diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/deployment.yaml
index 805397dc..8ea3a6a6 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/deployment.yaml
@@ -30,126 +30,6 @@ spec:
           operator: Equal
           value: pinned
           effect: NoSchedule
-      initContainers:
-        # Stage the HAOS backup tarball into /config/backups/ and write
-        # /config/.HA_RESTORE so HA Core's native backup_restore.py performs
-        # the restore on its own startup. We don't extract anything here —
-        # HA decrypts + restores during its boot, then writes
-        # /config/.HA_RESTORE_RESULT (the trusted-proxies sidecar waits
-        # for that signal).
-        #
-        # Lives in the app pod (not a separate Job) so the RWO Ceph-RBD
-        # PVC is shared via the same kubelet mount — Multi-Attach is
-        # impossible by construction. Necessary now that production may
-        # have several edge nodes; the prior seed Job + manual `zone:edge`
-        # mirror only worked while there was a single edge node guaranteeing
-        # co-location with the app pod.
-        #
-        # Idempotency sentinel under /config/backups/ (the only dir HA's
-        # restore preserves), with a name HA will never write itself — so
-        # we can't be fooled by a partial-restore-then-default-config
-        # write of /config/configuration.yaml.
-        - name: seed
-          image: alpine:3.21
-          command:
-            - sh
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -eu
-              SENTINEL=/config/backups/.k8s-seed-applied
-              if [ -f "$SENTINEL" ]; then
-                echo "Sentinel $SENTINEL present — seed already applied."
-                exit 0
-              fi
-              apk add --no-cache aws-cli jq ca-certificates >/dev/null
-              export HOME=/tmp AWS_ENDPOINT_URL="$S3_ENDPOINT" AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=garage
-              mkdir -p "$HOME/.aws"
-              printf '[default]\ns3 =\n    addressing_style = path\n' > "$HOME/.aws/config"
-
-              # NB: list with $S3_PREFIX (no trailing slash). The HACS
-              # `s3_compatible` uploader on legacy HA writes newer backups
-              # as `home-assistantAutomatic_backup_…tar` — concatenated
-              # prefix+filename without a `/` separator (older uploads
-              # had the slash, e.g. `home-assistant/Automatic_backup_…`).
-              # A `home-assistant/` filter would only see the older
-              # uploads; a `home-assistant` filter sees both. No other
-              # objects in this bucket start with `home-assistant`, so
-              # the looser prefix doesn't introduce false matches.
-              echo "Waiting for HAOS backup under s3://$S3_BUCKET/$S3_PREFIX* ..."
-              BACKUP_KEY=""
-              for i in $(seq 1 1080); do
-                BACKUP_KEY=$(aws s3api list-objects-v2 \
-                  --bucket "$S3_BUCKET" --prefix "$S3_PREFIX" --output json 2>/dev/null \
-                  | jq -r '
-                      (.Contents // [])
-                      | map(select(.Key | endswith(".tar")))
-                      | sort_by(.LastModified)
-                      | (last // {}).Key // ""
-                    ')
-                if [ -n "$BACKUP_KEY" ]; then
-                  echo "Newest backup: $BACKUP_KEY"
-                  break
-                fi
-                echo "  none yet ($i/1080) — sleeping 10s"; sleep 10
-                if [ "$i" = "1080" ]; then
-                  echo "ERROR: no backup appeared after 3 hours"; exit 1
-                fi
-              done
-
-              mkdir -p /config/backups
-              BACKUP_FILE="/config/backups/$(basename "$BACKUP_KEY")"
-
-              if [ -f "$BACKUP_FILE" ]; then
-                echo "Backup already staged at $BACKUP_FILE (re-run); skipping download."
-              else
-                echo "Streaming backup → $BACKUP_FILE ..."
-                aws s3 cp "s3://$S3_BUCKET/$BACKUP_KEY" "$BACKUP_FILE"
-              fi
-
-              if [ -z "${HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD:-}" ] || [ "${HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD}" = "REPLACE_ME_WITH_HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD" ]; then
-                echo "ERROR: HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD not set or still the placeholder."
-                exit 1
-              fi
-
-              echo "Writing /config/.HA_RESTORE manifest ..."
