diff --git a/cli/cmd/install.go b/cli/cmd/install.go
index e17b1258b..509538d61 100644
--- a/cli/cmd/install.go
+++ b/cli/cmd/install.go
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/config"
 	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/telemetry"
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/logger"
 )
 
 var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -12,13 +11,13 @@ var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Short: "Installs mizu components",
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		go telemetry.ReportRun("install", nil)
-		runMizuInstall()
-		return nil
-	},
-	PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if config.Config.IsNsRestrictedMode() {
-			return fmt.Errorf("install is not supported in restricted namespace mode")
-		}
+		logger.Log.Infof("This command has been deprecated, please use helm as described below.\n\n")
+
+		logger.Log.Infof("To install stable build of Mizu on your cluster using helm, run the following command:")
+		logger.Log.Infof("    helm install mizu https://static.up9.com/mizu/helm --namespace=mizu-ent --create-namespace\n\n")
+
+		logger.Log.Infof("To install development build of Mizu on your cluster using helm, run the following command:")
+		logger.Log.Infof("    helm install mizu https://static.up9.com/mizu/helm-develop --namespace=mizu-ent --create-namespace")
 
 		return nil
 	},
@@ -27,4 +26,3 @@ var installCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(installCmd)
 }
-
diff --git a/cli/cmd/installRunner.go b/cli/cmd/installRunner.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c60b786e..000000000
--- a/cli/cmd/installRunner.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-package cmd
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-
-	"github.com/creasty/defaults"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/config"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/errormessage"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/resources"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/cli/uiUtils"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared"
-	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/logger"
-	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
-	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-)
-
-func runMizuInstall() {
-	kubernetesProvider, err := getKubernetesProviderForCli()
-	if err != nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
-	defer cancel() // cancel will be called when this function exits
-
-	var serializedValidationRules string
-	var serializedContract string
-
-	var defaultMaxEntriesDBSizeBytes int64 = 200 * 1000 * 1000
-
-	defaultResources := shared.Resources{}
-	if err := defaults.Set(&defaultResources); err != nil {
-		logger.Log.Debug(err)
-	}
-
-	mizuAgentConfig := getInstallMizuAgentConfig(defaultMaxEntriesDBSizeBytes, defaultResources)
-	serializedMizuConfig, err := getSerializedMizuAgentConfig(mizuAgentConfig)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Log.Errorf(uiUtils.Error, fmt.Sprintf("Error serializing mizu config: %v", errormessage.FormatError(err)))
-		return
-	}
-
-	if err = resources.CreateInstallMizuResources(ctx, kubernetesProvider, serializedValidationRules,
-		serializedContract, serializedMizuConfig, config.Config.IsNsRestrictedMode(),
-		config.Config.MizuResourcesNamespace, config.Config.AgentImage,
-		config.Config.KratosImage, config.Config.KetoImage,
-		nil, defaultMaxEntriesDBSizeBytes, defaultResources, config.Config.ImagePullPolicy(),
-		config.Config.LogLevel(), false); err != nil {
-		var statusError *k8serrors.StatusError
-		if errors.As(err, &statusError) && (statusError.ErrStatus.Reason == metav1.StatusReasonAlreadyExists) {
-			logger.Log.Info("Mizu is already running in this namespace, run `mizu clean` to remove the currently running Mizu instance")
-		} else {
-			defer resources.CleanUpMizuResources(ctx, cancel, kubernetesProvider, config.Config.IsNsRestrictedMode(), config.Config.MizuResourcesNamespace)
-			logger.Log.Errorf(uiUtils.Error, fmt.Sprintf("Error creating resources: %v", errormessage.FormatError(err)))
-		}
-
-		return
-	}
-
-	logger.Log.Infof(uiUtils.Magenta, "Installation completed, run `mizu view` to connect to the mizu daemon instance")
-}
-
-func getInstallMizuAgentConfig(maxDBSizeBytes int64, tapperResources shared.Resources) *shared.MizuAgentConfig {
-	mizuAgentConfig := shared.MizuAgentConfig{
-		MaxDBSizeBytes:         maxDBSizeBytes,
-		AgentImage:             config.Config.AgentImage,
-		PullPolicy:             config.Config.ImagePullPolicyStr,
-		LogLevel:               config.Config.LogLevel(),
-		TapperResources:        tapperResources,
-		MizuResourcesNamespace: config.Config.MizuResourcesNamespace,
-		AgentDatabasePath:      shared.DataDirPath,
-		StandaloneMode:         true,
-		ServiceMap:             config.Config.ServiceMap,
-		OAS:                    config.Config.OAS,
-		Telemetry:              config.Config.Telemetry,
-		Elastic:                config.Config.Elastic,
-	}
-
-	return &mizuAgentConfig
-}