diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/README.md b/tools/osbuilder/README.md
index 6bdfa28f81..b97839361e 100644
--- a/tools/osbuilder/README.md
+++ b/tools/osbuilder/README.md
@@ -209,9 +209,9 @@ of the the osbuilder distributions.
> Note: this table is not relevant for the dracut build method, since it supports
any Linux distribution and architecture where dracut is available.
-| |Alpine |Clear Linux |Debian/Ubuntu |openSUSE |
-|-- |-- |-- |-- |-- |
-|**ARM64** |:heavy_check_mark:| | |:heavy_check_mark:|
-|**PPC64le**|:heavy_check_mark:| |:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|
-|**s390x** | | |:heavy_check_mark:| |
-|**x86_64** |:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|
+| |Alpine |Clear Linux |Debian/Ubuntu |
+|-- |-- |-- |-- |
+|**ARM64** |:heavy_check_mark:| | |
+|**PPC64le**|:heavy_check_mark:| |:heavy_check_mark:|
+|**s390x** | | |:heavy_check_mark:|
+|**x86_64** |:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|:heavy_check_mark:|
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/README.md b/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/README.md
index 0507f019f0..e4b902314d 100644
--- a/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/README.md
+++ b/tools/osbuilder/dockerfiles/QAT/README.md
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ to use the agent as the init. Because of this, alpine is not a valid base OS ima
to use. The following rootfs OS's have been tested with this Dockerfile.
* Clear Linux
-* SUSE
* Ubuntu
The generated files will need to be copied and configured into your Kata Containers
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/Dockerfile.in b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/Dockerfile.in
deleted file mode 100644
index b86086a7df..0000000000
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/Dockerfile.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LLC
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-ARG IMAGE_REGISTRY=docker.io
-#suse: docker image to be used to create a rootfs
-#@OS_VERSION@: Docker image version to build this dockerfile
-FROM ${IMAGE_REGISTRY}/opensuse/leap:15.0
-
-# This dockerfile needs to provide all the componets need to build a rootfs
-# Install any package need to create a rootfs (package manager, extra tools)
-
-COPY install-packages.sh config.sh /
-# RUN commands
-RUN chmod +x /install-packages.sh; /install-packages.sh
-
-# This will install the proper packages to build Kata components
-@INSTALL_MUSL@
-@INSTALL_RUST@
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/config.sh b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/config.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ab7402bfc..0000000000
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/config.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LLC
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# May also be "Tumbleweed"
-OS_DISTRO="Leap"
-
-# Leave this empty for distro "Tumbleweed"
-OS_VERSION=${OS_VERSION:-15.0}
-
-OS_IDENTIFIER="$OS_DISTRO${OS_VERSION:+:$OS_VERSION}"
-
-# Extra packages to install in the rootfs
-PACKAGES="systemd coreutils libudev1"
-
-# http or https
-REPO_TRANSPORT="https"
-
-# Can specify an alternative domain
-REPO_DOMAIN="download.opensuse.org"
-
-# Init process must be one of {systemd,kata-agent}
-INIT_PROCESS=systemd
-# List of zero or more architectures to exclude from build,
-# as reported by `uname -m`
-ARCH_EXCLUDE_LIST=()
-
-###############################################################################
-#
-# NOTE: you probably dont need to edit things below this
-#
-
-SUSE_URL_BASE="${REPO_TRANSPORT}://${REPO_DOMAIN}"
-SUSE_PATH_OSS="/distribution/${OS_DISTRO,,}/$OS_VERSION/repo/oss"
-SUSE_PATH_UPDATE="/update/${OS_DISTRO,,}/$OS_VERSION/oss"
-
-arch="$(uname -m)"
-case "$arch" in
- x86_64)
- REPO_URL_PORT=""
- ;;
- ppc|ppc64le)
- REPO_URL_PORT="/ports/ppc"
- ;;
- aarch64)
- REPO_URL_PORT="/ports/aarch64"
- ;;
- *)
- die "Unsupported architecture: $arch"
- ;;
-esac
-SUSE_FULLURL_OSS="${SUSE_URL_BASE}${REPO_URL_PORT}${SUSE_PATH_OSS}"
-SUSE_FULLURL_UPDATE="${SUSE_URL_BASE}${SUSE_PATH_UPDATE}"
-
-if [ -z "${REPO_URL:-}" ]; then
- REPO_URL="$SUSE_FULLURL_OSS"
-fi
