diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fd3780f..35dbab2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -258,10 +258,8 @@ CodeCoverage/
 TestResult.xml
 nunit-*.xml
 
-# Files that sample scripts or ad-hoc local runs drop into a scripts/ folder:
-# the LocalStack CA written by web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/*/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh
-# and activity files written by a Vacation Planner run pointed at the scripts folder.
-samples/**/scripts/.localstack-ca.crt
+# Files that ad-hoc local runs drop into a scripts/ folder: activity files written by a
+# Vacation Planner run pointed at the scripts folder.
 samples/**/scripts/*-activity.txt
 
 # PyPI configuration file
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/README.md b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/README.md
index ae4af19..6c5716c 100644
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/README.md
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Before installing the sample, make sure to create an [Azure Kubernetes Service (
 
 All commands below are run from this sample's `scripts/` folder.
 
-> LocalStack note: when running against the emulator, the `LOCALSTACK_URL` variable in [`00-variables.sh`](scripts/00-variables.sh) triggers installation of the LocalStack root CA so the app trusts the emulated endpoint. Set it to an empty value when targeting real Azure.
-
 > **Running on LocalStack?** Install the [lstk CLI](https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/developer-tools/running-localstack/lstk/) and run `lstk az start-interception` to route Azure CLI calls to the emulator. See [Run against LocalStack](../../../README.md#run-against-localstack) for the full setup.
 
 ## Architecture
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/00-variables.sh b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/00-variables.sh
index 3d6dea2..da92a7b 100755
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/00-variables.sh
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/00-variables.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ AZURECOSMOSDB_CONTAINERNAME='activities'
 AZURECOSMOSDB_PARTITION_KEY='/username'
 THROUGHPUT=400
 
-# LocalStack runtime URL. Set to empty when running against real Azure to skip
-# the LocalStack root-CA install step in 03-run-docker-container.sh / 05-deploy-app.sh.
-LOCALSTACK_URL='http://localhost:4566'
-
 # Application config
 LOGIN_NAME='paolo'
 
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh
index bb88222..ced8671 100755
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh
@@ -3,17 +3,6 @@
 # Variables
 source ./00-variables.sh
 
-# On Windows, Git Bash and MSYS2 shells pass a path such as /tmp/... unconverted to Windows programs
-# (az, curl, jq, python, docker) when MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 is set, as the README asks. cygpath, which
-# those shells provide, returns the C:/... form those programs can open; elsewhere the path is unchanged.
-native_path() {
-	if command -v cygpath >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		cygpath -m "$1"
-	else
-		echo "$1"
-	fi
-}
-
 # Retrieve the document endpoint
 echo "Retrieving document endpoint for Cosmos DB account [$COSMOSDB_ACCOUNT_NAME]..."
 AZURECOSMOSDB_ENDPOINT=$(az cosmosdb show \
@@ -44,48 +33,6 @@ else
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-# When running against LocalStack, fetch its root CA so the container can verify
-# the cosmos endpoint's TLS chain (cert is signed by LocalStack's root CA — see
-# localstack-pro-azure/.../cosmos/nosql/emulator.py default_cert_store().get_or_create).
-CA_MOUNT_ARGS=()
-EXTRA_ENV_ARGS=()
-if [ -n "$LOCALSTACK_URL" ]; then
-	echo "Fetching LocalStack root CA from $LOCALSTACK_URL..."
-
-	# Fetch the target CA URL
-	CA_URL=$(curl -sf "$LOCALSTACK_URL/_localstack/certs" | jq -r .ca.url)
-
-	if [ -z "$CA_URL" ] || [ "$CA_URL" = "null" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Failed to extract CA URL from LocalStack endpoint." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Fetch the actual PEM payload
-	PEM_DATA=$(curl -sf "$CA_URL")
-
-	if [ -z "$PEM_DATA" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Retrieved empty CA certificate payload." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Write next to the script (in $CURRENT_DIR exported by 00-variables.sh). Avoid /tmp:
-	# on rootless / Docker Desktop / WSL2 setups, /tmp may be outside the daemon's reachable
-	# filesystem — in that case `-v` silently creates an empty directory at the destination
-	# instead of bind-mounting the file, and SSL_CERT_FILE ends up pointing at a dir.
-	HOST_CA_PATH="$(native_path "$CURRENT_DIR/.localstack-ca.crt")"
-	# Remove the CA file on script exit (Ctrl-C, normal exit, error) so we don't leave
-	# it lying next to the script after the container stops.
-	trap 'rm -f "$HOST_CA_PATH"' EXIT
-	printf '%s\n' "$PEM_DATA" > "$HOST_CA_PATH"
-	# Container runs as a non-root `app` user; make sure it can read the bind-mounted file.
-	chmod 644 "$HOST_CA_PATH"
-	echo "LocalStack root CA written to $HOST_CA_PATH"
-	# Use `--mount type=bind` instead of `-v`: if the source is unreachable the daemon
-	# errors out instead of creating a phantom empty directory at the target.
-	CA_MOUNT_ARGS=(--mount "type=bind,source=$HOST_CA_PATH,target=/etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt,readonly")
-	EXTRA_ENV_ARGS=(-e SSL_CERT_FILE=/etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt)
-fi
-
 # --network=host so endpoints like *.localhost.localstack.cloud resolve to the
 # host's loopback (where LocalStack is listening), not the container's.
 docker run -it \
@@ -97,7 +44,5 @@ docker run -it \
 	-e AZURECOSMOSDB_DATABASENAME="$AZURECOSMOSDB_DATABASENAME" \
 	-e AZURECOSMOSDB_CONTAINERNAME="$AZURECOSMOSDB_CONTAINERNAME" \
 	-e LOGIN_NAME="$LOGIN_NAME" \
-	"${EXTRA_ENV_ARGS[@]}" \
-	"${CA_MOUNT_ARGS[@]}" \
 	--name "$IMAGE_NAME" \
 	"$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh
index 6ff2275..939d479 100755
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh
@@ -67,35 +67,6 @@ cat namespace.yml |
 yq "(.metadata.name)|="\""$NAMESPACE"\" |
 kubectl apply -f -
 
