diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index ca1edf068..3f2ba7a4e 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -169,7 +169,14 @@ validate-prereq: ## verify pre-requisites
 	  if ! ansible-galaxy collection list | grep kubernetes.core > /dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Not found"; exit 1; fi;\
 	  echo "OK";\
 	else\
-	  echo "Skipping prerequisites check as we're running inside a container";\
+		if [ -f values-global.yaml ]; then\
+			OUT=`yq -r '.main.multiSourceConfig.enabled // (.main.multiSourceConfig.enabled = "false")' values-global.yaml`;\
+			if [ "$${OUT,,}" = "false" ]; then\
+				echo "You must set \".main.multiSourceConfig.enabled: true\" in your 'values-global.yaml' file";\
+				echo "because your common subfolder is the slimmed down version with no helm charts in it";\
+				exit 1;\
+			fi;\
+		fi;\
 	fi
 
 .PHONY: argo-healthcheck
diff --git a/common/common b/common/common
deleted file mode 120000
index 945c9b46d..000000000
--- a/common/common
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/common/operator-install/.github/workflows/update-helm-repo.yml b/common/operator-install/.github/workflows/update-helm-repo.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fa1d62475..000000000
--- a/common/operator-install/.github/workflows/update-helm-repo.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-# This invokes the workflow named 'publish-charts' in the umbrella repo
-# It expects to have a secret called CHARTS_REPOS_TOKEN which contains
-# the GitHub token that has permissions to invoke workflows and commit code
-# inside the umbrella-repo.
-# The following fine-grained permissions were used in testing and were limited
-# to the umbrella repo only:
-# - Actions: r/w
-# - Commit statuses: r/w
-# - Contents: r/w
-# - Deployments: r/w
-# - Pages: r/w
-#
-
-name: vp-patterns/update-helm-repo
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
-
-jobs:
-  helmlint:
-    uses: validatedpatterns/helm-charts/.github/workflows/helmlint.yml@985ba37e0eb50b1b35ec194fc999eae2d0ae1486
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-
-  update-helm-repo:
-    needs: [helmlint]
-    uses: validatedpatterns/helm-charts/.github/workflows/update-helm-repo.yml@985ba37e0eb50b1b35ec194fc999eae2d0ae1486
-    permissions: read-all
-    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/common/reference-output.yaml b/common/reference-output.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1eef9745d..000000000
--- a/common/reference-output.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,119 +0,0 @@
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/argocd/namespace.yaml
-# Pre-create so we can create our argo app for keeping subscriptions in sync
-# Do it here so that we don't try to sync it in the future
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Namespace
-metadata:
-  name: openshift-gitops
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/namespace.yaml
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Namespace
-metadata:
-  name: manuela-ci
-  labels:
-    manuela-role: pipeline
-    app.kubernetes.io/instance: manuela
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/pipeline/serviceaccount.yaml
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: ServiceAccount
-metadata:
-  name: pipeline
-  namespace: manuela-ci
-secrets:
-- name: git-repo-credentials
-- name: image-registry-credentials
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/secrets/s3-secret.yaml
-kind: Secret
-apiVersion: v1
-metadata:
-  name: s3-secret
-type: Opaque
-data:
-  # Pre-create as part of the initial 'helm install' chart
-  # Create a file with the following:
-  #  s3.accessKey: KEY
-  #  s3.secretKey: secret key
-  #application.properties: base64 encrypted value of the above file
-  # This should live in the values-secret.yaml file
-  application.properties: BASE64STRING
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/secrets/secret-git-repo-credentials.yaml
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: git-repo-credentials
-  namespace: manuela-ci
-  annotations:
-    # Tekton magic, see https://tekton.dev/vault/pipelines-v0.15.2/auth/
-    tekton.dev/git-0: https://github.com/hybrid-cloud-patterns
-type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
-stringData:
-  username: STRING
-  password: STRING
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/secrets/secret-image-registry-credentials.yaml
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Secret
-metadata:
-  name: openshift-registry-credentials
-  namespace: manuela-ci
-  annotations:
-    # Tekton magic, see https://tekton.dev/vault/pipelines-v0.15.2/auth/
-    tekton.dev/docker-0: "https://"
-type: kubernetes.io/basic-auth
-stringData:
-  username: STRING
-  password: STRING
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/argocd/application.yaml
-apiVersion: argoproj.io/v1alpha1
-kind: Application
-metadata:
-  name: common-example
-  namespace: openshift-gitops
-spec:
-  destination:
-    name: in-cluster
-    namespace: common-example
-  project: default
-  source:
-    repoURL:  https://github.com/beekhof/common.git
-    targetRevision: main
-    path: common/clustergroup
-    helm:
-      valueFiles:
-      - "https://github.com/beekhof/patterns/raw/main/values-global.yaml"
-      - "https://github.com/beekhof/patterns/raw/main/values-example.yaml"
-      # Track the progress of https://github.com/argoproj/argo-cd/pull/6280
-      parameters:
-        - name: global.repoURL
-          value: $ARGOCD_APP_SOURCE_REPO_URL
-        - name: global.targetRevision
-          value: $ARGOCD_APP_SOURCE_TARGET_REVISION
-        - name: global.namespace
-          value: $ARGOCD_APP_NAMESPACE
-        - name: global.valuesDirectoryURL
-          value: https://github.com/beekhof/patterns/raw/main
-        - name: global.pattern
-          value: common
-  syncPolicy:
-    automated: {}
----
-# Source: pattern-install/templates/argocd/subscription.yaml
-apiVersion: operators.coreos.com/v1alpha1
-kind: Subscription
-metadata:
-  name: openshift-gitops-operator
-  namespace: openshift-operators
-  labels:
-    operators.coreos.com/openshift-gitops-operator.openshift-operators: ""
-spec:
-  channel: gitops-1.13
-  installPlanApproval: Automatic
-  name: openshift-gitops-operator
-  source: redhat-operators
-  sourceNamespace: openshift-marketplace