diff --git a/execution/run_uc2.sh b/execution/run_uc2.sh
index 7d9c89d1db44731976a9b026731af1fa8ddb685e..68f592cc963847f56f316e3c214b2b4bb1d64fc6 100755
--- a/execution/run_uc2.sh
+++ b/execution/run_uc2.sh
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ WL_MAX_RECORDS=150000
 APPROX_NUM_SENSORS=$((4**NUM_NESTED_GROUPS))
 WL_INSTANCES=$(((APPROX_NUM_SENSORS + (WL_MAX_RECORDS -1 ))/ WL_MAX_RECORDS))
 
-sed "s/{{NUM_NESTED_GROUPS}}/$NUM_NESTED_GROUPS/g" uc2-workload-generator/deployment.yaml | kubectl apply -f -
 WORKLOAD_GENERATOR_YAML=$(sed "s/{{NUM_NESTED_GROUPS}}/$NUM_NESTED_GROUPS/g; s/{{INSTANCES}}/$WL_INSTANCES/g" uc2-workload-generator/deployment.yaml)
 echo "$WORKLOAD_GENERATOR_YAML" | kubectl apply -f -