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/config.xml b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/config.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index a921475296..0000000000
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/config.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
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-
-
-
- SUSE
- mvedovati@suse.com
- openSUSE rootfs for Kata Containers guest vm
-
-
- 1.0.0
- zypper
- en_US
- us
- true
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diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/install-packages.sh b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/install-packages.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 2652df1c98..0000000000
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/install-packages.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LLC
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-source config.sh
-
-removeRepos=(repo-non-oss repo-update-non-oss repo-oss repo-update)
-
-for r in ${removeRepos[@]}; do
- zypper --non-interactive removerepo $r
-done
-
-zypper --non-interactive addrepo ${SUSE_FULLURL_OSS} osbuilder-oss
-zypper --non-interactive addrepo ${SUSE_FULLURL_UPDATE} osbuilder-update
-
-
-# Workaround for zypper slowdowns observed when running inside
-# a container: see https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper/pull/209
-# The fix is upstream but it will take a while before landing
-# in Leap
-ulimit -n 1024
-zypper --non-interactive refresh
-zypper --non-interactive install --no-recommends --force-resolution \
- autoconf \
- automake \
- binutils \
- coreutils \
- curl \
- gcc \
- gcc-c++ \
- git \
- glibc-devel \
- glibc-devel-static \
- glibc-utils \
- libstdc++-devel \
- linux-glibc-devel \
- m4 \
- make \
- python3-kiwi \
- sed \
- tar \
- vim \
- which
-zypper --non-interactive clean --all
-
diff --git a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/rootfs_lib.sh b/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/rootfs_lib.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 216f90a2f4..0000000000
--- a/tools/osbuilder/rootfs-builder/suse/rootfs_lib.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,76 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2018 SUSE LLC
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# - Arguments
-# rootfs_dir=$1
-#
-# - Optional environment variables
-#
-# EXTRA_PKGS: Variable to add extra PKGS provided by the user
-#
-# BIN_AGENT: Name of the Kata-Agent binary
-#
-# REPO_URL: URL to distribution repository ( should be configured in
-# config.sh file)
-#
-# Any other configuration variable for a specific distro must be added
-# and documented on its own config.sh
-#
-# - Expected result
-#
-# rootfs_dir populated with rootfs pkgs
-# It must provide a binary in /sbin/init
-#
-# Note: For some distros, the build_rootfs() function provided in scripts/lib.sh
-# will suffice. If a new distro is introduced with a special requirement,
-# then, a rootfs_builder//rootfs_lib.sh file should be created
-# using this template.
-
-build_rootfs() {
- # Mandatory
- local ROOTFS_DIR=$1
-
- #Name of the Kata-Agent binary
- local BIN_AGENT=${BIN_AGENT}
-
- # In case of support EXTRA packages, use it to allow
- # users add more packages to the base rootfs
- local EXTRA_PKGS=${EXTRA_PKGS:-}
-
- #PATH where files this script is placed
- #Use it to refer to files in the same directory
- #Exmaple: ${CONFIG_DIR}/foo
- local CONFIG_DIR=${CONFIG_DIR}
-
- # Populate ROOTFS_DIR
- # Must provide /sbin/init and /bin/${BIN_AGENT}
- if [ -e "$ROOTFS_DIR" ] && ! [ -z "$(ls -A $ROOTFS_DIR)" ]; then
- echo "ERROR: $ROOTFS_DIR is not empty"
- exit 1
- fi
-
- local addPackages=""
- for p in $PACKAGES $EXTRA_PKGS; do
- addPackages+=" --add-package=$p"
- done
-
- # set-repo format:
- # man kiwi::system::build for details
- local setRepo=" --set-repo $REPO_URL,rpm-md,$OS_IDENTIFIER,99,false,false"
-
- # Workaround for zypper slowdowns observed when running inside
- # a container: see https://github.com/openSUSE/zypper/pull/209
- # The fix is upstream but it will take a while before landing
- # in Leap
- ulimit -n 1024
- kiwi system prepare \
- --description $CONFIG_DIR \
- --allow-existing-root \
- --root $ROOTFS_DIR \
- $addPackages \
- $setRepo
- install -d $ROOTFS_DIR/lib/systemd
- ln -s /usr/lib/systemd/systemd $ROOTFS_DIR/lib/systemd/systemd
-}