diff --git a/release/cli/pkg/assets/config/bundle_release.go b/release/cli/pkg/assets/config/bundle_release.go
index 0679aef1aeb7..ba453356e1c5 100644
--- a/release/cli/pkg/assets/config/bundle_release.go
+++ b/release/cli/pkg/assets/config/bundle_release.go
@@ -623,13 +623,6 @@ var bundleReleaseAssetsConfigMap = []assettypes.AssetConfig{
 		ProjectName: "image-builder",
 		ProjectPath: "projects/kubernetes-sigs/image-builder",
 		Archives: []*assettypes.Archive{
-			{
-				Name:                "eks-distro",
-				OSName:              "bottlerocket",
-				OSVersion:           "1",
-				Format:              "ami",
-				ArchiveS3PathGetter: archives.EksDistroArtifactPathGetter,
-			},
 			{
 				Name:                "eks-distro",
 				OSName:              "bottlerocket",
diff --git a/release/cli/pkg/bundles/eksd.go b/release/cli/pkg/bundles/eksd.go
index 9a98b0ae3ba2..5574a869ba1d 100644
--- a/release/cli/pkg/bundles/eksd.go
+++ b/release/cli/pkg/bundles/eksd.go
@@ -147,9 +147,6 @@ func GetEksDReleaseBundle(r *releasetypes.ReleaseConfig, eksDReleaseChannel, kub
 		Crictl:         bundleArchiveArtifacts["cri-tools"],
 		Containerd:     bundleArchiveArtifacts["containerd"],
 		ImageBuilder:   bundleArchiveArtifacts["image-builder"],
-		Ami: anywherev1alpha1.OSImageBundle{
-			Bottlerocket: bundleArchiveArtifacts["bottlerocket-ami"],
-		},
 		Ova: anywherev1alpha1.OSImageBundle{
 			Bottlerocket: bundleArchiveArtifacts["bottlerocket-ova"],
 		},