        drop:
-          - ALL
-      seccompProfile:
-        type: RuntimeDefault
-
-    # -- Pod PriorityClassName
-    priorityClassName: ""
-
-    # -- Job resources
-    resources: {}
-
-    # -- List of node taints to tolerate
-    tolerations: []
-
-    # -- Node labels for pod assignment
-    nodeSelector: {}
-
-    # -- Pod Annotations
-    podAnnotations: {}
-
-    # -- Pod labels
-    podLabels: {}
-
-    # -- Pod anti affinity constraints.
-    podAntiAffinity: {}
-
-    # -- Pod affinity constraints.
-    podAffinity: {}
-
-    # -- Node affinity constraints.
-    nodeAffinity: {}
-
-  clusterAdmissionReports:
-
-    # -- Enable cleanup cronjob
-    enabled: true
-
-    # -- Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3.
-    backoffLimit: 3
-
-    # -- Time until the pod from the cronjob is deleted
-    ttlSecondsAfterFinished: ""
-
-    image:
-      # -- (string) Image registry
-      registry: ~
-      # -- Image repository
-      repository: bitnami/kubectl
-      # -- Image tag
-      # Defaults to `latest` if omitted
-      tag: '1.30.2'
-      # -- (string) Image pull policy
-      # Defaults to image.pullPolicy if omitted
-      pullPolicy: ~
-
-    # -- Image pull secrets
-    imagePullSecrets: []
-      # - name: secretName
-
-    # -- Cronjob schedule
-    schedule: '*/10 * * * *'
-
-    # -- Reports threshold, if number of reports are above this value the cronjob will start deleting them
-    threshold: 10000
-
-    # -- Cronjob history
-    history:
-      success: 1
-      failure: 1
-
-    # -- Security context for the pod
-    podSecurityContext: {}
-
-    # -- Security context for the containers
-    securityContext:
-      runAsNonRoot: true
-      privileged: false
-      allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-      readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-      capabilities:
-        drop:
-          - ALL
-      seccompProfile:
-        type: RuntimeDefault
-
-    # -- Pod PriorityClassName
-    priorityClassName: ""
-
-    # -- Job resources
-    resources: {}
-
-    # -- List of node taints to tolerate
-    tolerations: []
-
-    # -- Node labels for pod assignment
-    nodeSelector: {}
-
-    # -- Pod Annotations
-    podAnnotations: {}
-
-    # -- Pod Labels
-    podLabels: {}
-
-    # -- Pod anti affinity constraints.
-    podAntiAffinity: {}
-
-    # -- Pod affinity constraints.
-    podAffinity: {}
-
-    # -- Node affinity constraints.
-    nodeAffinity: {}
-
   updateRequests:
 
     # -- Enable cleanup cronjob
@@ -930,7 +770,7 @@ cleanupJobs:
   ephemeralReports:
 
     # -- Enable cleanup cronjob
-    enabled: true
+    enabled: false
 
     # -- Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3.
     backoffLimit: 3
@@ -1010,7 +850,7 @@ cleanupJobs:
   clusterEphemeralReports:
 
