diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml
index c769603..7c7a4c2 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/bootstrap/roles/workloadcluster/tasks/clusterapi.yml
@@ -136,11 +136,29 @@
     chdir: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api
   register: clusterctl_newcluster
 
-# TODO: move to git repo
+- name: Initialize tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.tempfile:
+    state: file
+  register: capi_clustermanifest
+
 - name: Save workload cluster manifest
   ansible.builtin.copy:
-    dest: /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/new-cluster.yaml
+    dest: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}"
     content: "{{ clusterctl_newcluster.stdout }}"
+
+- name: Split manifest into separate files
+  ansible.builtin.shell:
+    cmd: >-
+      kubectl slice \
+        -f {{ capi_clustermanifest.path }} \
+        -o /opt/metacluster/cluster-api/new-cluster
+
+- name: Cleanup tempfile
+  ansible.builtin.file:
+    path: "{{ capi_clustermanifest.path }}"
+    state: absent
+  when: capi_clustermanifest.path is defined
+
 - name: WORKAROUND - Wait for ingress ACME requests to complete
   ansible.builtin.shell:
     cmd: >-
@@ -151,6 +169,7 @@
   until: certificate_subject is not failed
   retries: "{{ playbook.retries }}"
   delay: "{{ (storage_benchmark | int) * (playbook.delay.medium | int) }}"
+
 - name: Apply workload cluster manifest
   kubernetes.core.k8s:
     definition: >-
diff --git a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/disks/tasks/main.yml b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/disks/tasks/main.yml
index 7becdbb..c74bcec 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/disks/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/ansible/roles/firstboot/files/ansible_payload/common/roles/disks/tasks/main.yml
@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@
 - name: Calculate crude storage benchmark
   ansible.builtin.set_fact:
     storage_benchmark: "{{ [storage_benchmark, (end_time | int - start_time | int)] | max }}"
-- debug:
-    var: storage_benchmark
 
 - name: Mount dynamic disk
   ansible.posix.mount:
diff --git a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
index 63d206a..4b072a6 100644
--- a/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
+++ b/ansible/vars/metacluster.yml
@@ -294,6 +294,8 @@ dependencies:
       url: https://get.helm.sh/helm-v3.10.2-linux-amd64.tar.gz
       archive: compressed
       extra_opts: --strip-components=1
+    - filename: kubectl-slice
+      url: https://github.com/patrickdappollonio/kubectl-slice/releases/download/v1.2.5/kubectl-slice_linux_x86_64.tar.gz
     - filename: npp-prepper
       url: https://code.spamasaurus.com/api/packages/djpbessems/generic/npp-prepper/v0.5.1/npp-prepper
     - filename: skopeo