diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.tf
index d171d53..70ba0b0 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/cluster-autoscaler/cluster-autoscaler.tf
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ module "images_cluster_autoscaler" {
   application_list = []
   application_name = format("eks/%v", var.cluster_name)
   image_config     = [for k, v in var.cluster_autoscaler_images : v if v.enabled]
+  force_delete     = true
   tags = merge(
     local.base_tags,
     local.common_tags,
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/copy_image.sh.off b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/copy_image.sh.off
deleted file mode 120000
index 889e269..0000000
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/copy_image.sh.off
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../bin/copy_image.sh
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/copy_images.tf.off b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/copy_images.tf.off
deleted file mode 100644
index bce8b1c..0000000
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/copy_images.tf.off
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-data "aws_ecr_authorization_token" "token" {}
-
-locals {
-  account_id       = data.aws_caller_identity.current.account_id
-  repo_parent_name = format("eks/%v", var.cluster_name)
-
-  account_ecr_registry = format("%v.dkr.ecr.%v.amazonaws.com", local.account_id, var.region)
-  account_ecr          = format("%v/%v", local.account_ecr_registry, local.repo_parent_name)
-
-  images = [
-    # cert-manager related images:
-    {
-      name    = "cert-manager-controller"
-      image   = "quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-controller"
-      tag     = var.cert_manager_controller_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-    {
-      name    = "cluster-autoscaler"
-      image   = "k8s.gcr.io/autoscaling/cluster-autoscaler"
-      tag     = var.cluster_autoscaler_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-    {
-      name    = "metrics-server"
-      image   = "docker.io/bitnami/metrics-server"
-      tag     = var.metrics_server_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-    {
-      name    = "cert-manager-cainjector"
-      image   = "quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-cainjector"
-      tag     = var.cert_manager_cainjector_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-    {
-      name    = "cert-manager-webhook"
-      image   = "quay.io/jetstack/cert-manager-webhook"
-      tag     = var.cert_manager_webhook_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-    # istio related images:
-    {
-      name    = "istio/operator"
-      image   = "docker.io/istio/operator"
-      tag     = var.istio_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-    {
-      name    = "istio/pilot"
-      image   = "docker.io/istio/pilot"
-      tag     = var.istio_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-    {
-      name    = "istio/proxyv2"
-      image   = "docker.io/istio/proxyv2"
-      tag     = var.istio_tag
-      enabled = true
-    },
-  ]
-  image_repos = { for image in local.images : image.name => format("%v/%v", local.account_ecr, image.name) }
-  image_map = { for image in local.images : image.name =>
-    merge(
-      image,
-      tomap(
-        { "full_path" = local.image_repos[image.name],
-          "registry"  = local.account_ecr_registry,
-        "repository" = format("%v/%v", local.repo_parent_name, image.name), }
-  )) }
-}
-
-resource "null_resource" "copy_images" {
-  for_each = { for image in local.images : image.name => image if image.enabled }
-  triggers = {
-    name  = each.key
-    image = format("%v:%v", each.value.image, each.value.tag)
-  }
-
-  provisioner "local-exec" {
-    command = "${path.module}/copy_image.sh"
-    environment = {
-      AWS_PROFILE          = var.profile
-      AWS_REGION           = local.region
-      SOURCE_IMAGE         = format("%v:%v", each.value.image, each.value.tag)
-      DESTINATION_IMAGE    = format("%v/%v:%v", local.account_ecr, each.value.name, each.value.tag)
-      DESTINATION_USERNAME = data.aws_ecr_authorization_token.token.user_name
-      DESTINATION_PASSWORD = data.aws_ecr_authorization_token.token.password
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/images.tf b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/images.tf
index 925c0d5..177e4c0 100644
--- a/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/images.tf
+++ b/examples/full-cluster-tf-upgrade/1.29/common-services/images.tf
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ module "images" {
   application_list = []
   application_name = format("eks/%v", var.cluster_name)
   image_config     = local.image_config
+  force_delete     = true
   tags = merge(
     local.base_tags,
     local.common_tags,