diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
index 0120705d6af..5509788f09d 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/policy.go
@@ -428,16 +428,6 @@ func ClusterRoles() []rbacv1.ClusterRole {
 				eventsRule(),
 			},
 		},
-		{
-			// a role for the csi external attacher
-			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:csi-external-attacher"},
-			Rules: []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch", "update", "patch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("persistentvolumes").RuleOrDie(),
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch", "update", "patch").Groups(storageGroup).Resources("volumeattachments").RuleOrDie(),
-				rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("events").RuleOrDie(),
-			},
-		},
 		{
 			// a role making the csrapprover controller approve a node client CSR
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:certificates.k8s.io:certificatesigningrequests:nodeclient"},
@@ -510,22 +500,6 @@ func ClusterRoles() []rbacv1.ClusterRole {
 		Rules:      kubeSchedulerRules,
 	})
 
-	externalProvisionerRules := []rbacv1.PolicyRule{
-		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("create", "delete", "get", "list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("persistentvolumes").RuleOrDie(),
-		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch", "update", "patch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("persistentvolumeclaims").RuleOrDie(),
-		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("list", "watch").Groups(storageGroup).Resources("storageclasses").RuleOrDie(),
-		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch", "create", "update", "patch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("events").RuleOrDie(),
-		rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "list", "watch").Groups(legacyGroup).Resources("nodes").RuleOrDie(),
-	}
-	if utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate.Enabled(features.CSINodeInfo) {
-		externalProvisionerRules = append(externalProvisionerRules, rbacv1helpers.NewRule("get", "watch", "list").Groups("storage.k8s.io").Resources("csinodes").RuleOrDie())
-	}
-	roles = append(roles, rbacv1.ClusterRole{
-		// a role for the csi external provisioner
-		ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "system:csi-external-provisioner"},
-		Rules:      externalProvisionerRules,
-	})
-
 	addClusterRoleLabel(roles)
 	return roles
 }
diff --git a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
index a9a6ccf9e12..e276d15717b 100644
--- a/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
+++ b/plugin/pkg/auth/authorizer/rbac/bootstrappolicy/testdata/cluster-roles.yaml
@@ -419,119 +419,6 @@ items:
     - certificatesigningrequests/selfnodeclient
     verbs:
     - create
-- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  metadata:
-    annotations:
-      rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate: "true"
-    creationTimestamp: null
-    labels:
-      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
-    name: system:csi-external-attacher
-  rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-    - ""
-    resources:
-    - persistentvolumes
-    verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - patch
-    - update
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - ""
-    resources:
-    - nodes
-    verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - storage.k8s.io
-    resources:
-    - volumeattachments
-    verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - patch
-    - update
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - ""
-    resources:
-    - events
-    verbs:
-    - create
-    - get
-    - list
-    - patch
-    - update
-    - watch
-- apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
-  kind: ClusterRole
-  metadata:
-    annotations:
-      rbac.authorization.kubernetes.io/autoupdate: "true"
-    creationTimestamp: null
-    labels:
-      kubernetes.io/bootstrapping: rbac-defaults
-    name: system:csi-external-provisioner
-  rules:
-  - apiGroups:
-    - ""
-    resources:
-    - persistentvolumes
-    verbs:
-    - create
-    - delete
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - ""
-    resources:
-    - persistentvolumeclaims
-    verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - patch
-    - update
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - storage.k8s.io
-    resources:
-    - storageclasses
-    verbs:
-    - list
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - ""
-    resources:
-    - events
-    verbs:
-    - create
-    - get
-    - list
-    - patch
-    - update
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - ""
-    resources:
-    - nodes
-    verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
-  - apiGroups:
-    - storage.k8s.io
-    resources:
-    - csinodes
-    verbs:
-    - get
-    - list
-    - watch
 - apiVersion: rbac.authorization.k8s.io/v1
   kind: ClusterRole
   metadata: