diff --git a/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/templates/configmap.yaml b/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/templates/configmap.yaml
index 28770b6..1a750a2 100644
--- a/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/templates/configmap.yaml
+++ b/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/templates/configmap.yaml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ metadata:
 data:
   KMSVC_KAFKA_BROKERS: {{ .Values.env.kafkaBrokers | quote }}
   KMSVC_REDIS_ADDR: {{ .Values.env.redisAddr | quote }}
-  KMSVC_AUTHENTIK_ISSUER_URL: {{ .Values.env.authentikIssuerURL | quote }}
-  KMSVC_AUTHENTIK_AUDIENCE: {{ .Values.env.authentikAudience | quote }}
+  KMSVC_ZITADEL_ISSUER_URL: {{ .Values.env.zitadelIssuerURL | quote }}
+  KMSVC_ZITADEL_AUDIENCE: {{ .Values.env.zitadelAudience | quote }}
   KMSVC_GRPC_LISTEN_ADDR: ":{{ .Values.grpcPort }}"
   KMSVC_HTTP_LISTEN_ADDR: ":{{ .Values.httpPort }}"
diff --git a/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/values.yaml b/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/values.yaml
index c388fc8..a5551e1 100644
--- a/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/apps/messaging/management-service/values.yaml
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ httpPort: 8080
 env:
   kafkaBrokers: "kmsvc-kafka-bootstrap.sqs.svc.cluster.local:9092"
   redisAddr: "kmsvc-redis-master.sqs.svc.cluster.local:6379"
-  authentikIssuerURL: ""
-  authentikAudience: ""
+  zitadelIssuerURL: ""
+  zitadelAudience: ""
 
 resources:
   requests:
diff --git a/terraform/templates/controlplane.tftpl b/terraform/templates/controlplane.tftpl
index 3aaf9d1..40b01ba 100644
--- a/terraform/templates/controlplane.tftpl
+++ b/terraform/templates/controlplane.tftpl
@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ machine:
       - ip: ${forgejo_registry_ip}
         aliases:
           - ${forgejo_hostname}
-      # kube-apiserver's static pod runs on the host network, so it resolves
-      # authentik.riotpiao.com via THIS node's DNS, not cluster CoreDNS - the
-      # OIDC issuer discovery call would otherwise hit the public
-      # Cloudflare-fronted IP instead of nginx directly. Same reasoning as
-      # the forgejo entry above.
-      - ip: 192.168.1.160
-        aliases:
-          - authentik.riotpiao.com
   kubelet:
     image: ${kubelet_image}
     defaultRuntimeSeccompProfileEnabled: true
@@ -128,19 +120,10 @@ cluster:
       - ${san}
 %{ endfor ~}
     image: ${kube_apiserver_img}
-    # Foundation for the Authentik group -> k8s RBAC pattern in
-    # k8s/infra/rbac/ - additive only, existing client-cert auth
-    # (system:masters, this session's own admin@homelab-cluster kubeconfig)
-    # keeps working unchanged; a bad OIDC config just means OIDC logins fail,
-    # not a lockout. Prefixes avoid collision with built-in system:* users
-    # and groups.
-    extraArgs:
-      oidc-issuer-url: https://authentik.riotpiao.com/application/o/kubernetes/
-      oidc-client-id: kubernetes
-      oidc-username-claim: email
-      oidc-groups-claim: groups
-      oidc-username-prefix: "oidc:"
-      oidc-groups-prefix: "oidc:"
+    # No OIDC block. The cluster authenticates with client certificates. An
+    # earlier Authentik-based kube-apiserver OIDC config was removed from the
+    # live nodes, and leaving it here would re-add an issuer that no longer
+    # resolves on any future machine-config render.
     admissionControl:
       - name: PodSecurity
         configuration: