diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
index 864ec574899cb07a34741443711fe983a92c47ab..2192f43a088c5cb79ba514cde6225a5efef4a181 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/ConfigMapResourceSet.kt
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.KubernetesClientException
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
-import theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader.K8sResourceLoaderFromString
 import theodolite.util.DeploymentFailedException
-import theodolite.util.YamlParserFromString
 import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
 
 @RegisterForReflection
@@ -18,7 +16,6 @@ class ConfigMapResourceSet : ResourceSet, KubernetesResource {
     lateinit var files: List<String> // load all files, iff files is not set
 
     override fun getResourceSet(client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>> {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromString(client)
         var resources: Map<String, String>
 
         try {
@@ -44,15 +41,8 @@ class ConfigMapResourceSet : ResourceSet, KubernetesResource {
             resources
                 .map {
                     Pair(
-                        getKind(resourceYaml = it.value),
-                        it
-                    )
-                }
-                .map {
-                    Pair(
-                        it.second.key, // filename
-                        client.resource(it.second.value).get()
-                        //loader.loadK8sResource(kind = it.first, resourceString = it.second.value) // K8s resource
+                        it.key, // filename
+                        client.resource(it.value).get()
                     )
                 }
         } catch (e: IllegalArgumentException) {
@@ -61,11 +51,4 @@ class ConfigMapResourceSet : ResourceSet, KubernetesResource {
 
     }
 
-    private fun getKind(resourceYaml: String): String {
-        val parser = YamlParserFromString()
-        val resourceAsMap = parser.parse(resourceYaml, HashMap<String, String>()::class.java)
-
-        return resourceAsMap?.get("kind")
-            ?: throw DeploymentFailedException("Could not find 'kind' field of Kubernetes resource: ${resourceAsMap?.get("name")}")
-    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSet.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
index 9b3997fbb76adaf730c770406fa35c62d48eb24a..cfd7197193ba98dd10500f8612282cb170749e32 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSet.kt
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ class FileSystemResourceSet: ResourceSet, KubernetesResource {
 
     private fun loadSingleResource(resource: Path, client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): Pair<String, HasMetadata> {
         return try {
-            //val k8sResource = client.load(FileInputStream(resource.toFile())).get()[0]
             val stream = FileInputStream(resource.toFile())
             val text = BufferedReader(
                 InputStreamReader(stream, StandardCharsets.UTF_8)
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
index 5aad784ea17c24470b62a8b86fa5a5b09822ee52..6857b9bf8918593dbe5085f40eb28fd8bd809d85 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/KubernetesBenchmark.kt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
 import io.quarkus.runtime.annotations.RegisterForReflection
 import mu.KotlinLogging
 import theodolite.k8s.K8sManager
-import theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader.K8sResourceLoader
 import theodolite.patcher.PatcherFactory
 import theodolite.util.*
 
@@ -54,22 +53,26 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : KubernetesResource, Benchmark {
      * It first loads them via the [YamlParserFromFile] to check for their concrete type and afterwards initializes them using
      * the [K8sResourceLoader]
      */
+    @Deprecated("Use `loadResourceSet` from `ResourceSets`")
     fun loadKubernetesResources(resourceSet: List<ResourceSets>): Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>> {
+        return loadResources(resourceSet)
+    }
+
+    private fun loadResources(resourceSet: List<ResourceSets>): Collection<Pair<String, HasMetadata>> {
         return resourceSet.flatMap { it.loadResourceSet(this.client) }
     }
 
     override fun setupInfrastructure() {
         this.infrastructure.beforeActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
         val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(this.client)
-        loadKubernetesResources(this.infrastructure.resources)
+        loadResources(this.infrastructure.resources)
             .map { it.second }
-            // .forEach { client.resource(it).createOrReplace() }
             .forEach { kubernetesManager.deploy(it) }
     }
 
     override fun teardownInfrastructure() {
         val kubernetesManager = K8sManager(this.client)
-        loadKubernetesResources(this.infrastructure.resources)
+        loadResources(this.infrastructure.resources)
             .map { it.second }
             .forEach { kubernetesManager.remove(it) }
         this.infrastructure.afterActions.forEach { it.exec(client = client) }
@@ -93,8 +96,8 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : KubernetesResource, Benchmark {
     ): BenchmarkDeployment {
         logger.info { "Using $namespace as namespace." }
 
-        val appResources = loadKubernetesResources(this.sut.resources)
-        val loadGenResources = loadKubernetesResources(this.loadGenerator.resources)
+        val appResources = loadResources(this.sut.resources)
+        val loadGenResources = loadResources(this.loadGenerator.resources)
 
         val patcherFactory = PatcherFactory()
 
@@ -124,7 +127,7 @@ class KubernetesBenchmark : KubernetesResource, Benchmark {
             loadGenResources = loadGenResources.map { it.second },
             loadGenerationDelay = loadGenerationDelay,
             afterTeardownDelay = afterTeardownDelay,
-            kafkaConfig = if (kafkaConfig != null) hashMapOf("bootstrap.servers" to kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer) else mapOf(),
+            kafkaConfig = if (kafkaConfig != null) mapOf("bootstrap.servers" to kafkaConfig.bootstrapServer) else mapOf(),
             topics = kafkaConfig?.topics ?: listOf(),
             client = this.client
         )
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
index f897cf177e96da316c733b1c51bee37a5595d9c8..5b4880b45db76d9e68e87fda0ece5b04966439c8 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManager.kt
@@ -24,20 +24,6 @@ class K8sManager(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
      */
     fun deploy(resource: HasMetadata) {
         client.resource(resource).createOrReplace()
-        /*
-        when (resource) {
-            is Deployment ->
-                this.client.apps().deployments().createOrReplace(resource)
-            is Service ->
-                this.client.services().createOrReplace(resource)
-            is ConfigMap ->
-                this.client.configMaps().createOrReplace(resource)
-            is StatefulSet ->
-                this.client.apps().statefulSets().createOrReplace(resource)
-            is CustomResourceWrapper -> resource.deploy(client)
-            else -> throw IllegalArgumentException("Unknown Kubernetes resource.")
-        }
-        */
     }
 
     /**
@@ -48,29 +34,19 @@ class K8sManager(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient) {
         client.resource(resource).delete()
         when (resource) {
             is Deployment -> {
-                //this.client.apps().deployments().delete(resource)
                 ResourceByLabelHandler(client = client)
                     .blockUntilPodsDeleted(
                         matchLabels = resource.spec.selector.matchLabels
                     )
                 logger.info { "Deployment '${resource.metadata.name}' deleted." }
             }
-            /*
-            is Service ->
-                this.client.services().delete(resource)
-            is ConfigMap ->
-                this.client.configMaps().delete(resource)
-            */
             is StatefulSet -> {
-                //this.client.apps().statefulSets().delete(resource)
                 ResourceByLabelHandler(client = client)
                     .blockUntilPodsDeleted(
                         matchLabels = resource.spec.selector.matchLabels
                     )
                 logger.info { "StatefulSet '$resource.metadata.name' deleted." }
             }
-            // is CustomResourceWrapper -> resource.delete(client)
-            // else -> client.resource(resource).delete()
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/AbstractK8sLoader.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/AbstractK8sLoader.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 285e30a70e8a4ba3eadbb9a664c99b4b001b9d4e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/AbstractK8sLoader.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import mu.KotlinLogging
-import theodolite.k8s.K8sContextFactory
-
-private val logger = KotlinLogging.logger {}
-
-@Deprecated("Use Kubernetes Client directly")
-abstract class AbstractK8sLoader: K8sResourceLoader {
-
-    fun loadK8sResource(kind: String, resourceString: String): KubernetesResource {
-        return when (kind.replaceFirst(kind[0],kind[0].uppercaseChar())) {
-            "Deployment" -> loadDeployment(resourceString)
-            "Service" -> loadService(resourceString)
-            "ServiceMonitor" -> loadServiceMonitor(resourceString)
-            "PodMonitor" -> loadPodMonitor(resourceString)
-            "ConfigMap" -> loadConfigmap(resourceString)
-            "StatefulSet" -> loadStatefulSet(resourceString)
-            "Execution" -> loadExecution(resourceString)
-            "Benchmark" -> loadBenchmark(resourceString)
-            else -> {
-                logger.error { "Error during loading of unspecified resource Kind '$kind'." }
-                throw IllegalArgumentException("error while loading resource with kind: $kind")
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    fun <T : KubernetesResource> loadGenericResource(resourceString: String, f: (String) -> T): T {
-        var resource: T? = null
-
-        try {
-            resource = f(resourceString)
-        } catch (e: Exception) {
-            logger.warn { e }
-        }
-
-        if (resource == null) {
-            throw IllegalArgumentException("The Resource: $resourceString could not be loaded")
-        }
-        return resource
-    }
-
-
-
-    override fun loadServiceMonitor(resource: String): KubernetesResource {
-        val context = K8sContextFactory().create(
-            api = "v1",
-            scope = "Namespaced",
-            group = "monitoring.coreos.com",
-            plural = "servicemonitors"
-        )
-        return loadCustomResourceWrapper(resource, context)
-    }
-
-    override fun loadPodMonitor(resource: String): KubernetesResource {
-        val context = K8sContextFactory().create(
-            api = "v1",
-            scope = "Namespaced",
-            group = "monitoring.coreos.com",
-            plural = "podmonitors"
-        )
-        return loadCustomResourceWrapper(resource, context)
-    }
-
-    override fun loadExecution(resource: String): KubernetesResource {
-        val context = K8sContextFactory().create(
-            api = "v1",
-            scope = "Namespaced",
-            group = "theodolite.com",
-            plural = "executions"
-        )
-        return loadCustomResourceWrapper(resource, context)
-    }
-
-    override fun loadBenchmark(resource: String): KubernetesResource {
-        val context = K8sContextFactory().create(
-            api = "v1",
-            scope = "Namespaced",
-            group = "theodolite.com",
-            plural = "benchmarks"
-        )
-        return loadCustomResourceWrapper(resource, context)
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoader.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoader.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 56741330f0a133b82928ba533b1bf0021b740f89..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoader.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
-
-@Deprecated("Use Kubernetes Client directly")
-interface K8sResourceLoader {
-    fun loadDeployment(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadService(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadStatefulSet(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadExecution(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadBenchmark(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadConfigmap(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadServiceMonitor(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadPodMonitor(resource: String): KubernetesResource
-    fun loadCustomResourceWrapper(resource: String, context: CustomResourceDefinitionContext): KubernetesResource