-              # Schema per homeassistant/backup_restore.py:
-              #   path, password, remove_after_restore, restore_database, restore_homeassistant
-              jq -n \
-                --arg path "$BACKUP_FILE" \
-                --arg pw "$HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD" \
-                '{path: $path, password: $pw, remove_after_restore: false, restore_database: true, restore_homeassistant: true}' \
-                > /config/.HA_RESTORE
-
-              chmod 600 /config/.HA_RESTORE
-
-              touch "$SENTINEL"
-              echo "Done. HA will perform the restore on next startup."
-              ls -la /config
-          env:
-            - name: S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: "https://s3.nas-1.renner.uno"
-            - name: S3_BUCKET
-              value: "k8s-migration"
-            - name: S3_PREFIX
-              value: "home-assistant"
-            - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: garage-migration-creds
-                  key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-            - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: garage-migration-creds
-                  key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-            - name: HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: home-assistant-backup-password
-                  key: backup-password
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: config
-              mountPath: /config
       containers:
         - name: home-assistant
           image: ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:2026.6.4 # {"$imagepolicy": "flux-system:home-assistant"}
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/garage-migration-creds.sops.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/garage-migration-creds.sops.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 986744b7..00000000
--- a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/garage-migration-creds.sops.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:UCE=,iv:Sb1RKkCPMn9/JGwweTfU+K7vTuPyiHIwRkpFeM3Nmic=,tag:qWr9HyEsVS/Oncm+sppEGw==,type:str]
-kind: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:h4LllnCZ,iv:sjf5XV2OD6wlvnlPLGYrfPMllXE6ORB4t/Gw9s/jDGI=,tag:n0ieyCsjp/F4zRU2IuH2dQ==,type:str]
-metadata:
-    name: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:I1tg5Yg8ei78x5T3kzcMlTnyxCNkuw==,iv:IgTYTERWRBmMIHOGGOvwLrf0abSmbnAfKTZQFaLOxeI=,tag:okjjWlCTGIx4f7gibToZkA==,type:str]
-    namespace: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:6yrtXH8FLSEJhoFQ05M=,iv:XldOjworGBXl6tAN3feodVEDNyf5Cq7dvHWmqlbO4jE=,tag:Mmn+7YJ1czynDAk0rA3G/Q==,type:str]
-type: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:FcD8FKHj,iv:k8y8EspY59lA3dfc2EaP0RKwFoSn48rxUqcKuRnQkNU=,tag:5o/7y5OpOeH6aSN/qyXt2w==,type:str]
-stringData:
-    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:AXrSeWOVcf8Ejejq9TlQQF/SIUcWyRG1lkw=,iv:Ts1ACdmZdU6lmSHwo+o50gI50Nr5FzF3Qav2PH99rBQ=,tag:/Mgfme9+qlSLQTFohSasFQ==,type:str]
-    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:kVpzs+fJCNap6BX2xeYCb09Tz5BpOwl+FJ+rdQobqmOXr9WKcXTqVoxqTmEztl70VwnCCprMFYLonemrPc+HKw==,iv:4Zs+OfjcWVJbebgXk4C9HNa0bsw5ouSWgQRhxjA9WaM=,tag:MNivqJSBeaIv7GFxmXsbkA==,type:str]
-sops:
-    age:
-        - recipient: age1yqjvqkwwwxdj7mr546zfs5ckzuwndp69ya2n2drd4vypwns8w4ys04qfy3
-          enc: |
-            -----BEGIN AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-            YWdlLWVuY3J5cHRpb24ub3JnL3YxCi0+IFgyNTUxOSBqMGQ5K2h3ZnlScmVsR1Bo
-            ODA4UVNhYnkrNzk0K1NwMHZMQWoyUkcyZVJJCkRnTDNLb1hZWVE0R2Fza1pTZFZ6
-            VGRtTXdYc1VOQnFVSUJnamlDTitrZEkKLS0tIGtvbXU4ekpjZ1RWaW1FamxXOG9a
-            emdyVmtwZ2Y3aUsvcHg1R0trbTQ4SGMKSbNFTTUX13cepErkmF2J+VqbM6cKFFjj
-            vWLJeShGziD9TSuzCvFoiGKhLv15FF2bDaI5YakFDdvB1jC6n5rCxA==
