chore: remove unused RBAC role (#914)

* chore: remove unused RBAC role

* update changelog

Author: razvan

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Refactor: move server configuration properties from the command line to configuration files. ([#911]).
 
+### Removed
+
+- Refactor: remove unused RBAC cluster role ([#914]).
+
 [#911]: https://github.com/stackabletech/kafka-operator/pull/911
+[#914]: https://github.com/stackabletech/kafka-operator/pull/914
 
 ## [25.11.0] - 2025-11-07
 

deploy/helm/kafka-operator/templates/deployment.yaml

@@ -79,8 +79,6 @@ spec:
               value: {{ .Values.kubernetesClusterDomain | quote }}
             {{- end }}
             {{- include "telemetry.envVars" . | nindent 12 }}
-            - name: KAFKA_BROKER_CLUSTERROLE
-              value: {{ include "operator.fullname" . }}-kafka-broker-clusterrole
       volumes:
         - name: config-spec
           configMap:

deploy/helm/kafka-operator/templates/roles-kafka.yaml

@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ struct Opts {
 
 #[derive(clap::Parser)]
 struct KafkaRun {
-    #[clap(long, env)]
-    kafka_broker_clusterrole: String,
     #[clap(flatten)]
     common: RunArguments,
 }
@@ -198,10 +196,6 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
     Ok(())
 }
 
-pub struct ControllerConfig {
-    pub broker_clusterrole: String,
-}
-
 fn references_config_map(
     kafka: &DeserializeGuard<v1alpha1::KafkaCluster>,
     config_map: &DeserializeGuard<ConfigMap>,