diff --git a/variants/scale-1/kustomization.yaml b/variants/scale-1/kustomization.yaml
index aa7fe150..6cd41f97 100644
--- a/variants/scale-1/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/variants/scale-1/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 bases:
-- ../../rbac-namespace-default
-- ../../kafka
-- ../../zookeeper
+- ../../nonroot
 patchesStrategicMerge:
 - kafka.yaml
 - zookeeper.yaml
diff --git a/variants/scale-2/kustomization.yaml b/variants/scale-2/kustomization.yaml
index ed71c923..89e86df5 100644
--- a/variants/scale-2/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/variants/scale-2/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 bases:
-- ../../rbac-namespace-default
-- ../../kafka
-- ../../zookeeper
+- ../../nonroot
 patchesStrategicMerge:
 - kafka.yaml
 - zookeeper.yaml
diff --git a/variants/scale-3-5/kustomization.yaml b/variants/scale-3-5/kustomization.yaml
index 4936324d..80c534f7 100644
--- a/variants/scale-3-5/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/variants/scale-3-5/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,2 @@
 bases:
-- ../../rbac-namespace-default
-- ../../kafka
-- ../../zookeeper
+- ../../nonroot