-            -----END AGE ENCRYPTED FILE-----
-    lastmodified: "2026-04-24T16:13:25Z"
-    mac: ENC[AES256_GCM,data:1vH6n6wzkoEbGGJlmB9kFi5XaViQHhNlNCx3srkql7DsF3PCrajd/eO5Y+vBkO8LBoTgh4cH53lThhQqpPEkOX1Ek/nz17aTg0YN4ocDOn/K224Ck9bisl6Uz3GzyEuOrPidVzNoKwmWR4Xc33glUN4DH0TRN4HKSIvAh/v/pgo=,iv:R+bu2j/SWaks0n0sFjtzX6DLSy9Sf8o5CtBXfxMBdtk=,tag:TeOBTzjB+5uS29i0SeNzhw==,type:str]
-    unencrypted_suffix: _unencrypted
-    version: 3.10.2
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml
index dc7bc0de..9f2f2e1c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/home-assistant/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
 kind: Kustomization
 resources:
-  - garage-migration-creds.sops.yaml
   - backup-password.sops.yaml
   - pvcs.yaml
   - deployment.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/deployment.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/deployment.yaml
index f36a3ca7..d30c8e01 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/deployment.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/deployment.yaml
@@ -36,119 +36,6 @@ spec:
           operator: Equal
           value: pinned
           effect: NoSchedule
-      initContainers:
-        # One-shot import of matter-server controller state from the HAOS
-        # supervisor backup that's already in s3://k8s-migration/home-
-        # assistant/ for HA Core's restore. Same shape as HA's `seed`
-        # init: sentinel-guarded idempotency, stream-from-S3, alpine +
-        # apk for tooling. The addon archive (`core_matter_server.tar.gz`)
-        # is HA-securetar-encrypted; haos-import-script ConfigMap carries
-        # the small Python helper that the apk-installed alpine doesn't
-        # have a dedicated CLI for.
-        - name: seed
-          image: alpine:3.21
-          command:
-            - sh
-            - -c
-            - |
-              set -eu
-              SENTINEL=/data/.haos-import-applied
-              if [ -f "$SENTINEL" ]; then
-                echo "Sentinel $SENTINEL present — already imported."
-                exit 0
-              fi
-
-              apk add --no-cache aws-cli jq ca-certificates py3-pip tar coreutils >/dev/null
-              pip install --break-system-packages --quiet securetar
-
-              export HOME=/tmp AWS_ENDPOINT_URL="$S3_ENDPOINT" AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=garage
-              mkdir -p "$HOME/.aws"
-              printf '[default]\ns3 =\n    addressing_style = path\n' > "$HOME/.aws/config"
-
-              echo "Looking for HAOS backup under s3://$S3_BUCKET/$S3_PREFIX/ ..."
-              BACKUP_KEY=$(aws s3api list-objects-v2 \
-                --bucket "$S3_BUCKET" --prefix "$S3_PREFIX/" --output json 2>/dev/null \
-                | jq -r '
-                    (.Contents // [])
-                    | map(select(.Key | endswith(".tar")))
-                    | sort_by(.LastModified)
-                    | (last // {}).Key // ""
-                  ')
-              if [ -z "$BACKUP_KEY" ]; then
-                echo "ERROR: no backup found under s3://$S3_BUCKET/$S3_PREFIX/"
-                exit 1
-              fi
-              echo "Newest backup: $BACKUP_KEY"
-
-              # The outer backup tar isn't encrypted — pull just the
-              # 4.5 MB matter addon archive out of the S3 stream rather
-              # than staging the full 1 GB tar to disk.
-              mkdir -p /tmp/work
-              echo "Streaming core_matter_server.tar.gz out of the backup ..."
-              aws s3 cp "s3://$S3_BUCKET/$BACKUP_KEY" - \
-                | tar -xO core_matter_server.tar.gz > /tmp/work/core_matter_server.tar.gz
-              ls -la /tmp/work/
-
-              # The addon archive is securetar-encrypted; decrypt via the
-              # mounted helper.
