diff --git a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
index 987d8b53a0..c1a332a601 100644
--- a/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
+++ b/build_library/vm_image_util.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ VALID_IMG_TYPES=(
     ami
     ami_vmdk
     azure
-    brightbox
     cloudsigma
     cloudstack
     cloudstack_vhd
@@ -240,12 +239,6 @@ IMG_openstack_mini_DISK_FORMAT=qcow2
 IMG_openstack_mini_OEM_PACKAGE=oem-ec2-compat
 IMG_openstack_mini_OEM_USE=openstack
 
-## brightbox, supports ec2's metadata format so use oem-ec2-compat
-IMG_brightbox_DISK_FORMAT=qcow2
-IMG_brightbox_DISK_LAYOUT=vm
-IMG_brightbox_OEM_PACKAGE=oem-ec2-compat
-IMG_brightbox_OEM_USE=brightbox
-
 ## pxe, which is an cpio image
 IMG_pxe_DISK_FORMAT=cpio
 IMG_pxe_PARTITIONED_IMG=0
diff --git a/changelog/changes/2023-11-14-brightbox.md b/changelog/changes/2023-11-14-brightbox.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5efcd87bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/changes/2023-11-14-brightbox.md
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+- Brightbox: The regular OpenStack image should now be used, it includes Afterburn for instance metadata attributes
+- OpenStack: An uncompressed image is provided for simpler import (since the images use qcow2 inline compression, there is no benefit in using the `.gz` or `.bz2` images)
diff --git a/ci-automation/vms.sh b/ci-automation/vms.sh
index f796df6a83..e35bc577a3 100644
--- a/ci-automation/vms.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/vms.sh
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ function _vm_build_impl() {
         -v "${vernum}" \
         mv "${CONTAINER_IMAGE_ROOT}/${arch}-usr/" "./${images_out}/"
 
+    ( cd images/latest ; ln -s flatcar_production_openstack_image.img.bz2 flatcar_production_brightbox_image.img.bz2 )
     create_digests "${SIGNER}" "images/latest/"*
     sign_artifacts "${SIGNER}" "images/latest/"*
     copy_to_buildcache "images/${arch}/${vernum}/" "images/latest/"*
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-brightbox.cfg b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-brightbox.cfg
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d41cdd4ec..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/grub-brightbox.cfg
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Flatcar GRUB settings for EC2
-
-set oem_id="brightbox"
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r4.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r4.ebuild
index a717f398b1..6545333ebc 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r4.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r4.ebuild
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ SRC_URI=""
 LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
 SLOT="0"
 KEYWORDS="amd64 arm64 x86"
-IUSE="openstack brightbox"
-REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( openstack brightbox )"
+IUSE="openstack"
+REQUIRED_USE="^^ ( openstack )"
 
 # no source directory
 S="${WORKDIR}"
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ src_prepare() {
 		ID="openstack"
 		NAME="Openstack"
 		HOME_URL="https://www.openstack.org/"
-	elif use brightbox ; then
-		ID="brightbox"
-		NAME="Brightbox"
-		HOME_URL="http://brightbox.com/"
 	else
 		die "Unknown OEM!"
 	fi
@@ -42,8 +38,6 @@ src_install() {
 	doins "${T}/oem-release"
 	if use openstack ; then
 		newins "${FILESDIR}/grub-openstack.cfg" grub.cfg
-	elif use brightbox ; then
-		newins "${FILESDIR}/grub-brightbox.cfg" grub.cfg
 	fi
 
 	insinto "/oem/base"