diff --git a/kata-deploy/examples/nginx-deployment-nemu.yaml b/kata-deploy/examples/nginx-deployment-nemu.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 907e3c69d4..0000000000
--- a/kata-deploy/examples/nginx-deployment-nemu.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  name: nginx-deployment-nemu
-spec:
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      app: nginx
-  replicas: 2
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        app: nginx
-    spec:
-      runtimeClassName: kata-nemu
-      containers:
-      - name: nginx
-        image: nginx:1.14
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 80
diff --git a/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-nemu.yaml b/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-nemu.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index b15904d208..0000000000
--- a/kata-deploy/examples/test-deploy-kata-nemu.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-apiVersion: apps/v1
-kind: Deployment
-metadata:
-  labels:
-    run: php-apache-kata-nemu
-  name: php-apache-kata-nemu
-spec:
-  replicas: 1
-  selector:
-    matchLabels:
-      run: php-apache-kata-nemu
-  template:
-    metadata:
-      labels:
-        run: php-apache-kata-nemu
-    spec:
-      runtimeClassName: kata-nemu
-      containers:
-      - image: k8s.gcr.io/hpa-example
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: php-apache
-        ports:
-        - containerPort: 80
-          protocol: TCP
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 200m
-      restartPolicy: Always
----
-apiVersion: v1
-kind: Service
-metadata:
-  name: php-apache-kata-nemu
-spec:
-  ports:
-  - port: 80
-    protocol: TCP
-    targetPort: 80
-  selector:
-    run: php-apache-kata-nemu
-  sessionAffinity: None
-  type: ClusterIP
diff --git a/kata-deploy/k8s-1.13/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml b/kata-deploy/k8s-1.13/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d2ee06503..0000000000
--- a/kata-deploy/k8s-1.13/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-kind: RuntimeClass
-apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1alpha1
-metadata:
-    name: kata-nemu
-handler: kata-nemu
diff --git a/kata-deploy/k8s-1.14/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml b/kata-deploy/k8s-1.14/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 41298fe2b6..0000000000
--- a/kata-deploy/k8s-1.14/kata-nemu-runtimeClass.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
----
-kind: RuntimeClass
-apiVersion: node.k8s.io/v1beta1
-metadata:
-    name: kata-nemu
-handler: kata-nemu
diff --git a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh
index 7e32b40b49..c9b0a24e3b 100755
--- a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh
+++ b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy-docker.sh
@@ -43,10 +43,6 @@ function configure_docker() {
     "kata-qemu-virtiofs": {
       "path": "/opt/kata/bin/kata-runtime",
       "runtimeArgs": [ "--kata-config", "/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml" ]
-    },
-    "kata-nemu": {
-      "path": "/opt/kata/bin/kata-runtime",
-      "runtimeArgs": [ "--kata-config", "/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-nemu.toml" ]
     },
      "kata-fc": {
       "path": "/opt/kata/bin/kata-runtime",
diff --git a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
index 847cc27af9..172899c067 100755
--- a/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
+++ b/kata-deploy/scripts/kata-deploy.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ containerd_conf_file_backup="${containerd_conf_file}.bak"
 
 shims=(
 	"fc"
-	"nemu"
 	"qemu"
 	"qemu-virtiofs"
 	"cloud-hypervisor"
@@ -72,9 +71,6 @@ function configure_crio() {
 	local kata_fc_path="/opt/kata/bin/kata-fc"
 	local kata_fc_conf="crio.runtime.runtimes.kata-fc"
 
-	local kata_nemu_path="/opt/kata/bin/kata-nemu"
-	local kata_nemu_conf="crio.runtime.runtimes.kata-nemu"
-
 	local kata_qemu_path="/opt/kata/bin/kata-qemu"
 	local kata_qemu_conf="crio.runtime.runtimes.kata-qemu"
 
@@ -107,19 +103,6 @@ EOT
 EOT
         fi
 
-	# add kata-nemu config
-	if grep -q "^\[$kata_nemu_conf\]" $crio_conf_file; then
-		echo "Configuration exists $kata_nemu_conf, overwriting"
-		sed -i "/^\[$kata_nemu_conf\]/,+1s#runtime_path.*#runtime_path = \"${kata_nemu_path}\"#" $crio_conf_file
-	else
-		cat <<EOT | tee -a "$crio_conf_file"
-
-# Path to the Kata Containers runtime binary that uses the NEMU hypervisor.
-[$kata_nemu_conf]
-  runtime_path = "${kata_nemu_path}"
-EOT
-	fi
-
 	# add kata-fc config
 	if grep -q "^\[$kata_fc_conf\]" $crio_conf_file; then
 		echo "Configuration exists for $kata_fc_conf, overwriting"
@@ -181,10 +164,6 @@ function configure_containerd() {
         runtime_type = "io.containerd.kata-qemu-virtiofs.v2"
         [plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.kata-qemu-virtiofs.options]
 	      ConfigPath = "/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-qemu-virtiofs.toml"
-     [plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.kata-nemu]
-        runtime_type = "io.containerd.kata-nemu.v2"
-        [plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.kata-nemu.options]
-	      ConfigPath = "/opt/kata/share/defaults/kata-containers/configuration-nemu.toml"
      [plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.kata-clh]
         runtime_type = "io.containerd.kata-clh.v2"
         [plugins.cri.containerd.runtimes.kata-clh.options]