diff --git a/manifests/function/k8scontrol-vm-infra/vm-infra-bridge.yaml b/manifests/function/k8scontrol-vm-infra/vm-infra-bridge.yaml
index 14adec935..40b0d4dc5 100644
--- a/manifests/function/k8scontrol-vm-infra/vm-infra-bridge.yaml
+++ b/manifests/function/k8scontrol-vm-infra/vm-infra-bridge.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,4 @@
            ip addr add  ${vm_infra_ip_address}${vm_infra_ip_cidr} dev vm-infra-bridge
            brctl addif vm-infra-bridge REPLACEMENT_VM_INFRA_INTF
       fi;
-      # add forwarding rule for vm-infra-bridge
-      iptables -A FORWARD -i vm-infra-bridge -j ACCEPT
-      # add iptables postrouting nat
-      iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s REPLACEMENT_VM_NETWORK${vm_infra_ip_cidr} -o REPLACEMENT_MGMT_INTF -j MASQUERADE
       exit 0
diff --git a/manifests/function/vm-infra-bridge/dataplane/vm-infra-bridge.yaml b/manifests/function/vm-infra-bridge/dataplane/vm-infra-bridge.yaml
index 7478f615b..a6ca2948b 100644
--- a/manifests/function/vm-infra-bridge/dataplane/vm-infra-bridge.yaml
+++ b/manifests/function/vm-infra-bridge/dataplane/vm-infra-bridge.yaml
@@ -61,8 +61,4 @@
            ip addr add  ${vm_infra_ip_address}${vm_infra_ip_cidr} dev vm-infra-bridge
            brctl addif vm-infra-bridge REPLACEMENT_VM_INFRA_INTF
       fi;
-      # add forwarding rule for vm-infra-bridge
-      iptables -A FORWARD -i vm-infra-bridge -j ACCEPT
-      # add iptables postrouting nat
-      iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s REPLACEMENT_VM_NETWORK${vm_infra_ip_cidr} -o REPLACEMENT_MGMT_INTF -j MASQUERADE
       exit 0