diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
index bd0085b447..d2593adea9 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/helm-chart/kata-deploy/values.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ image:
 k8sDistribution: "k8s"
 env:
   debug: "false"
-  shims: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
+  shims: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
   defaultShim: "qemu"
   createRuntimeClasses: "true"
   createDefaultRuntimeClass: "false"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml
index a5c9ee23db..20fec5a95b 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/kata-deploy/base/kata-deploy.yaml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ spec:
             - name: DEBUG
               value: "false"
             - name: SHIMS
-              value: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
+              value: "clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"
             - name: DEFAULT_SHIM
               value: "qemu"
             - name: CREATE_RUNTIMECLASSES
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-sev.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-sev.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a9eb75a8ef..0000000000
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-qemu-sev.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
----
-kind: RuntimeClass
-apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-    name: kata-qemu-sev
-handler: kata-qemu-sev
-overhead:
-    podFixed:
-        memory: "2048Mi"
-        cpu: "1.0"
-scheduling:
-    nodeSelector:
-        katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: "true"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
index 9fb748582b..c2c7c90cf8 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/runtimeclasses/kata-runtimeClasses.yaml
@@ -144,19 +144,6 @@ scheduling:
 ---
 kind: RuntimeClass
 apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
-metadata:
-    name: kata-qemu-sev
-handler: kata-qemu-sev
-overhead:
-    podFixed:
-        memory: "2048Mi"
-        cpu: "1.0"
-scheduling:
-    nodeSelector:
-        katacontainers.io/kata-runtime: "true"
----
-kind: RuntimeClass
-apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1
 metadata:
     name: kata-qemu-snp
 handler: kata-qemu-snp
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index 6607d83414..49f934ddcd 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ info() {
 
 DEBUG="${DEBUG:-"false"}"
 
-SHIMS="${SHIMS:-"clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-sev qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"}"
+SHIMS="${SHIMS:-"clh cloud-hypervisor dragonball fc qemu qemu-coco-dev qemu-runtime-rs qemu-se-runtime-rs qemu-snp qemu-tdx stratovirt qemu-nvidia-gpu qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx"}"
 IFS=' ' read -a shims <<< "$SHIMS"
 DEFAULT_SHIM="${DEFAULT_SHIM:-"qemu"}"
 default_shim="$DEFAULT_SHIM"
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ function install_artifacts() {
 				sed -i -e "s|${default_dest_dir}|${dest_dir}|g" "${kata_config_file}"
 
 				# Let's only adjust qemu_cmdline for the QEMUs that we build and ship ourselves
-				[[ "${shim}" =~ ^(qemu|qemu-snp|qemu-nvidia-gpu|qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp|qemu-sev|qemu-se|qemu-coco-dev)$ ]] && \
+				[[ "${shim}" =~ ^(qemu|qemu-snp|qemu-nvidia-gpu|qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp|qemu-se|qemu-coco-dev)$ ]] && \
 					adjust_qemu_cmdline "${shim}" "${kata_config_file}"
 			fi
 		fi