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoaderFromFile.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoaderFromFile.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index df1e1e4626eb665134f1f6b0abb4a78931bc4e22..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoaderFromFile.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
-import theodolite.k8s.CustomResourceWrapper
-import theodolite.util.YamlParserFromFile
-
-/**
- * Used to load different Kubernetes resources.
- * Supports: Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, and CustomResources.
- * @param client KubernetesClient used to deploy or remove.
- */
-@Deprecated("Use Kubernetes Client directly")
-class K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): AbstractK8sLoader(),
-    K8sResourceLoader {
-
-    /**
-     * Parses a Service from a service yaml
-     * @param resource of the yaml file
-     * @return Service from fabric8
-     */
-    override fun loadService(resource: String): Service {
-        return loadGenericResource(resource) { x: String -> client.services().load(x).get() }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Parses a CustomResource from a yaml
-     * @param path of the yaml file
-     * @param context specific crd context for this custom resource
-     * @return  CustomResourceWrapper from fabric8
-     */
-    override fun loadCustomResourceWrapper(resource: String, context: CustomResourceDefinitionContext): CustomResourceWrapper {
-       return loadGenericResource(resource) {
-           CustomResourceWrapper(
-               YamlParserFromFile().parse(
-                   resource,
-                   HashMap<String, String>()::class.java
-               )!!,
-               context
-           )
-       }
-   }
-
-    /**
-     * Parses a Deployment from a Deployment yaml
-     * @param resource of the yaml file
-     * @return Deployment from fabric8
-     */
-    override fun loadDeployment(resource: String): Deployment {
-        return loadGenericResource(resource) { x: String -> client.apps().deployments().load(x).get() }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Parses a ConfigMap from a ConfigMap yaml
-     * @param resource of the yaml file
-     * @return ConfigMap from fabric8
-     */
-    override fun loadConfigmap(resource: String): ConfigMap {
-        return loadGenericResource(resource) { x: String -> client.configMaps().load(x).get() }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Parses a StatefulSet from a StatefulSet yaml
-     * @param resource of the yaml file
-     * @return StatefulSet from fabric8
-     */
-    override fun loadStatefulSet(resource: String): KubernetesResource {
-        return loadGenericResource(resource) { x: String -> client.apps().statefulSets().load(x).get() }
-
-    }
-}
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoaderFromString.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoaderFromString.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 867aaafcb5a4dfa2fbd06189c0514620d44eb33b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/resourceLoader/K8sResourceLoaderFromString.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.KubernetesResource
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.NamespacedKubernetesClient
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.dsl.base.CustomResourceDefinitionContext
-import theodolite.k8s.CustomResourceWrapper
-import theodolite.util.YamlParserFromString
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
-import java.io.InputStream
-
-@Deprecated("Use Kubernetes Client directly")
-class K8sResourceLoaderFromString(private val client: NamespacedKubernetesClient): AbstractK8sLoader(),
-    K8sResourceLoader {
-
-    override fun loadService(resource: String): Service {
-        return loadAnyResource(resource) { stream -> client.services().load(stream).get() }
-    }
-
-    override fun loadDeployment(resource: String): Deployment {
-        return loadAnyResource(resource) { stream -> client.apps().deployments().load(stream).get() }
-    }
-
-    override fun loadConfigmap(resource: String): ConfigMap {
-        return loadAnyResource(resource) { stream -> client.configMaps().load(stream).get() }
-    }
-
-    override fun loadStatefulSet(resource: String): StatefulSet {
-        return loadAnyResource(resource) { stream -> client.apps().statefulSets().load(stream).get() }
-    }
-
-    private fun <T : KubernetesResource> loadAnyResource(resource: String, f: (InputStream) -> T): T {
-        return loadGenericResource(resource) { f(ByteArrayInputStream(it.encodeToByteArray())) }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Parses a CustomResource from a yaml
-     * @param resource of the yaml file
-     * @param context specific crd context for this custom resource
-     * @return  CustomResourceWrapper from fabric8
-     */
-    override fun loadCustomResourceWrapper(resource: String, context: CustomResourceDefinitionContext): CustomResourceWrapper {
-        return loadGenericResource(resource) {
-            CustomResourceWrapper(
-                YamlParserFromString().parse(
-                    resource,
-                    HashMap<String, String>()::class.java
-                )!!,
-                context
-            )
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
index 6ec0cce36751ec0343d40aa49fefa44f4c7fc918..fd2ac209a52e0d516ffa9ec07e465fa076ae665a 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/main/kotlin/theodolite/util/PatcherDefinition.kt
@@ -21,5 +21,5 @@ class PatcherDefinition {
     lateinit var resource: String
 