     # -- Enable cleanup cronjob
-    enabled: true
+    enabled: false
 
     # -- Maximum number of retries before considering a Job as failed. Defaults to 3.
     backoffLimit: 3
diff --git a/config/install-latest-testing.yaml b/config/install-latest-testing.yaml
index c572659c60..52f7c7b82d 100644
--- a/config/install-latest-testing.yaml
+++ b/config/install-latest-testing.yaml
@@ -43008,10 +43008,6 @@ rules:
       - updaterequests/status
       - globalcontextentries
       - globalcontextentries/status
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
       - policyexceptions
     verbs:
       - create
@@ -43326,8 +43322,6 @@ rules:
   - apiGroups:
       - kyverno.io
     resources:
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
       - updaterequests
     verbs:
       - list
@@ -43450,21 +43444,6 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/version: latest
     rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-admin: "true"
 rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-      - kyverno.io
-    resources:
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
-    verbs:
-      - create
-      - delete
-      - get
-      - list
-      - patch
-      - update
-      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - reports.kyverno.io
     resources:
@@ -43490,17 +43469,6 @@ metadata:
     app.kubernetes.io/version: latest
     rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-view: "true"
 rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-      - kyverno.io
-    resources:
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
-    verbs:
-      - get
-      - list
-      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - reports.kyverno.io
     resources:
@@ -43602,10 +43570,6 @@ rules:
     resources:
       - globalcontextentries
       - globalcontextentries/status
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
       - policyexceptions
       - policies
       - clusterpolicies
@@ -44724,206 +44688,6 @@ spec:
 ---
 apiVersion: batch/v1
 kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: kyverno-cleanup-admission-reports
-  namespace: kyverno
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: cleanup
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: latest
-spec:
-  schedule: "*/10 * * * *"
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: 3
-      template:
-        metadata:
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: kyverno-cleanup-jobs
-          containers:
-          - name: cleanup
-            image: "bitnami/kubectl:1.30.2"
-            imagePullPolicy: 
-            command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -euo pipefail
-              COUNT=$(kubectl get admissionreports.kyverno.io -A | wc -l)
-              if [ "$COUNT" -gt 10000 ]; then
-                echo "too many reports found ($COUNT), cleaning up..."
-                kubectl delete admissionreports.kyverno.io -A -l='!audit.kyverno.io/report.aggregate'
-              else
-                echo "($COUNT) reports found, no clean up needed"
-              fi
-            securityContext:
-              allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-              capabilities:
-                drop:
-                - ALL
-              privileged: false
-              readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-              runAsNonRoot: true
-              seccompProfile:
-                type: RuntimeDefault
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
----
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: kyverno-cleanup-cluster-admission-reports
-  namespace: kyverno
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: cleanup
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: latest
-spec:
-  schedule: "*/10 * * * *"
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: 3
-      template:
-        metadata:
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: kyverno-cleanup-jobs
-          containers:
-          - name: cleanup
-            image: "bitnami/kubectl:1.30.2"
-            imagePullPolicy: 
-            command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -euo pipefail
-              COUNT=$(kubectl get clusteradmissionreports.kyverno.io -A | wc -l)
-              if [ "$COUNT" -gt 10000 ]; then
-                echo "too many reports found ($COUNT), cleaning up..."
-                kubectl delete clusteradmissionreports.kyverno.io -A -l='!audit.kyverno.io/report.aggregate'
-              else
-                echo "($COUNT) reports found, no clean up needed"
-              fi
-            securityContext:
-              allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-              capabilities:
-                drop:
-                - ALL
-              privileged: false
-              readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-              runAsNonRoot: true
-              seccompProfile:
-                type: RuntimeDefault
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
----
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: kyverno-cleanup-cluster-ephemeral-reports
-  namespace: kyverno
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: cleanup
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: latest
-spec:
-  schedule: "*/10 * * * *"
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: 3
-      template:
-        metadata:
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: kyverno-cleanup-jobs
-          containers:
-          - name: cleanup
-            image: "bitnami/kubectl:1.30.2"
-            imagePullPolicy: 
-            command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -euo pipefail
-              COUNT=$(kubectl get clusterephemeralreports.reports.kyverno.io -A | wc -l)
-              if [ "$COUNT" -gt 10000 ]; then
-                echo "too many clusterephemeralreports found ($COUNT), cleaning up..."
-                kubectl delete clusterephemeralreports.reports.kyverno.io -A --all
-              else
-                echo "($COUNT) reports found, no clean up needed"
-              fi
-            securityContext:
-              allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-              capabilities:
-                drop:
-                - ALL
-              privileged: false
-              readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-              runAsNonRoot: true
-              seccompProfile:
-                type: RuntimeDefault
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
----
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
-metadata:
-  name: kyverno-cleanup-ephemeral-reports
-  namespace: kyverno
-  labels:
-    app.kubernetes.io/component: cleanup
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/part-of: kyverno
-    app.kubernetes.io/version: latest
-spec:
-  schedule: "*/10 * * * *"
-  concurrencyPolicy: Forbid
-  successfulJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  failedJobsHistoryLimit: 1
-  jobTemplate:
-    spec:
-      backoffLimit: 3
-      template:
-        metadata:
-        spec:
-          serviceAccountName: kyverno-cleanup-jobs
-          containers:
-          - name: cleanup
-            image: "bitnami/kubectl:1.30.2"
-            imagePullPolicy: 
-            command:
-            - /bin/bash
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -euo pipefail
-              COUNT=$(kubectl get ephemeralreports.reports.kyverno.io -A | wc -l)
-              if [ "$COUNT" -gt 10000 ]; then
-                echo "too many ephemeralreports found ($COUNT), cleaning up..."
-                kubectl delete ephemeralreports.reports.kyverno.io -A --all
-              else
-                echo "($COUNT) reports found, no clean up needed"
-              fi
-            securityContext:
-              allowPrivilegeEscalation: false
-              capabilities:
-                drop:
-                - ALL
-              privileged: false
-              readOnlyRootFilesystem: true
-              runAsNonRoot: true
-              seccompProfile:
-                type: RuntimeDefault
-          restartPolicy: OnFailure
----
-apiVersion: batch/v1
-kind: CronJob
 metadata:
   name: kyverno-cleanup-update-requests
   namespace: kyverno
diff --git a/test/conformance/chainsaw/generate/clusterpolicy/cornercases/cpol-data-trigger-not-present/rbac.yaml b/test/conformance/chainsaw/generate/clusterpolicy/cornercases/cpol-data-trigger-not-present/rbac.yaml
index 92dd88b39d..759e6c41ae 100644
--- a/test/conformance/chainsaw/generate/clusterpolicy/cornercases/cpol-data-trigger-not-present/rbac.yaml
+++ b/test/conformance/chainsaw/generate/clusterpolicy/cornercases/cpol-data-trigger-not-present/rbac.yaml
@@ -364,21 +364,6 @@ rules:
   - patch
   - update
   - watch
-- apiGroups:
-  - kyverno.io
-  resources:
-  - admissionreports
-  - clusteradmissionreports
-  - backgroundscanreports
-  - clusterbackgroundscanreports
-  verbs:
-  - create
-  - delete
-  - get
-  - list
-  - patch
-  - update
-  - watch
 - apiGroups:
   - reports.kyverno.io
   resources:
diff --git a/test/conformance/chainsaw/rbac/aggregate-to-admin/admin-reports.yaml b/test/conformance/chainsaw/rbac/aggregate-to-admin/admin-reports.yaml
index fd30b4e4f8..873fd8ae8e 100644
--- a/test/conformance/chainsaw/rbac/aggregate-to-admin/admin-reports.yaml
+++ b/test/conformance/chainsaw/rbac/aggregate-to-admin/admin-reports.yaml
@@ -5,21 +5,6 @@ metadata:
   labels:
     rbac.authorization.k8s.io/aggregate-to-admin: "true"
 rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-      - kyverno.io
-    resources:
-      - admissionreports
-      - clusteradmissionreports
-      - backgroundscanreports
-      - clusterbackgroundscanreports
-    verbs:
-      - create
-      - delete
-      - get
-      - list
-      - patch
-      - update
-      - watch
   - apiGroups:
       - reports.kyverno.io
     resources: