diff --git a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/common/billing.go b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/common/billing.go
index a77020eb86..8cb6032187 100644
--- a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/common/billing.go
+++ b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/common/billing.go
@@ -5,15 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	_ "embed"
 	"fmt"
-	v12 "github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/apis/common/v1"
 	xfnproto "github.com/crossplane/function-sdk-go/proto/v1beta1"
 	v1 "github.com/prometheus-operator/prometheus-operator/pkg/apis/monitoring/v1"
-	xkube "github.com/vshn/appcat/v4/apis/kubernetes/v1alpha2"
 	"github.com/vshn/appcat/v4/pkg/comp-functions/runtime"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/intstr"
-	"reflect"
 	controllerruntime "sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime"
-	"strings"
 	"text/template"
 )
 
@@ -25,45 +21,6 @@ type Billing struct {
 	Instances int
 }
 
-const billingLabel = "appcat.io/billing"
-
-// TODO remove this function as soon as we have automated release pipeline in prod according to maintenance
-// InjectBillingLabelToService adds billing label to a service (StatefulSet or Deployment).
-// It uses a kube Object to achieve post provisioning labelling
-func InjectBillingLabelToService(ctx context.Context, svc *runtime.ServiceRuntime, comp InfoGetter) *xfnproto.Result {
-
-	s := comp.GetWorkloadPodTemplateLabelsManager()
-	s.SetName(comp.GetWorkloadName())
-	s.SetNamespace(comp.GetInstanceNamespace())
-	kubeName := comp.GetName() + "-" + getType(s)
-
-	_ = svc.GetObservedKubeObject(s, kubeName)
-	mp := v12.ManagementPolicies{v12.ManagementActionObserve}
-	labels := s.GetPodTemplateLabels()
-	_, exists := labels[billingLabel]
-	if !s.GetCreationTimestamp().Time.IsZero() {
-		if !exists {
-			labels[billingLabel] = "true"
-			s.SetPodTemplateLabels(labels)
-			mp = append(mp, v12.ManagementActionCreate, v12.ManagementActionUpdate)
-		}
-	}
-
-	err := svc.SetDesiredKubeObject(s.GetObject(), kubeName, func(obj *xkube.Object) {
-		obj.Spec.ManagementPolicies = mp
-	})
-
-	if err != nil && !exists {
-		runtime.NewWarningResult(fmt.Sprintf("cannot add billing to service object %s", s.GetName()))
-	}
-
-	return runtime.NewNormalResult("billing enabled")
-}
-
-func getType(myvar interface{}) (res string) {
-	return strings.ToLower(reflect.TypeOf(myvar).Elem().Field(0).Name)
-}
-
 // CreateBillingRecord creates a new prometheus rule per each instance namespace
 // The rule is skipped for any secondary service such as postgresql instance for nextcloud
 // The skipping is based on whether label appuio.io/billing-name is set or not on instance namespace
diff --git a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnkeycloak/billing.go b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnkeycloak/billing.go
index 66c30e3139..b3594b4951 100644
--- a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnkeycloak/billing.go
+++ b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnkeycloak/billing.go
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ func AddServiceBillingLabel(ctx context.Context, comp *v1.VSHNKeycloak, svc *run
 		return runtime.NewFatalResult(fmt.Errorf("can't get composite: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	common.InjectBillingLabelToService(ctx, svc, comp)
-
 	return common.CreateBillingRecord(ctx, svc, comp)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnmariadb/billing.go b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnmariadb/billing.go
index 5eda049e21..96e8ad8a69 100644
--- a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnmariadb/billing.go
+++ b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnmariadb/billing.go
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ func AddServiceBillingLabel(ctx context.Context, comp *v1.VSHNMariaDB, svc *runt
 		return runtime.NewFatalResult(fmt.Errorf("can't get composite: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	common.InjectBillingLabelToService(ctx, svc, comp)
-
 	return common.CreateBillingRecord(ctx, svc, comp)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnminio/billing.go b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnminio/billing.go
index a9a99a349c..78eeaacd00 100644
--- a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnminio/billing.go
+++ b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnminio/billing.go
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ func AddServiceBillingLabel(ctx context.Context, comp *v1.VSHNMinio, svc *runtim
 		return runtime.NewFatalResult(fmt.Errorf("can't get composite: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	common.InjectBillingLabelToService(ctx, svc, comp)
-
 	return common.CreateBillingRecord(ctx, svc, comp)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnnextcloud/billing.go b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnnextcloud/billing.go
index 58c99678cb..d81b382778 100644
--- a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnnextcloud/billing.go
+++ b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnnextcloud/billing.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 
 // AddServiceBillingLabel adds billingLabel to all the objects of a services that must be billed
 func AddServiceBillingLabel(ctx context.Context, comp *v1.VSHNNextcloud, svc *runtime.ServiceRuntime) *xfnproto.Result {
+
 	err := svc.GetObservedComposite(comp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return runtime.NewFatalResult(fmt.Errorf("can't get composite: %w", err))
diff --git a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnpostgres/billing.go b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnpostgres/billing.go
index a56f557d57..3b75630fd2 100644
--- a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnpostgres/billing.go
+++ b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnpostgres/billing.go
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ func AddServiceBillingLabel(ctx context.Context, comp *v1.VSHNPostgreSQL, svc *r
 		return runtime.NewFatalResult(fmt.Errorf("can't get composite: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	common.InjectBillingLabelToService(ctx, svc, comp)
-
 	return common.CreateBillingRecord(ctx, svc, comp)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnredis/billing.go b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnredis/billing.go
index eb75ac3ea4..1ead72e563 100644
--- a/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnredis/billing.go
+++ b/pkg/comp-functions/functions/vshnredis/billing.go
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@ func AddServiceBillingLabel(ctx context.Context, comp *v1.VSHNRedis, svc *runtim
 		return runtime.NewFatalResult(fmt.Errorf("can't get composite: %w", err))
 	}
 
-	common.InjectBillingLabelToService(ctx, svc, comp)
-
 	return common.CreateBillingRecord(ctx, svc, comp)
 }