     @JsonSerialize
-    lateinit var properties: MutableMap<String, String>
+    lateinit var properties: Map<String, String>
 }
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/MockServerUtils.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/MockServerUtils.kt
index fd4e09e766554be33a86a7182eb436aad5f8b6fe..0c8da45cd5d2dab948f9ccba1c2f4917050bb040 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/MockServerUtils.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/MockServerUtils.kt
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
 
 fun KubernetesServer.registerResource(context: ResourceDefinitionContext) {
     val apiResourceList = APIResourceListBuilder()
-        //.withApiVersion("v1")
-        //.withGroupVersion("")
-        //.withKind("List")
         .addNewResource()
-            //.withGroup(context.group)
             .withName(context.plural)
             .withKind(context.kind)
             .withNamespaced(context.isNamespaceScoped)
-            //.withVersion(context.version)
         .endResource()
         .build()
 
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
index bd20caf2712240bc671cc21920499e279891e1e1..6a31875d00c8f578dcc475c3de21e130c595f673 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/benchmark/FileSystemResourceSetTest.kt
@@ -8,12 +8,9 @@ import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.KubernetesTestServer
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.WithKubernetesTestServer
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
 import registerResource
 import theodolite.model.crd.BenchmarkCRD
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
index 59864f55262bbafa1445fa0757f98bf5ade30861..ba65356b65b6ac23ca56c268bb003815917cf162 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/execution/operator/StateHandlerTest.kt
@@ -11,10 +11,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
 import theodolite.k8s.K8sManager
-import theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader.K8sResourceLoaderFromFile
 import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionCRD
 import theodolite.model.crd.ExecutionState
-import java.time.Duration
 
 @QuarkusTest
 @WithKubernetesTestServer
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManagerTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManagerTest.kt
index dca8264744568218552af527654cf49b3ac45ddd..ee80d55caf995642f6fff04cfeeb66bc08ab93d3 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManagerTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sManagerTest.kt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ internal class K8sManagerTest {
     private final val resourceName = "test-resource"
     private final val metadata: ObjectMeta = ObjectMetaBuilder().withName(resourceName).build()
 
-
     val defaultDeployment: Deployment = DeploymentBuilder()
         .withMetadata(metadata)
         .withNewSpec()
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoaderTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoaderTest.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index 64607268722996c48b016a93daf480f9db9721ab..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/k8s/K8sResourceLoaderTest.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,110 +0,0 @@
-package theodolite.k8s
-
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.ConfigMap
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.Service
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.StatefulSet
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
-import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.*
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
-import theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader.K8sResourceLoaderFromFile
-
-@QuarkusTest
-@Deprecated("Since Resource Loaders are deprecated")
-@Disabled
-class K8sResourceLoaderTest {
-    private final val server = KubernetesServer(false, true)
-    private final val testResourcePath = "./src/test/resources/k8s-resource-files/"
-
-    @BeforeEach
-    fun setUp() {
-        server.before()
-    }
-
-    @AfterEach
-    fun tearDown() {
-        server.after()
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Test loading of Deployments")
-    fun loadDeploymentTest() {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-        val resource = loader.loadK8sResource("Deployment", testResourcePath + "test-deployment.yaml")
-
-        assertTrue(resource is Deployment)
-        assertTrue(resource.toString().contains("name=test-deployment"))
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Test loading of StatefulSet")
-    fun loadStatefulSetTest() {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-        val resource = loader.loadK8sResource("StatefulSet", testResourcePath + "test-statefulset.yaml")
-
-        assertTrue(resource is StatefulSet)
-        assertTrue(resource.toString().contains("name=test-statefulset"))
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Test loading of Service")
-    fun loadServiceTest() {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-        val resource = loader.loadK8sResource("Service", testResourcePath + "test-service.yaml")
-
-        assertTrue(resource is Service)
-        assertTrue(resource.toString().contains("name=test-service"))
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Test loading of ConfigMap")
-    fun loadConfigMapTest() {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-        val resource = loader.loadK8sResource("ConfigMap", testResourcePath + "test-configmap.yaml")
-
-        assertTrue(resource is ConfigMap)
-        assertTrue(resource.toString().contains("name=test-configmap"))
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Test loading of ServiceMonitors")
-    fun loadServiceMonitorTest() {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-        val resource = loader.loadK8sResource("ServiceMonitor", testResourcePath + "test-service-monitor.yaml")
-
-        assertTrue(resource is CustomResourceWrapper)
-        if (resource is CustomResourceWrapper) {
-            assertEquals("test-service-monitor", resource.getName())
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Test loading of Executions")
-    fun loadExecutionTest() {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-        val resource = loader.loadK8sResource("Execution", testResourcePath + "test-execution.yaml")
-
-        assertTrue(resource is CustomResourceWrapper)
-        if (resource is CustomResourceWrapper) {
-            assertEquals("example-execution", resource.getName())
-
-        }
-    }
-
-    @Test
-    @DisplayName("Test loading of Benchmarks")
-    fun loadBenchmarkTest() {
-        val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(server.client)
-        val resource = loader.loadK8sResource("Benchmark", testResourcePath + "test-benchmark.yaml")
-
-        assertTrue(resource is CustomResourceWrapper)
-        if (resource is CustomResourceWrapper) {
-            assertEquals("example-benchmark", resource.getName())
-
-        }
-    }
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
similarity index 86%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
index a4bf68ac2747015a6b4f5670b7b8e87ce0365322..2769f2fef607a03d820b0821969db98894944cb3 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceLimitPatcherTest.kt
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-package theodolite
+package theodolite.patcher
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.KubernetesTestServer
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.WithKubernetesTestServer
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Disabled
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader.K8sResourceLoaderFromFile
 import theodolite.patcher.PatcherFactory
 import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 
@@ -24,9 +22,9 @@ import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
  */
 @QuarkusTest
 @WithKubernetesTestServer
+@Disabled
 class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
-    //val testPath = "./src/test/resources/"
-    //val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(""))
+
     val patcherFactory = PatcherFactory()
 
