diff --git a/control_plane/patches/control-plane-patch-second.yaml b/control_plane/patches/control-plane-patch-second.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d5a2be..0000000
--- a/control_plane/patches/control-plane-patch-second.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-# patches/controlplane-patch.yaml
-- op: replace
-  path: /machine/network/nameservers
-  value:
-    - "1.1.1.1"
-    - "8.8.8.8"
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diff --git a/control_plane/patches/controlplane-patch-first.yaml b/control_plane/patches/controlplane-patch-first.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 998a1bc..0000000
--- a/control_plane/patches/controlplane-patch-first.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# patches/controlplane-patch.yaml
-machine:
-  network:
-    $patch: replace  # This tells Talos to replace the entire array
-    nameservers:
-      - "1.1.1.1"
-      - "8.8.8.8"
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diff --git a/control_plane/patches/controlplane-patch.yaml b/control_plane/patches/controlplane-patch.yaml
index bde99b1..4d5a2be 100644
--- a/control_plane/patches/controlplane-patch.yaml
+++ b/control_plane/patches/controlplane-patch.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-machine:
-  network:
-    nameservers:
-      - 1.1.1.1
-      - 8.8.8.8
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+# patches/controlplane-patch.yaml
+- op: replace
+  path: /machine/network/nameservers
+  value:
+    - "1.1.1.1"
+    - "8.8.8.8"
\ No newline at end of file