diff --git a/modules/base/README.md b/modules/base/README.md
index 3cdaaec..0af268b 100644
--- a/modules/base/README.md
+++ b/modules/base/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Module that provides the reference architecture.
 | <a name="requirement_azurerm"></a> [azurerm](#requirement\_azurerm) | ~> 3.87 |
 | <a name="requirement_helm"></a> [helm](#requirement\_helm) | ~> 2.12 |
 | <a name="requirement_humanitec"></a> [humanitec](#requirement\_humanitec) | ~> 0 |
-| <a name="requirement_kubernetes"></a> [kubernetes](#requirement\_kubernetes) | ~> 2.25 |
 
 ## Providers
 
@@ -23,7 +22,6 @@ Module that provides the reference architecture.
 | <a name="provider_azurerm"></a> [azurerm](#provider\_azurerm) | ~> 3.87 |
 | <a name="provider_helm"></a> [helm](#provider\_helm) | ~> 2.12 |
 | <a name="provider_humanitec"></a> [humanitec](#provider\_humanitec) | ~> 0 |
-| <a name="provider_kubernetes"></a> [kubernetes](#provider\_kubernetes) | ~> 2.25 |
 
 ## Modules
 
@@ -52,7 +50,6 @@ Module that provides the reference architecture.
 | [azuread_client_config.current](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azuread/latest/docs/data-sources/client_config) | data source |
 | [azuread_service_principal.aks](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azuread/latest/docs/data-sources/service_principal) | data source |
 | [azurerm_subscription.main](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azurerm/latest/docs/data-sources/subscription) | data source |
-| [kubernetes_service.ingress_nginx_controller](https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/kubernetes/latest/docs/data-sources/service) | data source |
 
 ## Inputs
 
diff --git a/modules/base/humanitec.tf b/modules/base/humanitec.tf
index 4c58a95..494eb9d 100644
--- a/modules/base/humanitec.tf
+++ b/modules/base/humanitec.tf
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 # Humanitec resource definition to connect the cluster to Humanitec
 
-locals {
-  ingress_address = data.kubernetes_service.ingress_nginx_controller.status[0].load_balancer[0].ingress[0].ip
-}
-
 resource "humanitec_resource_definition" "k8s_cluster_driver" {
   driver_type = "humanitec/k8s-cluster-aks"
   id          = var.cluster_name
@@ -12,7 +8,7 @@ resource "humanitec_resource_definition" "k8s_cluster_driver" {
 
   driver_inputs = {
     values_string = jsonencode({
-      "loadbalancer" : local.ingress_address
+      "loadbalancer" : azurerm_public_ip.ingress.ip_address
       "name" : module.azure_aks.aks_name
       "resource_group" : azurerm_resource_group.main.name
       "subscription_id" : var.subscription_id,
@@ -35,7 +31,7 @@ resource "humanitec_resource_definition_criteria" "k8s_cluster_driver" {
 }
 
 resource "humanitec_resource_definition" "k8s_namespace" {
-  driver_type = "humanitec/static"
+  driver_type = "humanitec/echo"
   id          = "default-namespace"
   name        = "default-namespace"
   type        = "k8s-namespace"
diff --git a/modules/base/meta.tf b/modules/base/meta.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index fbfc111..0000000
--- a/modules/base/meta.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-data "kubernetes_service" "ingress_nginx_controller" {
-  metadata {
-    name      = "ingress-nginx-controller"
-    namespace = "ingress-nginx"
-  }
-  depends_on = [helm_release.ingress_nginx]
-}
diff --git a/modules/base/outputs.tf b/modules/base/outputs.tf
index 448eb4a..a24c0c8 100644
--- a/modules/base/outputs.tf
+++ b/modules/base/outputs.tf
@@ -26,5 +26,5 @@ output "aks_server_app_id" {
 
 output "ingress_nginx_external_ip" {
   description = "External IP address for the Nginx ingress controller"
-  value       = local.ingress_address
+  value       = azurerm_public_ip.ingress.ip_address
 }
diff --git a/modules/base/providers.tf b/modules/base/providers.tf
index c21c4a8..7c17168 100644
--- a/modules/base/providers.tf
+++ b/modules/base/providers.tf
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ terraform {
       source  = "humanitec/humanitec"
       version = "~> 0"
     }
-    kubernetes = {
-      source  = "hashicorp/kubernetes"
-      version = "~> 2.25"
-    }
   }
   required_version = ">= 1.3.0"
 }