     @KubernetesTestServer
@@ -36,12 +34,11 @@ class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
         val cpuValue = "50m"
         val memValue = "3Gi"
         val k8sResource = server.client.apps().deployments().load(javaClass.getResourceAsStream(fileName)).get()
-        //val k8sResource = loader.loadK8sResource("Deployment", testPath + fileName) as Deployment
 
         val defCPU = PatcherDefinition()
         defCPU.resource = "/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defCPU.type = "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-        defCPU.properties = mutableMapOf(
+        defCPU.properties = mapOf(
             "limitedResource" to "cpu",
             "container" to "application"
         )
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ class ResourceLimitPatcherTest {
         val defMEM = PatcherDefinition()
         defMEM.resource = "/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defMEM.type = "ResourceLimitPatcher"
-        defMEM.properties = mutableMapOf(
+        defMEM.properties = mapOf(
             "limitedResource" to "memory",
             "container" to "uc-application"
         )
diff --git a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
similarity index 85%
rename from theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
rename to theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
index 7052a8be0a56d7619a9258d73c650c6a4c94fb00..dba91eb65d4474d38f64d7fdd7f7ab981f8eb30f 100644
--- a/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
+++ b/theodolite/src/test/kotlin/theodolite/patcher/ResourceRequestPatcherTest.kt
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
-package theodolite
+package theodolite.patcher
 
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.api.model.apps.Deployment
-import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.DefaultKubernetesClient
 import io.fabric8.kubernetes.client.server.mock.KubernetesServer
 import io.quarkus.test.junit.QuarkusTest
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.KubernetesTestServer
 import io.quarkus.test.kubernetes.client.WithKubernetesTestServer
 import io.smallrye.common.constraint.Assert.assertTrue
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import theodolite.k8s.resourceLoader.K8sResourceLoaderFromFile
-import theodolite.patcher.PatcherFactory
 import theodolite.util.PatcherDefinition
 
 /**
@@ -29,20 +25,17 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
     @KubernetesTestServer
     private lateinit var server: KubernetesServer
 
-    //val testPath = "./src/test/resources/"
-    //val loader = K8sResourceLoaderFromFile(DefaultKubernetesClient().inNamespace(""))
     val patcherFactory = PatcherFactory()
 
     fun applyTest(fileName: String) {
         val cpuValue = "50m"
         val memValue = "3Gi"
         val k8sResource = server.client.apps().deployments().load(javaClass.getResourceAsStream(fileName)).get()
-            // loader.loadK8sResource("Deployment", testPath + fileName) as Deployment
 
         val defCPU = PatcherDefinition()
         defCPU.resource = "/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defCPU.type = "ResourceRequestPatcher"
-        defCPU.properties = mutableMapOf(
+        defCPU.properties = mapOf(
             "requestedResource" to "cpu",
             "container" to "application"
         )
@@ -50,7 +43,7 @@ class ResourceRequestPatcherTest {
         val defMEM = PatcherDefinition()
         defMEM.resource = "/cpu-memory-deployment.yaml"
         defMEM.type = "ResourceRequestPatcher"
-        defMEM.properties = mutableMapOf(
+        defMEM.properties = mapOf(
             "requestedResource" to "memory",
             "container" to "application"
         )