diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
index 3640bb7b..cf1dbd92 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-commons/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/commons/config/reload/ConfigReloadUtil.java
@@ -121,10 +121,6 @@ public final class ConfigReloadUtil {
 					// we know that the type is correct here
 					managedSources.add((S) mountConfigMapPropertySource);
 				}
-				else if (propertySource instanceof SecretsPropertySource secretsPropertySource) {
-					// we know that the type is correct here
-					managedSources.add((S) secretsPropertySource);
-				}
 			}
 		}
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/k8s/client/reload/it/K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT.java b/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/k8s/client/reload/it/K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT.java
deleted file mode 100644
index c6b0f88f..00000000
--- a/spring-cloud-kubernetes-integration-tests/spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/kubernetes/k8s/client/reload/it/K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,118 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2013-2025 the original author or authors.
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-package org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.k8s.client.reload.it;
-
-import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
-import java.time.Duration;
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.apis.CoreV1Api;
-import io.kubernetes.client.openapi.models.V1Secret;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-import org.testcontainers.k3s.K3sContainer;
-
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.Commons;
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.Phase;
-import org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.native_client.Util;
-import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
-import org.springframework.web.reactive.function.client.WebClient;
-
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.awaitility.Awaitility.await;
-import static org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.Commons.builder;
-import static org.springframework.cloud.kubernetes.integration.tests.commons.Commons.retrySpec;
-
-/**
- * @author wind57
- */
-class K8sClientSecretMountBootstrapPollingIT extends K8sClientReloadBase {
-
-	private static final String IMAGE_NAME = "spring-cloud-kubernetes-k8s-client-reload";
-
-	private static final String NAMESPACE = "default";
-
-	private static final K3sContainer K3S = Commons.container();
-
-	private static Util util;
-
-	private static CoreV1Api coreV1Api;
-
-	@BeforeAll
-	static void beforeAllLocal() throws Exception {
-		K3S.start();
-		Commons.validateImage(IMAGE_NAME, K3S);
-		Commons.loadSpringCloudKubernetesImage(IMAGE_NAME, K3S);
-
-		util = new Util(K3S);
-		coreV1Api = new CoreV1Api();
-		util.setUp(NAMESPACE);
-		manifestsSecret(Phase.CREATE, util, NAMESPACE, IMAGE_NAME);
-	}
-
-	@AfterAll
-	static void afterAll() {
-		manifestsSecret(Phase.DELETE, util, NAMESPACE, IMAGE_NAME);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * <pre>
-	 *     - we have bootstrap enabled
-	 *     - we will 'locate' property sources from secrets.
-	 *     - there are no explicit secrets to search for, but what we will also read,
-	 *     	 is 'spring.cloud.kubernetes.secret.paths', which we have set to
-	 *     	 '/tmp/application.properties'
-	 *       in this test. That is populated by the volumeMounts (see mount/deployment-with-secret.yaml)
-	 *     - we first assert that we are actually reading the path based source
-	 *
-	 *     - we then change the secret content, wait for k8s to pick it up and replace them
-	 *     - our polling will then detect that change, and trigger a reload.
-	 * </pre>
-	 */
-	@Test
-	void test() throws Exception {
-		WebClient webClient = builder().baseUrl("http://localhost:32321/secret").build();
-		String result = webClient.method(HttpMethod.GET)
-			.retrieve()
-			.bodyToMono(String.class)
-			.retryWhen(retrySpec())
-			.block();
-
-		// we first read the initial value from the configmap
-		assertThat(result).isEqualTo("initial");
-
-		// replace data in secret and wait for k8s to pick it up
-		// our polling will detect that and restart the app
-		V1Secret secret = (V1Secret) util.yaml("mount/secret.yaml");
-		secret.setData(Map.of("from.properties.secret.key", "as-mount-changed".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
-		coreV1Api.replaceNamespacedSecret("secret-reload", NAMESPACE, secret, null, null, null, null);
-
-		Commons.waitForLogStatement("Detected change in config maps/secrets, reload will be triggered", K3S,
-				IMAGE_NAME);
-
-		await().atMost(Duration.ofSeconds(120))
-			.pollInterval(Duration.ofSeconds(1))
-			.until(() -> webClient.method(HttpMethod.GET)
-				.retrieve()
-				.bodyToMono(String.class)
-				.retryWhen(retrySpec())
-				.block()
-				.equals("as-mount-changed"));
-	}
-
-}