-# Create the LocalStack root CA configmap so the app can verify the cosmos endpoint's
-# TLS chain. The cert is signed by LocalStack's root CA at emulator startup — see
-# localstack-pro-azure/.../cosmos/nosql/emulator.py default_cert_store().get_or_create.
-# Skipped when LOCALSTACK_URL is empty (real-Azure mode).
-if [ -n "$LOCALSTACK_URL" ]; then
-	echo "Fetching LocalStack root CA from $LOCALSTACK_URL..."
-
-	# Fetch the target CA URL
-	CA_URL=$(curl -sf "$LOCALSTACK_URL/_localstack/certs" | jq -r .ca.url)
-
-	if [ -z "$CA_URL" ] || [ "$CA_URL" = "null" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Failed to extract CA URL from LocalStack endpoint." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Fetch the actual PEM payload
-	PEM_DATA=$(curl -sf "$CA_URL")
-
-	if [ -z "$PEM_DATA" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Retrieved empty CA certificate payload." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Generate and apply the configmap from a literal string (avoid issues with newlines in the PEM data when using --from-file or --from-env-file)
-	kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" create configmap localstack-ca \
-		--from-literal=localstack.crt="$PEM_DATA" \
-		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
-fi
-
 # Create secret with the Cosmos DB primary key and SECRET_KEY
 cat secret.yml |
 yq "(.metadata.namespace)|="\""$NAMESPACE"\" |
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/deployment.yml b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/deployment.yml
index 6eec136..12f2715 100644
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/deployment.yml
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/dotnet/scripts/deployment.yml
@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: vacation-planner-nosql-secrets
                   key: SECRET_KEY
-            # Add the LocalStack root CA to the trust store .NET uses on Linux (OpenSSL honours
-            # SSL_CERT_FILE next to the system roots) so TLS verification of the Cosmos endpoint
-            # succeeds. The file is mounted from the `localstack-ca` ConfigMap created by 05-deploy-app.sh.
-            - name: SSL_CERT_FILE
-              value: /etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: localstack-ca
-              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt
-              subPath: localstack.crt
-              readOnly: true
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: "100m"
@@ -94,11 +84,3 @@ spec:
             periodSeconds: 10
             timeoutSeconds: 3
             failureThreshold: 3
-      volumes:
-        - name: localstack-ca
-          configMap:
-            name: localstack-ca
-            # `optional: true` lets the Deployment apply even in real-Azure mode where
-            # 05-deploy-app.sh skips creating the ConfigMap. In that case drop the
-            # SSL_CERT_FILE env (and the volumeMount) when switching off LocalStack.
-            optional: true
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/README.md b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/README.md
index aacabbb..5ebe8e9 100644
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/README.md
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ Before installing the sample, make sure to create an [Azure Kubernetes Service (
 
 All commands below are run from this sample's `scripts/` folder.
 