-              mkdir -p /tmp/work/extracted
-              python3 /scripts/import.py \
-                /tmp/work/core_matter_server.tar.gz \
-                /tmp/work/extracted \
-                "$HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD"
-              echo "Extracted addon archive contents:"
-              ls -la /tmp/work/extracted
-
-              # HAOS addon backups put the addon's persistent /data
-              # contents under a `data/` subdirectory; locate it via the
-              # canonical filename rather than assuming a fixed layout.
-              SRC=$(find /tmp/work/extracted -name chip.json -type f -print -quit)
-              if [ -z "$SRC" ]; then
-                echo "ERROR: chip.json not found in extracted addon archive"
-                find /tmp/work/extracted -maxdepth 3 -type f
-                exit 1
-              fi
-              SRC_DIR=$(dirname "$SRC")
-              echo "Found addon /data at: $SRC_DIR"
-
-              # Replace the freshly-initialised /data with the imported
-              # state. The new pod's first boot wrote a baseline
-              # chip.json + empty fabric file; they must be overwritten
-              # so the imported fabric and security counters take effect.
-              cp -aT "$SRC_DIR" /data
-              echo "Files in /data after import:"
-              ls -la /data
-
-              touch "$SENTINEL"
-              echo "Done. Sentinel $SENTINEL written."
-          env:
-            - name: S3_ENDPOINT
-              value: "https://s3.nas-1.renner.uno"
-            - name: S3_BUCKET
-              value: "k8s-migration"
-            - name: S3_PREFIX
-              value: "home-assistant"
-            - name: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: garage-migration-creds
-                  key: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-            - name: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: garage-migration-creds
-                  key: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-            - name: HA_BACKUP_PASSWORD
-              valueFrom:
-                secretKeyRef:
-                  name: home-assistant-backup-password
-                  key: backup-password
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: data
-              mountPath: /data
-            - name: import-script
-              mountPath: /scripts
-              readOnly: true
       containers:
         - name: matter-server
           # Use the HAOS-published image from `ghcr.io/matter-js/...`,
@@ -193,6 +80,3 @@ spec:
         - name: data
           persistentVolumeClaim:
             claimName: matter-server-data
-        - name: import-script
-          configMap:
-            name: matter-server-haos-import-script
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/haos-import-script.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/haos-import-script.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8665fd7e..00000000
--- a/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/haos-import-script.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
----
-# Decryption helper for the HAOS supervisor-backup matter-server addon
-# archive. The outer backup tar is plain — `tar -xO` can pull
-# `core_matter_server.tar.gz` straight out of an S3 stream — but each
-# inner addon archive is HA's securetar format (magic bytes
-# `SecureTar\x03`), which only the `securetar` Python lib can decrypt.
-# Mounted into the matter-server seed init container and invoked once,
-# guarded by the sentinel at /data/.haos-import-applied.
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ConfigMap
-metadata:
-  name: matter-server-haos-import-script
-  namespace: home-assistant
-data:
-  import.py: |
-    """Decrypt a securetar-encrypted addon archive and extract it."""
-    import sys
-    from pathlib import Path
-
-    from securetar import SecureTarFile
-
-    src = Path(sys.argv[1])
-    dst = Path(sys.argv[2])
-    password = sys.argv[3]
-
-    dst.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
-    with SecureTarFile(src, password=password, gzip=True) as tar:
-        tar.extractall(dst)
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/kustomization.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/kustomization.yaml
index 29fd390d..05b00050 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/matter-server/kustomization.yaml
@@ -6,4 +6,3 @@ resources:
   - deployment.yaml
   - service.yaml
   - network-attachment.yaml
-  - haos-import-script.yaml
diff --git a/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml b/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml
index 903a90b2..39044671 100644
--- a/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/clusters/homelab/home-assistant.yaml
@@ -76,10 +76,6 @@ spec:
     - name: infrastructure
     - name: infrastructure-crds
     - name: infrastructure-ceph-cluster
-    # The seed initContainer mounts `garage-migration-creds`, which is owned
-    # by the home-assistant Kustomization. Without this dependency the init
-    # container CreateContainerConfigError-loops until HA's KS lands first.
-    - name: home-assistant
 ---
 apiVersion: kustomize.toolkit.fluxcd.io/v1
 kind: Kustomization