diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e1936eabf..b290bc198 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -225,14 +225,14 @@ to all Giant Swarm installations.
 
 - v20
   - v20.0
-    - [v20.0.0-beta1](https://github.com/giantswarm/releases/tree/master/azure/v20.0.0-beta1)
+    - [v20.0.0-beta1](https://github.com/giantswarm/releases/tree/master/azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1)
 
 - v19
   - v19.1
-    - [v19.1.0](https://github.com/giantswarm/releases/tree/master/azure/v19.1.0)
+    - [v19.1.0](https://github.com/giantswarm/releases/tree/master/azure/archived/v19.1.0)
 
   - v19.0
-    - [v19.0.1](https://github.com/giantswarm/releases/tree/master/azure/v19.0.1)
+    - [v19.0.1](https://github.com/giantswarm/releases/tree/master/azure/archived/v19.0.1)
     - [v19.0.0](https://github.com/giantswarm/releases/tree/master/azure/archived/v19.0.0)
 
 - v18
diff --git a/azure/v19.0.1/README.md b/azure/archived/v19.0.1/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.0.1/README.md
rename to azure/archived/v19.0.1/README.md
diff --git a/azure/v19.0.1/announcement.md b/azure/archived/v19.0.1/announcement.md
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.0.1/announcement.md
rename to azure/archived/v19.0.1/announcement.md
diff --git a/azure/v19.0.1/kustomization.yaml b/azure/archived/v19.0.1/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.0.1/kustomization.yaml
rename to azure/archived/v19.0.1/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/azure/v19.0.1/release.diff b/azure/archived/v19.0.1/release.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.0.1/release.diff
rename to azure/archived/v19.0.1/release.diff
diff --git a/azure/v19.0.1/release.yaml b/azure/archived/v19.0.1/release.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from azure/v19.0.1/release.yaml
rename to azure/archived/v19.0.1/release.yaml
index b08c6de8b..678ca1812 100644
--- a/azure/v19.0.1/release.yaml
+++ b/azure/archived/v19.0.1/release.yaml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ spec:
   - name: etcd
     version: 3.5.7
   date: "2023-02-07T10:48:28Z"
-  state: active
+  state: deprecated
 status:
   inUse: false
   ready: false
diff --git a/azure/v19.1.0/README.md b/azure/archived/v19.1.0/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.1.0/README.md
rename to azure/archived/v19.1.0/README.md
diff --git a/azure/v19.1.0/announcement.md b/azure/archived/v19.1.0/announcement.md
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.1.0/announcement.md
rename to azure/archived/v19.1.0/announcement.md
diff --git a/azure/v19.1.0/kustomization.yaml b/azure/archived/v19.1.0/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.1.0/kustomization.yaml
rename to azure/archived/v19.1.0/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/azure/v19.1.0/release.diff b/azure/archived/v19.1.0/release.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v19.1.0/release.diff
rename to azure/archived/v19.1.0/release.diff
diff --git a/azure/v19.1.0/release.yaml b/azure/archived/v19.1.0/release.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from azure/v19.1.0/release.yaml
rename to azure/archived/v19.1.0/release.yaml
index e1cce808a..0924eb156 100644
--- a/azure/v19.1.0/release.yaml
+++ b/azure/archived/v19.1.0/release.yaml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ spec:
   - name: etcd
     version: 3.5.9
   date: "2023-06-26T07:36:21Z"
-  state: active
+  state: deprecated
 status:
   inUse: false
   ready: false
diff --git a/azure/v20.0.0-beta1/README.md b/azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/README.md
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v20.0.0-beta1/README.md
rename to azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/README.md
diff --git a/azure/v20.0.0-beta1/kustomization.yaml b/azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/kustomization.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v20.0.0-beta1/kustomization.yaml
rename to azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/kustomization.yaml
diff --git a/azure/v20.0.0-beta1/release.diff b/azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/release.diff
similarity index 100%
rename from azure/v20.0.0-beta1/release.diff
rename to azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/release.diff
diff --git a/azure/v20.0.0-beta1/release.yaml b/azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/release.yaml
similarity index 99%
rename from azure/v20.0.0-beta1/release.yaml
rename to azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/release.yaml
index 0061774ee..f8db16bb1 100644
--- a/azure/v20.0.0-beta1/release.yaml
+++ b/azure/archived/v20.0.0-beta1/release.yaml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ spec:
   - name: etcd
     version: 3.5.7
   date: "2023-05-16T07:47:34Z"
-  state: active
+  state: deprecated
 status:
   inUse: false
   ready: false
diff --git a/azure/kustomization.yaml b/azure/kustomization.yaml
index 0675fb7c5..07c4dd3d3 100644
--- a/azure/kustomization.yaml
+++ b/azure/kustomization.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 commonAnnotations:
   giantswarm.io/docs: https://docs.giantswarm.io/ui-api/management-api/crd/releases.release.giantswarm.io/
-resources:
-- v19.0.1
-- v19.1.0
-- v20.0.0-beta1
 transformers:
 - releaseNotesTransformer.yaml
diff --git a/azure/requests.yaml b/azure/requests.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3e3e0c8e6..000000000
--- a/azure/requests.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-releases:
-- name: "> 19.1.1 < 19.999.999"
-  requests:
-    - name: security-bundle
-      version: ">= 0.18.0"
-- name: "> 19.1.0 < 19.999.999"
-  requests:
-  - name: chart-operator
-    version: ">= 3.0.0"
-  # chart-operator-extensions depends on the `ServiceMonitor` CRD and thus on `prometheus-operator-crd`
-  - name: chart-operator-extensions
-    version: ">= 1.1.1"
-  - name: k8s-audit-metrics
-    version: ">= 0.5.3"
-  - name: vertical-pod-autoscaler
-    version: ">= 3.5.3"
-  - name: observability-bundle
-    version: ">= 0.7.3"
-  - name: security-bundle
-    version: ">= 0.16.2"
-- name: "> 19.0.2 < 19.999.999"
-  requests:
-  - name: coredns
-    version: ">= 1.14.2"
-  - name: net-exporter
-    version: ">= 1.16.2"
-  - name: node-exporter
-    version: ">= 1.16.1"
-  # This also requires the removal of the kube-state-metrics app as it is now included in the bundle.
-  - name: observability-bundle
-    version: ">= 0.7.0"
-  - name: vertical-pod-autoscaler
-    version: ">= 3.3.0"
-  - name: vertical-pod-autoscaler-crd
-    version: ">= 2.0.0"
-  - name: app-operator
-    version: ">= 6.6.3"
diff --git a/releases_test.go b/releases_test.go
index 8768e61fa..804a67ecd 100644
--- a/releases_test.go
+++ b/releases_test.go
@@ -258,16 +258,18 @@ func Test_Releases(t *testing.T) {
 			providerRequests := []releaseRequest{}
 			{
 				var providerRequestsFile requestsFile
-				providerRequestsData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(tc.provider, requestsFilename))
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatal(err)
-				}
-				err = yaml.UnmarshalStrict(providerRequestsData, &providerRequestsFile)
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Fatal(err)
-				}
-				for _, release := range providerRequestsFile.Releases {
-					providerRequests = append(providerRequests, release)
+				if tc.provider != "azure" {
+					providerRequestsData, err := ioutil.ReadFile(filepath.Join(tc.provider, requestsFilename))
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					err = yaml.UnmarshalStrict(providerRequestsData, &providerRequestsFile)
+					if err != nil {
+						t.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					for _, release := range providerRequestsFile.Releases {
+						providerRequests = append(providerRequests, release)
+					}
 				}
 			}