diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d9838754ed61c9e2853ce7c8819928fba20009bb..9ab2d9fdae352b465ca7652f0a2ccb2153e641ca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ variables:
   IBM_INT_TEST_SUBDIR: testing/partition-test-ibm
 
   # --- osdu gcp specific variables ---
+  OSDU_GCP_ENABLE_BOOTSTRAP: "true"
   OSDU_GCP_SERVICE: partition
   OSDU_GCP_VENDOR: gcp
   OSDU_GCP_APPLICATION_NAME: os-partition
@@ -60,12 +61,10 @@ include:
   - project: "osdu/platform/ci-cd-pipelines"
     file: "publishing/pages.yml"
 
-  - local: "/provider/partition-gcp/bootstrap/bootstrap_partition.yml"
-
 osdu-gcp-deploy-deployment:
   variables:
     OSDU_GCP_BOOTSTRAP_SERVICE: partition-bootstrap
-  needs: ["osdu-gcp-containerize-gitlab", "osdu-gcp-containerize-bootstrap-partition", "osdu-gcp-deploy-configmap"]
+  needs: ["osdu-gcp-containerize-gitlab", "osdu-gcp-containerize-bootstrap-gitlab", "osdu-gcp-deploy-configmap"]
   after_script:
     - echo ----- Verify Bootstrap -----
     - kubectl rollout status deployment.v1.apps/$OSDU_GCP_BOOTSTRAP_SERVICE -n $OSDU_GCP_HELM_NAMESPACE --timeout=900s
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ osdu-gcp-dev2-deploy-deployment:
   variables:
     OSDU_GCP_BOOTSTRAP_SERVICE: partition-bootstrap
     OSDU_GCP_BOOTSTRAP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT: workload-gke-bootstrap-sa
-  needs: ["osdu-gcp-containerize-gitlab", "osdu-gcp-containerize-bootstrap-partition", "osdu-gcp-dev2-deploy-configmap"]
+  needs: ["osdu-gcp-containerize-gitlab", "osdu-gcp-containerize-bootstrap-gitlab", "osdu-gcp-dev2-deploy-configmap"]
   after_script:
     - echo ----- Verify Bootstrap -----
     - kubectl rollout status deployment.v1.apps/$OSDU_GCP_BOOTSTRAP_SERVICE -n $OSDU_GCP_HELM_NAMESPACE --timeout=900s
diff --git a/provider/partition-gcp/bootstrap/bootstrap_partition.yml b/provider/partition-gcp/bootstrap/bootstrap_partition.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index fae6866ee1d2b6b013b02c515f1a199dc50fe0f1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/provider/partition-gcp/bootstrap/bootstrap_partition.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-osdu-gcp-containerize-bootstrap-partition:
-  stage: containerize
-  needs: ["compile-and-unit-test"]
-  image: docker:19.03.15
-  tags: ["osdu-small"]
-  services:
-    - docker:20.10.7-dind
-  variables:
-    IMAGE_NAME: osdu-gcp-bootstrap-partition
-  script:
-    # Gitlab Container Registry
-    - export EXTRA_DOCKER_TAG=""; if [ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" != "" ] ; then EXTRA_DOCKER_TAG="-t $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ; elif [ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" = "master" ] ; then EXTRA_DOCKER_TAG="-t $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:latest" ; fi
-    - docker build -t $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA $EXTRA_DOCKER_TAG --file provider/partition-gcp/bootstrap/Dockerfile .
-    - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
-    - docker push $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$IMAGE_NAME
-  rules:
-    - if: "$OSDU_GCP == 'true'"
-      when: on_success