diff --git a/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/manifestdata/provisioning_manifest.go b/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/manifestdata/provisioning_manifest.go
index fda2b8b89c2..c13e0389c11 100644
--- a/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/manifestdata/provisioning_manifest.go
+++ b/apps/provisioning/pkg/apis/manifestdata/provisioning_manifest.go
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
 )
 
-var ()
-
 var appManifestData = app.ManifestData{
 	AppName:          "provisioning",
 	Group:            "provisioning.grafana.app",
diff --git a/pkg/operators/provisioning/repo_operator.go b/pkg/operators/provisioning/repo_operator.go
index 1651a126ffe..416eb5c0e3f 100644
--- a/pkg/operators/provisioning/repo_operator.go
+++ b/pkg/operators/provisioning/repo_operator.go
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ func RunRepoController(deps server.OperatorDependencies) error {
 		resourceLister,
 		controllerCfg.clients,
 		jobs,
-		nil, // dualwrite -- standalone operator assumes it is backed by unified storage
 		healthChecker,
 		statusPatcher,
 		deps.Registerer,