-> LocalStack note: when running against the emulator, the `LOCALSTACK_URL` variable in [`00-variables.sh`](scripts/00-variables.sh) triggers installation of the LocalStack root CA so the app trusts the emulated endpoint. Set it to an empty value when targeting real Azure.
-
 > **Running on LocalStack?** Install the [lstk CLI](https://docs.localstack.cloud/aws/developer-tools/running-localstack/lstk/) and run `lstk az start-interception` to route Azure CLI calls to the emulator. See [Run against LocalStack](../../../README.md#run-against-localstack) for the full setup.
 
 ## Architecture
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/00-variables.sh b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/00-variables.sh
index 89b5a9e..95ee417 100755
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/00-variables.sh
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/00-variables.sh
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ AZURECOSMOSDB_CONTAINERNAME='activities'
 AZURECOSMOSDB_PARTITION_KEY='/username'
 THROUGHPUT=400
 
-# LocalStack runtime URL. Set to empty when running against real Azure to skip
-# the LocalStack root-CA install step in 03-run-docker-container.sh / 05-deploy-app.sh.
-LOCALSTACK_URL='http://localhost:4566'
-
 # Application config
 LOGIN_NAME='paolo'
 
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh
index daa7ddc..ced8671 100755
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/03-run-docker-container.sh
@@ -3,17 +3,6 @@
 # Variables
 source ./00-variables.sh
 
-# On Windows, Git Bash and MSYS2 shells pass a path such as /tmp/... unconverted to Windows programs
-# (az, curl, jq, python, docker) when MSYS_NO_PATHCONV=1 is set, as the README asks. cygpath, which
-# those shells provide, returns the C:/... form those programs can open; elsewhere the path is unchanged.
-native_path() {
-	if command -v cygpath >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-		cygpath -m "$1"
-	else
-		echo "$1"
-	fi
-}
-
 # Retrieve the document endpoint
 echo "Retrieving document endpoint for Cosmos DB account [$COSMOSDB_ACCOUNT_NAME]..."
 AZURECOSMOSDB_ENDPOINT=$(az cosmosdb show \
@@ -44,48 +33,6 @@ else
 	exit 1
 fi
 
-# When running against LocalStack, fetch its root CA so the container can verify
-# the cosmos endpoint's TLS chain (cert is signed by LocalStack's root CA — see
-# localstack-pro-azure/.../cosmos/nosql/emulator.py default_cert_store().get_or_create).
-CA_MOUNT_ARGS=()
-EXTRA_ENV_ARGS=()
-if [ -n "$LOCALSTACK_URL" ]; then
-	echo "Fetching LocalStack root CA from $LOCALSTACK_URL..."
-
-	# Fetch the target CA URL
-	CA_URL=$(curl -sf "$LOCALSTACK_URL/_localstack/certs" | jq -r .ca.url)
-
-	if [ -z "$CA_URL" ] || [ "$CA_URL" = "null" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Failed to extract CA URL from LocalStack endpoint." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Fetch the actual PEM payload
-	PEM_DATA=$(curl -sf "$CA_URL")
-
-	if [ -z "$PEM_DATA" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Retrieved empty CA certificate payload." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Write next to the script (in $CURRENT_DIR exported by 00-variables.sh). Avoid /tmp:
-	# on rootless / Docker Desktop / WSL2 setups, /tmp may be outside the daemon's reachable
-	# filesystem — in that case `-v` silently creates an empty directory at the destination
-	# instead of bind-mounting the file, and REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE ends up pointing at a dir.
-	HOST_CA_PATH="$(native_path "$CURRENT_DIR/.localstack-ca.crt")"
-	# Remove the CA file on script exit (Ctrl-C, normal exit, error) so we don't leave
-	# it lying next to the script after the container stops.
-	trap 'rm -f "$HOST_CA_PATH"' EXIT
-	printf '%s\n' "$PEM_DATA" > "$HOST_CA_PATH"
-	# Container runs as a non-root `app` user; make sure it can read the bind-mounted file.
-	chmod 644 "$HOST_CA_PATH"
-	echo "LocalStack root CA written to $HOST_CA_PATH"
-	# Use `--mount type=bind` instead of `-v`: if the source is unreachable the daemon
-	# errors out instead of creating a phantom empty directory at the target.
-	CA_MOUNT_ARGS=(--mount "type=bind,source=$HOST_CA_PATH,target=/etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt,readonly")
-	EXTRA_ENV_ARGS=(-e REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE=/etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt)
-fi
-
 # --network=host so endpoints like *.localhost.localstack.cloud resolve to the
 # host's loopback (where LocalStack is listening), not the container's.
 docker run -it \
@@ -97,7 +44,5 @@ docker run -it \
 	-e AZURECOSMOSDB_DATABASENAME="$AZURECOSMOSDB_DATABASENAME" \
 	-e AZURECOSMOSDB_CONTAINERNAME="$AZURECOSMOSDB_CONTAINERNAME" \
 	-e LOGIN_NAME="$LOGIN_NAME" \
-	"${EXTRA_ENV_ARGS[@]}" \
-	"${CA_MOUNT_ARGS[@]}" \
 	--name "$IMAGE_NAME" \
 	"$IMAGE_NAME:$IMAGE_TAG"
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh
index 30d42fd..59ee647 100755
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/05-deploy-app.sh
@@ -66,35 +66,6 @@ cat namespace.yml |
 yq "(.metadata.name)|="\""$NAMESPACE"\" |
 kubectl apply -f -
 
