diff --git a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/DeployServiceYamlStep.cs b/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/DeployServiceYamlStep.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 60fbaf95..00000000
--- a/src/Microsoft.Tye.Core/DeployServiceYamlStep.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-// Licensed to the .NET Foundation under one or more agreements.
-// The .NET Foundation licenses this file to you under the MIT license.
-// See the LICENSE file in the project root for more information.
-
-using System.CommandLine.Invocation;
-using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using YamlDotNet.RepresentationModel;
-
-namespace Microsoft.Tye
-{
-    public sealed class DeployServiceYamlStep : ApplicationExecutor.ServiceStep
-    {
-        public override string DisplayText => "Deploying Manifests...";
-
-        public string Environment { get; set; } = "production";
-
-        public override async Task ExecuteAsync(OutputContext output, ApplicationBuilder application, ServiceBuilder service)
-        {
-            var yaml = service.Outputs.OfType<IYamlManifestOutput>().ToArray();
-            if (yaml.Length == 0)
-            {
-                output.WriteDebugLine($"No yaml manifests found for service '{service.Name}'. Skipping.");
-                return;
-            }
-
-            if (!await KubectlDetector.Instance.IsKubectlInstalled.Value)
-            {
-                throw new CommandException($"Cannot apply manifests for '{service.Name}' because kubectl is not installed.");
-            }
-
-            if (!await KubectlDetector.Instance.IsKubectlConnectedToCluster.Value)
-            {
-                throw new CommandException($"Cannot apply manifests for '{service.Name}' because kubectl is not connected to a cluster.");
-            }
-
-            using var tempFile = TempFile.Create();
-            output.WriteDebugLine($"Writing output to '{tempFile.FilePath}'.");
-
-            {
-                await using var stream = File.OpenWrite(tempFile.FilePath);
-                await using var writer = new StreamWriter(stream, Encoding.UTF8, bufferSize: -1, leaveOpen: true);
-                var yamlStream = new YamlStream(yaml.Select(y => y.Yaml));
-                yamlStream.Save(writer, assignAnchors: false);
-            }
-
-            // kubectl apply logic is implemented in the client in older versions of k8s. The capability
-            // to get the same behavior in the server isn't present in every version that's relevant.
-            //
-            // https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/using-api/api-concepts/#server-side-apply
-            //
-            output.WriteDebugLine("Running 'kubectl apply'.");
-            output.WriteCommandLine("kubectl", $"apply -f \"{tempFile.FilePath}\"");
-            var capture = output.Capture();
-            var exitCode = await Process.ExecuteAsync(
-                $"kubectl",
-                $"apply -f \"{tempFile.FilePath}\"",
-                System.Environment.CurrentDirectory,
-                stdOut: capture.StdOut,
-                stdErr: capture.StdErr);
-
-            output.WriteDebugLine($"Done running 'kubectl apply' exit code: {exitCode}");
-            if (exitCode != 0)
-            {
-                throw new CommandException("'kubectl apply' failed.");
-            }
-
-            output.WriteInfoLine($"Deployed service '{service.Name}'.");
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/src/tye/Program.DeployCommand.cs b/src/tye/Program.DeployCommand.cs
index 9a125113..e78b12d2 100644
--- a/src/tye/Program.DeployCommand.cs
+++ b/src/tye/Program.DeployCommand.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye
                     new PushDockerImageStep() { Environment = environment, },
                     new ValidateSecretStep() { Environment = environment, Interactive = interactive, Force = force, },
                     new GenerateKubernetesManifestStep() { Environment = environment, },
-                    new DeployServiceYamlStep() { Environment = environment, },
                 }
             };
             await executor.ExecuteAsync(application);
@@ -95,6 +94,16 @@ namespace Microsoft.Tye
         {
             using var step = output.BeginStep("Deploying Application Manifests...");
 
+            if (!await KubectlDetector.Instance.IsKubectlInstalled.Value)
+            {
+                throw new CommandException($"Cannot apply manifests because kubectl is not installed.");
+            }
+
+            if (!await KubectlDetector.Instance.IsKubectlConnectedToCluster.Value)
+            {
+                throw new CommandException($"Cannot apply manifests for because kubectl is not connected to a cluster.");
+            }
+
             using var tempFile = TempFile.Create();
             output.WriteInfoLine($"Writing output to '{tempFile.FilePath}'.");