diff --git a/addons/setup/addon_setup.go b/addons/setup/addon_setup.go
index 503859df..4b0218c6 100644
--- a/addons/setup/addon_setup.go
+++ b/addons/setup/addon_setup.go
@@ -68,10 +68,6 @@ type TokenExchangeAddon struct {
 	Addons
 }
 
-type MaintainenceAddon struct {
-	Addons
-}
-
 // Manifests generates manifestworks to deploy the token exchange addon agent on the managed cluster
 func (a *Addons) Manifests(cluster *clusterv1.ManagedCluster, addon *addonapiv1alpha1.ManagedClusterAddOn) ([]runtime.Object, error) {
 	objects := []runtime.Object{}
diff --git a/addons/setup/common.go b/addons/setup/common.go
index 8d1f80b4..a971c767 100644
--- a/addons/setup/common.go
+++ b/addons/setup/common.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	MaintainAgentName = "maintenance"
 	TokenExchangeName = "tokenexchange"
 )
 
diff --git a/controllers/manager.go b/controllers/manager.go
index dfcf1af3..3a9c99bb 100644
--- a/controllers/manager.go
+++ b/controllers/manager.go
@@ -172,7 +172,6 @@ func (o *ManagerOptions) runManager() {
 		logger.Info("Failed to get owner reference (falling back to namespace)", "error", err)
 	}
 	teEventRecorder := events.NewKubeRecorder(kubeClient.CoreV1().Events(namespace), setup.TokenExchangeName, controllerRef)
-	mEventRecorder := events.NewKubeRecorder(kubeClient.CoreV1().Events(namespace), setup.MaintainAgentName, controllerRef)
 
 	agentImage := os.Getenv("TOKEN_EXCHANGE_IMAGE")
 
@@ -189,19 +188,6 @@ func (o *ManagerOptions) runManager() {
 			AddonName:  setup.TokenExchangeName},
 	}
 
-	maintainenceModeAddon := setup.MaintainenceAddon{
-		Addons: struct {
-			KubeClient kubernetes.Interface
-			Recorder   events.Recorder
-			AgentImage string
-			AddonName  string
-		}{
-			KubeClient: kubeClient,
-			Recorder:   mEventRecorder,
-			AgentImage: agentImage,
-			AddonName:  setup.MaintainAgentName},
-	}
-
 	err = (&multiclusterv1alpha1.MirrorPeer{}).SetupWebhookWithManager(mgr)
 
 	if err != nil {
@@ -219,11 +205,6 @@ func (o *ManagerOptions) runManager() {
 		logger.Error("Failed to add token exchange addon to addon manager", "error", err)
 	}
 
-	err = addonMgr.AddAgent(&maintainenceModeAddon)
-	if err != nil {
-		logger.Error("Failed to add maintainence addon to addon manager", "error", err)
-	}
-
 	if err = (&DRPolicyReconciler{
 		HubClient: mgr.GetClient(),
 		Scheme:    mgr.GetScheme(),