diff --git a/report/marshal_test.go b/report/marshal_test.go
index 5fb2381ec..b1792303c 100644
--- a/report/marshal_test.go
+++ b/report/marshal_test.go
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ func makeTestReport() report.Report {
 	r.Endpoint.AddNode(report.MakeNode(";172.20.1.168;41582").
 		WithTopology("endpoint").
 		WithSet("snooped_dns_names", report.MakeStringSet("ip-172-20-1-168.ec2.internal")).
-		WithControls("docker_remove_container").
 		WithLatestActiveControls("docker_pause_container").
 		WithLatest("addr", t1, "127.0.0.1"),
 	)
@@ -57,7 +56,6 @@ func makeTestReport() report.Report {
 	r.Pod.WithShape("heptagon").WithLabel("pod", "pods").
 		AddNode(report.MakeNode("fceef9592ec3cf1a8e1d178fdd0de41a;<pod>").
 			WithTopology("pod").
-			WithControls("kubernetes_delete_pod").
 			WithLatestControls(map[string]report.NodeControlData{"kubernetes_get_logs": {Dead: true}}).
 			WithLatest("host_node_id", t1, "ip-172-20-1-168;<host>"))
 	r.Overlay.WithMetadataTemplates(report.MetadataTemplates{
diff --git a/report/node.go b/report/node.go
index 3a11b6027..3b68f43a4 100644
--- a/report/node.go
+++ b/report/node.go
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ type Node struct {
 	Counters       Counters                 `json:"counters,omitempty"`
 	Sets           Sets                     `json:"sets,omitempty"`
 	Adjacency      IDList                   `json:"adjacency,omitempty"`
-	Controls       NodeControls             `json:"controls,omitempty"`
 	LatestControls NodeControlDataLatestMap `json:"latestControls,omitempty"`
 	Latest         StringLatestMap          `json:"latest,omitempty"`
 	Metrics        Metrics                  `json:"metrics,omitempty" deepequal:"nil==empty"`
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ func MakeNode(id string) Node {
 		Counters:       MakeCounters(),
 		Sets:           MakeSets(),
 		Adjacency:      MakeIDList(),
-		Controls:       MakeNodeControls(),
 		LatestControls: MakeNodeControlDataLatestMap(),
 		Latest:         MakeStringLatestMap(),
 		Metrics:        Metrics{},
@@ -120,12 +118,6 @@ func (n Node) WithAdjacent(a ...string) Node {
 	return n
 }
 
-// WithControls returns a fresh copy of n, with cs added to Controls.
-func (n Node) WithControls(cs ...string) Node {
-	n.Controls = n.Controls.Add(cs...)
-	return n
-}
-
 // WithLatestActiveControls returns a fresh copy of n, with active controls cs added to LatestControls.
 func (n Node) WithLatestActiveControls(cs ...string) Node {
 	lcs := map[string]NodeControlData{}
@@ -199,7 +191,6 @@ func (n Node) Merge(other Node) Node {
 		Counters:       n.Counters.Merge(other.Counters),
 		Sets:           n.Sets.Merge(other.Sets),
 		Adjacency:      n.Adjacency.Merge(other.Adjacency),
-		Controls:       n.Controls.Merge(other.Controls),
 		LatestControls: n.LatestControls.Merge(other.LatestControls),
 		Latest:         n.Latest.Merge(other.Latest),
 		Metrics:        n.Metrics.Merge(other.Metrics),
diff --git a/report/report.go b/report/report.go
index 5c065d186..0694e7e34 100644
--- a/report/report.go
+++ b/report/report.go
@@ -419,43 +419,8 @@ func (r Report) Validate() error {
 
 // Upgrade returns a new report based on a report received from the old probe.
 //
-// This for now creates node's LatestControls from Controls.
 func (r Report) Upgrade() Report {
-	return r.upgradeLatestControls().upgradePodNodes().upgradeNamespaces().upgradeDNSRecords()
-}
-
-func (r Report) upgradeLatestControls() Report {
-	needUpgrade := false
-	r.WalkTopologies(func(topology *Topology) {
-		for _, node := range topology.Nodes {
-			if node.LatestControls.Size() == 0 && len(node.Controls.Controls) > 0 {
-				needUpgrade = true
-			}
-		}
-	})
-
-	if !needUpgrade {
-		return r
-	}
-
-	cp := r.Copy()
-	ncd := NodeControlData{
-		Dead: false,
-	}
-	cp.WalkTopologies(func(topology *Topology) {
-		n := Nodes{}
-		for name, node := range topology.Nodes {
-			if node.LatestControls.Size() == 0 && len(node.Controls.Controls) > 0 {
-				for _, control := range node.Controls.Controls {
-					node.LatestControls = node.LatestControls.Set(control, node.Controls.Timestamp, ncd)
-				}
-			}
-			n[name] = node
-		}
-		topology.Nodes = n
-	})
-
-	return cp
+	return r.upgradePodNodes().upgradeNamespaces().upgradeDNSRecords()
 }
 
 func (r Report) upgradePodNodes() Report {
diff --git a/report/report_test.go b/report/report_test.go
index b701a8ef5..6ecbc1c8d 100644
--- a/report/report_test.go
+++ b/report/report_test.go
@@ -82,14 +82,8 @@ func TestReportUpgrade(t *testing.T) {
 	namespaceID := report.MakeNamespaceNodeID(namespaceName)
 	podNode := report.MakeNode("foo").
 		WithLatests(map[string]string{report.KubernetesNamespace: namespaceName}).
-		WithControls("alive").
 		WithParents(report.MakeSets().Add(report.ReplicaSet, report.MakeStringSet("bar")))
-	controls := map[string]report.NodeControlData{
-		"alive": {
-			Dead: false,
-		},
-	}
-	expectedPodNode := podNode.PruneParents().WithParents(parentsWithDeployment).WithLatestControls(controls)
+	expectedPodNode := podNode.PruneParents().WithParents(parentsWithDeployment)
 	rpt := report.MakeReport()
 	rpt.ReplicaSet.AddNode(rsNode)
 	rpt.Pod.AddNode(podNode)