diff --git a/pkg/deploy/assets/gateway-production.json b/pkg/deploy/assets/gateway-production.json
index 19f123da724..7c004646dbd 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/assets/gateway-production.json
+++ b/pkg/deploy/assets/gateway-production.json
@@ -106,15 +106,6 @@
         }
     },
     "resources": [
-        {
-            "sku": {
-                "name": "Standard_LRS"
-            },
-            "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
-            "name": "[substring(parameters('gatewayStorageAccountDomain'), 0, indexOf(parameters('gatewayStorageAccountDomain'), '.'))]",
-            "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
-            "apiVersion": "2019-06-01"
-        },
         {
             "sku": {
                 "name": "Standard"
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/assets/rp-production.json b/pkg/deploy/assets/rp-production.json
index 26282772f7b..78474e71fdb 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/assets/rp-production.json
+++ b/pkg/deploy/assets/rp-production.json
@@ -535,15 +535,6 @@
                 "[resourceId('Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts', substring(parameters('storageAccountDomain'), 0, indexOf(parameters('storageAccountDomain'), '.')))]"
             ]
         },
-        {
-            "sku": {
-                "name": "Standard_LRS"
-            },
-            "location": "[resourceGroup().location]",
-            "name": "[substring(parameters('storageAccountDomain'), 0, indexOf(parameters('storageAccountDomain'), '.'))]",
-            "type": "Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts",
-            "apiVersion": "2019-06-01"
-        },
         {
             "properties": {
                 "severity": 2,
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_gateway.go b/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_gateway.go
index 662df3de5a4..e6ca4db2913 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_gateway.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_gateway.go
@@ -419,7 +419,3 @@ func (g *generator) gatewayRBAC() []*arm.Resource {
 		),
 	}
 }
-
-func (g *generator) gatewayStorageAccount() *arm.Resource {
-	return g.storageAccount("[substring(parameters('gatewayStorageAccountDomain'), 0, indexOf(parameters('gatewayStorageAccountDomain'), '.'))]", nil, nil)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_rp.go b/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_rp.go
index 3d961e70dff..b5606470638 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_rp.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/generator/resources_rp.go
@@ -1559,7 +1559,3 @@ func (g *generator) rpVersionStorageAccount() []*arm.Resource {
 		},
 	}
 }
-
-func (g *generator) rpStorageAccount() *arm.Resource {
-	return g.storageAccount("[substring(parameters('storageAccountDomain'), 0, indexOf(parameters('storageAccountDomain'), '.'))]", nil, nil)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_gateway.go b/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_gateway.go
index 958aef22554..98c09062c83 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_gateway.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_gateway.go
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ func (g *generator) gatewayTemplate() *arm.Template {
 	}
 
 	t.Resources = append(t.Resources,
-		g.gatewayStorageAccount(),
 		g.gatewayLB(),
 		g.gatewayPLS(),
 		g.gatewayVMSS(),
diff --git a/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_rp.go b/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_rp.go
index d5506af6441..744bb020092 100644
--- a/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_rp.go
+++ b/pkg/deploy/generator/templates_rp.go
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ func (g *generator) rpTemplate() *arm.Template {
 			g.rpLB(),
 			g.rpLBInternal(),
 			g.rpVMSS(),
-			g.rpStorageAccount(),
 			g.rpLBAlert(30.0, 2, "rp-availability-alert", "PT5M", "PT15M", "DipAvailability"), // triggers on all 3 RPs being down for 10min, can't be >=0.3 due to deploys going down to 32% at times.
 			g.rpLBAlert(67.0, 3, "rp-degraded-alert", "PT15M", "PT6H", "DipAvailability"),     // 1/3 backend down for 1h or 2/3 down for 3h in the last 6h
 			g.rpLBAlert(33.0, 2, "rp-vnet-alert", "PT5M", "PT5M", "VipAvailability"))          // this will trigger only if the Azure network infrastructure between the loadBalancers and VMs is down for 3.5min