diff --git a/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/DataTable.tsx b/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/DataTable.tsx
index eff1574683..ab6cb98936 100644
--- a/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/DataTable.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/TableContainer/DataTable/DataTable.tsx
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ interface IDataTableProps {
   renderPagination?: () => JSX.Element | null;
   setExportRows?: (rows: Row[]) => void;
   onClearSelection?: () => void;
+  suppressHeaderActions?: boolean;
 }
 
 interface IHeaderGroup extends HeaderGroup {
@@ -126,6 +127,7 @@ const DataTable = ({
   renderPagination,
   setExportRows,
   onClearSelection = noop,
+  suppressHeaderActions,
 }: IDataTableProps): JSX.Element => {
   // used to track the initial mount of the component.
   const isInitialRender = useRef(true);
@@ -515,6 +517,47 @@ const DataTable = ({
     "is-observer": isOnlyObserver,
   });
 
+  const renderHeaderWithActions = () => (
+    <thead className="active-selection">
+      <tr {...headerGroups[0].getHeaderGroupProps()}>
+        <th
+          className="active-selection__checkbox"
+          {...headerGroups[0].headers[0].getHeaderProps(
+            headerGroups[0].headers[0].getSortByToggleProps({
+              title: null,
+            })
+          )}
+        >
+          {headerGroups[0].headers[0].render("Header")}
+        </th>
+        <th className="active-selection__container">
+          <div className="active-selection__inner">
+            {renderSelectedCount()}
+            <div className="active-selection__inner-left">
+              {secondarySelectActions && renderSecondarySelectActions()}
+            </div>
+            <div className="active-selection__inner-right">
+              {primarySelectAction && renderPrimarySelectAction()}
+            </div>
+            {toggleAllPagesSelected && renderAreAllSelected()}
+            {shouldRenderToggleAllPages && (
+              <Button
+                onClick={onToggleAllPagesClick}
+                variant="text-link"
+                className="light-text"
+              >
+                <>Select all matching {resultsTitle}</>
+              </Button>
+            )}
+            <Button onClick={onClearSelectionClick} variant="text-link">
+              Clear selection
+            </Button>
+          </div>
+        </th>
+      </tr>
+    </thead>
+  );
+
   return (
     <div className={baseClass}>
       {isLoading && (
@@ -524,46 +567,9 @@ const DataTable = ({
       )}
       <div className="data-table data-table__wrapper">
         <table className={tableStyles}>
-          {Object.keys(selectedRowIds).length !== 0 && (
-            <thead className="active-selection">
-              <tr {...headerGroups[0].getHeaderGroupProps()}>
-                <th
-                  className="active-selection__checkbox"
-                  {...headerGroups[0].headers[0].getHeaderProps(
-                    headerGroups[0].headers[0].getSortByToggleProps({
-                      title: null,
-                    })
-                  )}
-                >
-                  {headerGroups[0].headers[0].render("Header")}
-                </th>
-                <th className="active-selection__container">
-                  <div className="active-selection__inner">
-                    {renderSelectedCount()}
-                    <div className="active-selection__inner-left">
-                      {secondarySelectActions && renderSecondarySelectActions()}
-                    </div>
-                    <div className="active-selection__inner-right">
-                      {primarySelectAction && renderPrimarySelectAction()}
-                    </div>
-                    {toggleAllPagesSelected && renderAreAllSelected()}
-                    {shouldRenderToggleAllPages && (
-                      <Button
-                        onClick={onToggleAllPagesClick}
-                        variant="text-link"
-                        className="light-text"
-                      >
-                        <>Select all matching {resultsTitle}</>
-                      </Button>
-                    )}
-                    <Button onClick={onClearSelectionClick} variant="text-link">
-                      Clear selection
-                    </Button>
-                  </div>
-                </th>
-              </tr>
-            </thead>
-          )}
+          {!suppressHeaderActions &&
+            Object.keys(selectedRowIds).length !== 0 &&
+            renderHeaderWithActions()}
           <thead>
             {headerGroups.map((headerGroup) => (
               <tr {...headerGroup.getHeaderGroupProps()}>
diff --git a/frontend/components/TableContainer/TableContainer.tsx b/frontend/components/TableContainer/TableContainer.tsx
index 6299070d8f..95e775977a 100644
--- a/frontend/components/TableContainer/TableContainer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/components/TableContainer/TableContainer.tsx
@@ -123,6 +123,8 @@ interface ITableContainerProps<T = any> {
   hideFooter?: boolean;
   /** handler called when the  `clear selection` button is called */
   onClearSelection?: () => void;
+  /** don't show the Clear selection button and selected item count when items are selected */
+  suppressHeaderActions?: boolean;
 }
 
 const baseClass = "table-container";
@@ -184,6 +186,7 @@ const TableContainer = <T,>({
   disableTableHeader,
   persistSelectedRows,
   onClearSelection = noop,
+  suppressHeaderActions,
 }: ITableContainerProps<T>) => {
   const isControlledSearchQuery = controlledSearchQuery !== undefined;
   const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState(defaultSearchQuery);
@@ -574,6 +577,7 @@ const TableContainer = <T,>({
                 }
                 setExportRows={setExportRows}
                 onClearSelection={onClearSelection}
+                suppressHeaderActions={suppressHeaderActions}
                 persistSelectedRows={persistSelectedRows}
                 hideFooter={hideFooter}
               />
diff --git a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareModal/SelectSoftwareModal.tsx b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareModal/SelectSoftwareModal.tsx
index ff63063ecd..8764bad593 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareModal/SelectSoftwareModal.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareModal/SelectSoftwareModal.tsx
@@ -76,13 +76,6 @@ const SelectSoftwareModal = ({
     });
   }, []);
 
