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@@ -106,28 +106,6 @@ to install the `demo` profile:
 $ istioctl install --set profile=demo
 {{< /text >}}
 
-## Check what's installed
-
-The `istioctl` command saves the `IstioOperator` CR that was used to install Istio in a copy of the CR named `installed-state`.
-Instead of inspecting the deployments, pods, services and other resources that were installed by Istio, for example:
-
-{{< text bash >}}
-$ kubectl -n istio-system get deploy
-NAME                   READY   UP-TO-DATE   AVAILABLE   AGE
-istio-egressgateway    1/1     1            1           25s
-istio-ingressgateway   1/1     1            1           24s
-istiod                 1/1     1            1           20s
-{{< /text >}}
-
-You can inspect the `installed-state` CR, to see what is installed in the cluster, as well as all custom settings.
-For example, dump its content into a YAML file using the following command:
-
-{{< text bash >}}
-$ kubectl -n istio-system get IstioOperator installed-state -o yaml > installed-state.yaml
-{{< /text >}}
-
-The `installed-state` CR is also used to perform checks in some `istioctl` commands and should therefore not be removed.
-
 ## Display the list of available profiles
 
 You can display the names of Istio configuration profiles that are