diff --git a/src/servala/core/admin.py b/src/servala/core/admin.py
index 7d110d1..dad3d6e 100644
--- a/src/servala/core/admin.py
+++ b/src/servala/core/admin.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class ControlPlaneAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     fieldsets = (
         (
             None,
-            {"fields": ("name", "description", "cloud_provider", "required_label")},
+            {"fields": ("name", "description", "cloud_provider")},
         ),
         (
             _("API Credentials"),
diff --git a/src/servala/core/migrations/0002_alter_controlplanecrd_options_and_more.py b/src/servala/core/migrations/0002_alter_controlplanecrd_options_and_more.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 63cab45..0000000
--- a/src/servala/core/migrations/0002_alter_controlplanecrd_options_and_more.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-# Generated by Django 5.2b1 on 2025-04-03 15:24
-
-from django.db import migrations, models
-
-
-class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
-    dependencies = [
-        ("core", "0001_initial"),
-    ]
-
-    operations = [
-        migrations.AlterModelOptions(
-            name="controlplanecrd",
-            options={
-                "verbose_name": "ControlPlane CRD",
-                "verbose_name_plural": "ControlPlane CRDs",
-            },
-        ),
-        migrations.AddField(
-            model_name="controlplane",
-            name="required_label",
-            field=models.CharField(
-                blank=True,
-                help_text="Label value for the 'appcat.vshn.io/provider-config' added to every instance on this plane.",
-                max_length=100,
-                null=True,
-                verbose_name="Required Label",
-            ),
-        ),
-    ]
diff --git a/src/servala/core/models/service.py b/src/servala/core/models/service.py
index f60d57c..9e282a6 100644
--- a/src/servala/core/models/service.py
+++ b/src/servala/core/models/service.py
@@ -1,13 +1,12 @@
 import kubernetes
 import urlman
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.core.cache import cache
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.db import models
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from encrypted_fields.fields import EncryptedJSONField
-from kubernetes import client, config
+from kubernetes import config
 from kubernetes.client.rest import ApiException
 
 from servala.core.models.mixins import ServalaModelMixin
@@ -107,15 +106,6 @@ class ControlPlane(ServalaModelMixin, models.Model):
         help_text="Required fields: certificate-authority-data, server (URL), token",
         validators=[validate_api_credentials],
     )
-    required_label = models.CharField(
-        max_length=100,
-        blank=True,
-        null=True,
-        verbose_name=_("Required Label"),
-        help_text=_(
-            "Label value for the 'appcat.vshn.io/provider-config' added to every instance on this plane."
-        ),
-    )
 
     cloud_provider = models.ForeignKey(
         to="CloudProvider",
@@ -147,6 +137,7 @@ class ControlPlane(ServalaModelMixin, models.Model):
             "clusters": [
                 {
                     "cluster": {
+                        "insecure-skip-tls-verify": True,
                         "certificate-authority-data": self.api_credentials[
                             "certificate-authority-data"
                         ],
@@ -493,35 +484,6 @@ class ServiceInstance(ServalaModelMixin, models.Model):
         # Ensure the namespace exists
         context.control_plane.get_or_create_namespace(organization.namespace)
 
-        group = context.service_definition.api_definition["group"]
-        version = context.service_definition.api_definition["version"]
-        kind = context.service_definition.api_definition["kind"]
-        create_data = {
-            "apiVersion": f"{group}/{version}",
-            "kind": kind,
-            "metadata": {
-                "name": name,
-                "namespace": organization.namespace,
-            },
-            "spec": spec_data or {},
-        }
-        if label := context.control_plane.required_label:
-            create_data["metadata"]["labels"] = {settings.DEFAULT_LABEL_KEY: label}
-        api_instance = client.CustomObjectsApi(
-            context.control_plane.get_kubernetes_client()
-        )
-        plural = kind.lower()
-        if not plural.endswith("s"):
-            plural = f"{plural}s"
-
-        api_instance.create_namespaced_custom_object(
-            group=group,
-            version=version,
-            namespace=organization.namespace,
-            plural=plural,
-            body=create_data,
-        )
-
         return cls.objects.create(
             name=name,
             organization=organization,
diff --git a/src/servala/frontend/views/service.py b/src/servala/frontend/views/service.py
index c19aff5..1803dd0 100644
--- a/src/servala/frontend/views/service.py
+++ b/src/servala/frontend/views/service.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class ServiceOfferingDetailView(OrganizationViewMixin, HtmxViewMixin, DetailView
                     name=form.cleaned_data["name"],
                     context=self.context_object,
                     created_by=request.user,
-                    spec_data=form.get_nested_data().get("spec"),
+                    spec_data=form.get_nested_data(),
                 )
                 return redirect(service_instance.urls.base)
             except Exception as e:
diff --git a/src/servala/settings.py b/src/servala/settings.py
index 50b0c5e..3e27e35 100644
--- a/src/servala/settings.py
+++ b/src/servala/settings.py
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ LANGUAGE_COOKIE_NAME = "servala_lang"
 SESSION_COOKIE_NAME = "servala_sess"
 SESSION_COOKIE_SECURE = not DEBUG
 
-DEFAULT_LABEL_KEY = "appcat.vshn.io/provider-config"
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = "django.db.models.BigAutoField"
 
 # TODO
diff --git a/src/tests/conftest.py b/src/tests/conftest.py
index a69e50c..d88870e 100644
--- a/src/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/src/tests/conftest.py
@@ -15,16 +15,12 @@ def origin():
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def organization(origin):
-    return Organization.objects.create(
-        name="Test Org", namespace="test-org", origin=origin
-    )
+    return Organization.objects.create(name="Test Org", origin=origin)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture
 def other_organization(origin):
-    return Organization.objects.create(
-        name="Test Org Alternate", namespace="test-org-alternate", origin=origin
-    )
+    return Organization.objects.create(name="Test Org Alternate", origin=origin)
 
 
 @pytest.fixture