-  const onChangeSelectAll = useCallback(
-    (selectAll: boolean) => {
-      setSelectedSoftwareIds(selectAll ? softwareTitles.map((s) => s.id) : []);
-    },
-    [softwareTitles]
-  );
-
   return (
     <Modal
       className={baseClass}
@@ -94,7 +87,6 @@ const SelectSoftwareModal = ({
         <SelectSoftwareTable
           softwareTitles={softwareTitles}
           onChangeSoftwareSelect={onChangeSoftwareSelect}
-          onChangeSelectAll={onChangeSelectAll}
           platform={platform}
         />
         <div className="modal-cta-wrap">
diff --git a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTable.tsx b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTable.tsx
index bbe31b19d0..d629bbac9b 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTable.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTable.tsx
@@ -26,23 +26,17 @@ const generateSelectedRows = (softwareTitles: ISoftwareTitle[]) => {
 interface ISelectSoftwareTableProps {
   softwareTitles: ISoftwareTitle[];
   onChangeSoftwareSelect: (select: boolean, id: number) => void;
-  onChangeSelectAll: (selectAll: boolean) => void;
   platform: SetupExperiencePlatform;
 }
 
 const SelectSoftwareTable = ({
   softwareTitles,
   onChangeSoftwareSelect,
-  onChangeSelectAll,
   platform,
 }: ISelectSoftwareTableProps) => {
   const tableConfig = useMemo(() => {
-    return generateTableConfig(
-      platform,
-      onChangeSelectAll,
-      onChangeSoftwareSelect
-    );
-  }, [onChangeSelectAll, onChangeSoftwareSelect, platform]);
+    return generateTableConfig(platform, onChangeSoftwareSelect);
+  }, [onChangeSoftwareSelect, platform]);
 
   const initialSelectedSoftwareRows = useMemo(() => {
     return generateSelectedRows(softwareTitles);
@@ -78,7 +72,6 @@ const SelectSoftwareTable = ({
       searchable
       searchQueryColumn="name"
       isClientSideFilter
-      onClearSelection={() => onChangeSelectAll(false)}
       renderTableHelpText={() => (
         <p className={`${baseClass}__help-text`}>
           Software will be installed on{" "}
@@ -87,6 +80,7 @@ const SelectSoftwareTable = ({
           experience.
         </p>
       )}
+      suppressHeaderActions
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTableConfig.tsx b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTableConfig.tsx
index ddaab3fc3c..6f25ade804 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTableConfig.tsx
+++ b/frontend/pages/ManageControlsPage/SetupExperience/cards/InstallSoftware/components/SelectSoftwareTable/SelectSoftwareTableConfig.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react";
 import { CellProps, Column } from "react-table";
 
-import { IHeaderProps, IStringCellProps } from "interfaces/datatable_config";
+import { IStringCellProps } from "interfaces/datatable_config";
 import { ISoftwareTitle, SoftwareSource } from "interfaces/software";
 
 import TextCell from "components/TableContainer/DataTable/TextCell";
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import { SetupExperiencePlatform } from "interfaces/platform";
 import { DEFAULT_EMPTY_CELL_VALUE } from "utilities/constants";
 
 type ISelectSoftwareTableConfig = Column<ISoftwareTitle>;
-type ITableHeaderProps = IHeaderProps<ISoftwareTitle>;
 type ITableStringCellProps = IStringCellProps<ISoftwareTitle>;
 type ISelectionCellProps = CellProps<ISoftwareTitle>;
 
@@ -32,38 +31,12 @@ const getSetupExperienceLinuxPackageCopy = (source: SoftwareSource) => {
 
 const generateTableConfig = (
   platform: SetupExperiencePlatform,
-  onSelectAll: (selectAll: boolean) => void,
   onSelectSoftware: (select: boolean, id: number) => void
 ): ISelectSoftwareTableConfig[] => {
   const headerConfigs: ISelectSoftwareTableConfig[] = [
     {
       id: "selection",
       disableSortBy: true,
-      Header: (cellProps: ITableHeaderProps) => {
-        const {
-          checked,
-          indeterminate,
-        } = cellProps.getToggleAllRowsSelectedProps();
-
-        const checkboxProps = {
-          value: checked,
-          indeterminate,
-          onChange: () => {
-            onSelectAll(!checked);
-            cellProps.toggleAllRowsSelected();
-          },
-        };
-        return (
-          <GitOpsModeTooltipWrapper
-            position="right"
-            tipOffset={6}
-            fixedPositionStrategy
-            renderChildren={(disableChildren) => (
-              <Checkbox disabled={disableChildren} {...checkboxProps} />
-            )}
-          />
-        );
-      },
       Cell: (cellProps: ISelectionCellProps) => {
         const { checked } = cellProps.row.getToggleRowSelectedProps();
         const checkboxProps = {