diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/action/test-kata.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/action/test-kata.sh
index 983e06417d..096ee9fa29 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/action/test-kata.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/action/test-kata.sh
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ function run_test() {
     cmd="kubectl get pods | grep $busybox_pod | grep Completed"
     wait_time=120
 
-    configurations=("nginx-deployment-qemu" "nginx-deployment-qemu-virtiofs" "nginx-deployment-clh")
+    configurations=("nginx-deployment-qemu" "nginx-deployment-clh")
     for deployment in "${configurations[@]}"; do
         # start the kata pod:
         kubectl apply -f "$YAMLPATH/examples/${deployment}.yaml"
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/nginx-deployment-qemu-virtiofs.yaml b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/nginx-deployment-qemu-virtiofs.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 06bf7d4497..0000000000
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/examples/nginx-deployment-qemu-virtiofs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: nginx-deployment-qemu-virtiofs
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: nginx
-  replicas: 2
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: nginx
-    spec:
-      runtimeClassName: kata-qemu-virtiofs
-      containers:
-      - name: nginx
-        image: nginx:1.14
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 80
diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index a4b49e7ab8..727098c2da 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ containerd_conf_file_backup="${containerd_conf_file}.bak"
 shims=(
 	"fc"
 	"qemu"
-	"qemu-virtiofs"
 	"clh"
 )