diff --git a/baseimage/createImage b/baseimage/createImage
index 6e84571dc..4305ebfd7 100755
--- a/baseimage/createImage
+++ b/baseimage/createImage
@@ -150,12 +150,6 @@ if ! $ssh22 "root@${server_ip}" "/bin/bash /root/initializeBaseUbuntuImage.sh ${
     exit 1
 fi
 
-echo "Copy over certs"
-cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/../../secrets"
-blackbox_cat installer/server.crt.gpg | $ssh202 "root@${server_ip}" "cat - > /home/yellowtent/installer/src/certs/server.crt"
-blackbox_cat installer/server.key.gpg | $ssh202 "root@${server_ip}" "cat - > /home/yellowtent/installer/src/certs/server.key"
-blackbox_cat installer_ca/ca.crt.gpg  | $ssh202 "root@${server_ip}" "cat - > /home/yellowtent/installer/src/certs/ca.crt"
-
 echo "Shutting down server with id : ${server_id}"
 $ssh202 "root@${server_ip}" "shutdown -f now" || true # shutdown sometimes terminates ssh connection immediately making this command fail
 
diff --git a/installer/src/test/certs/ca.crt b/installer/src/test/certs/ca.crt
deleted file mode 100644
index e053e9bef..000000000
--- a/installer/src/test/certs/ca.crt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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-9I10o6FVU7vcFkQ=
------END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/installer/src/test/certs/server.crt b/installer/src/test/certs/server.crt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7480dde1a..000000000
--- a/installer/src/test/certs/server.crt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
-MIIDMDCCAhgCCQCDr1HQJBr1izANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsFADBaMQswCQYDVQQGEwJV
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-QfOgAw==
------END CERTIFICATE-----
diff --git a/installer/src/test/certs/server.key b/installer/src/test/certs/server.key
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a732c4d3..000000000
--- a/installer/src/test/certs/server.key
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
------BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
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------END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----