diff --git a/.github/kustomize/kured-dev.yaml b/.github/kustomize/kured-dev.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index daa9427..0000000
--- a/.github/kustomize/kured-dev.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: DaemonSet
-metadata:
-  name: kured
-  namespace: kube-system
-spec:
-  template:
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - name: kured
-        image: docker.io/weaveworks/kured
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        command:
-        - /usr/bin/kured
-        - --period=1m
diff --git a/.github/kustomize/kustomization.yaml b/.github/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index fdcdd8c..0000000
--- a/.github/kustomize/kustomization.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-resources:
-  - kured-ds.yaml
-  - kured-rbac.yaml
-patchesStrategicMerge:
-  - kured-dev.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/kustomize-test.yml b/.github/workflows/manifests-tests.yml
similarity index 68%
rename from .github/workflows/kustomize-test.yml
rename to .github/workflows/manifests-tests.yml
index 72144e8..dd808aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kustomize-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manifests-tests.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-#This tests if our kustomize manifests still work with an update
-#of kustomize or with an update of our manifests (keeping the image
-# the same).
+#This:
+#- Periodically ensures our latest releases manifest deploy correctly
+#- Ensures that a PR changing any of the manifests (later used for
+#  producing a release) will not break a deployment of an existing release
+#  (so we can assume it will not break a new release either)
 
-name: Kustomize deploy
+name: Manifest deploy
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 0 1 * *'
 
 jobs:
-  deploy-with-kustomize:
+  use-manifests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -26,14 +28,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create a default kind cluster
         uses: helm/kind-action@master
 
-      # Kustomize won't work with symlinks to resources outside its folder
       # kind-action already installed kind and kubectl.
-      - name: Deploy with kubectl using kustomization
+      # Hard code DH_ORG weaveworks so that all forks point to latest image
+      # from weaveworks.
+      - name: Deploy with kubectl
         run: |
-          cp kured-{ds,rbac}.yaml .github/kustomize/
           VERSION=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/weaveworks/kured/releases | jq -r .[0].tag_name)
-          sed -i "s#docker.io/weaveworks/kured#docker.io/weaveworks/kured:$VERSION#g" .github/kustomize/kured-dev.yaml
-          kubectl apply -k .github/kustomize/
+          make DH_ORG=weaveworks VERSION=$VERSION manifest
+          kubectl apply -f kured-{rbac,ds}.yaml
 
       - name: Show kured is deploying
         run: |