-# Create the LocalStack root CA configmap so the app can verify the cosmos endpoint's
-# TLS chain. The cert is signed by LocalStack's root CA at emulator startup — see
-# localstack-pro-azure/.../cosmos/nosql/emulator.py default_cert_store().get_or_create.
-# Skipped when LOCALSTACK_URL is empty (real-Azure mode).
-if [ -n "$LOCALSTACK_URL" ]; then
-	echo "Fetching LocalStack root CA from $LOCALSTACK_URL..."
-
-	# Fetch the target CA URL
-	CA_URL=$(curl -sf "$LOCALSTACK_URL/_localstack/certs" | jq -r .ca.url)
-
-	if [ -z "$CA_URL" ] || [ "$CA_URL" = "null" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Failed to extract CA URL from LocalStack endpoint." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Fetch the actual PEM payload
-	PEM_DATA=$(curl -sf "$CA_URL")
-
-	if [ -z "$PEM_DATA" ]; then
-		echo "Error: Retrieved empty CA certificate payload." >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-
-	# Generate and apply the configmap from a literal string (avoid issues with newlines in the PEM data when using --from-file or --from-env-file)
-	kubectl -n "$NAMESPACE" create configmap localstack-ca \
-		--from-literal=localstack.crt="$PEM_DATA" \
-		--dry-run=client -o yaml | kubectl apply -f -
-fi
-
 # Create secret with the Cosmos DB primary key and Flask secret key
 cat secret.yml |
 yq "(.metadata.namespace)|="\""$NAMESPACE"\" |
diff --git a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/deployment.yml b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/deployment.yml
index 07537ae..f95d253 100644
--- a/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/deployment.yml
+++ b/samples/web-app-cosmosdb-nosql-api/python/scripts/deployment.yml
@@ -61,16 +61,6 @@ spec:
                 secretKeyRef:
                   name: vacation-planner-nosql-secrets
                   key: FLASK_SECRET_KEY
-            # Point `requests` (used by azure-cosmos under the hood) at the LocalStack
-            # root CA so TLS verification of the Cosmos endpoint succeeds. The file is
-            # mounted from the `localstack-ca` ConfigMap created by 05-deploy-app.sh.
-            - name: REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE
-              value: /etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt
-          volumeMounts:
-            - name: localstack-ca
-              mountPath: /etc/ssl/certs/localstack.crt
-              subPath: localstack.crt
-              readOnly: true
           resources:
             requests:
               cpu: "100m"
@@ -94,11 +84,3 @@ spec:
             periodSeconds: 10
             timeoutSeconds: 3
             failureThreshold: 3
-      volumes:
-        - name: localstack-ca
-          configMap:
-            name: localstack-ca
-            # `optional: true` lets the Deployment apply even in real-Azure mode where
-            # 05-deploy-app.sh skips creating the ConfigMap. In that case drop the
-            # REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE env (and the volumeMount) when switching off LocalStack.
-            optional: true