diff --git a/.pipelines/templates/role-assignment.yaml b/.pipelines/templates/role-assignment.yaml
index 2b1bdd366..483a9675a 100644
--- a/.pipelines/templates/role-assignment.yaml
+++ b/.pipelines/templates/role-assignment.yaml
@@ -14,11 +14,5 @@ steps:
         ROLE_ASSIGNMENT_IDS+="${ID} "
       fi
 
-      # permission for ACR
-      if [[ -n "$(REGISTRY_NAME)" ]]; then
-        ID="$(az role assignment create --assignee-object-id "${ASSIGNEE_OBJECT_ID}" --assignee-principal-type "ServicePrincipal" --role "AcrPull" --scope "/subscriptions/$(SUBSCRIPTION_ID)/resourceGroups/k8sbuildci/providers/Microsoft.ContainerRegistry/registries/$(REGISTRY_NAME)" --query id -otsv)"
-        ROLE_ASSIGNMENT_IDS+="${ID} "
-      fi
-
       echo "##vso[task.setvariable variable=ROLE_ASSIGNMENT_IDS]${ROLE_ASSIGNMENT_IDS}"
     displayName: "Add role assignment"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e6baa2b58..b3d59965d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ORG_PATH=github.com/Azure
 PROJECT_NAME := secrets-store-csi-driver-provider-azure
 REPO_PATH="$(ORG_PATH)/$(PROJECT_NAME)"
 
-REGISTRY_NAME ?= upstreamk8sci
+REGISTRY_NAME ?= upstream
 REPO_PREFIX ?= k8s/csi/secrets-store
 REGISTRY ?= $(REGISTRY_NAME).azurecr.io/$(REPO_PREFIX)
 IMAGE_VERSION ?= v1.1.0