diff --git a/ci-automation/ci-config.env b/ci-automation/ci-config.env
index 441b021ecc..29c899d677 100644
--- a/ci-automation/ci-config.env
+++ b/ci-automation/ci-config.env
@@ -81,26 +81,6 @@ QEMU_DEVCONTAINER_URL="${QEMU_DEVCONTAINER_URL:-}"
 QEMU_DEVCONTAINER_BINHOST_URL="${QEMU_DEVCONTAINER_BINHOST_URL:-}"
 QEMU_DEVCONTAINER_FILE="${QEMU_DEVCONTAINER_FILE:-}"
 
-# -- Equinix Metal --
-EQUINIXMETAL_PARALLEL="${PARALLEL_TESTS:-4}"
-# Metro is a set of Equinix Metal regions
-EQUINIXMETAL_amd64_METRO="${EQUINIXMETAL_amd64_METRO:-SV}"
-EQUINIXMETAL_arm64_METRO="${EQUINIXMETAL_arm64_METRO:-DC}"
-# Name of the Equinix Metal image
-EQUINIXMETAL_IMAGE_NAME="flatcar_production_packet_image.bin.bz2"
-# Storage URL required to store user-data
-EQUINIXMETAL_STORAGE_URL="${EQUINIXMETAL_STORAGE_URL:-gs://flatcar-jenkins/mantle/packet}"
-# Equinix Metal default AMD64 instance type
-EQUINIXMETAL_amd64_INSTANCE_TYPE="${EQUINIXMETAL_amd64_INSTANCE_TYPE:-c3.small.x86}"
-# Space separated list of instance types. On those instances the
-# cl.internet kola test will be run if this test is selected to run.
-EQUINIXMETAL_amd64_MORE_INSTANCE_TYPES="m3.small.x86 c3.medium.x86 m3.large.x86 s3.xlarge.x86 n2.xlarge.x86"
-# Equinix Metal default ARM64 instance type
-EQUINIXMETAL_arm64_INSTANCE_TYPE="c3.large.arm"
-# Space separated list of instance types. On those instances the
-# cl.internet kola test will be run if this test is selected to run.
-EQUINIXMETAL_arm64_MORE_INSTANCE_TYPES=""
-
 # -- PXE --
 PXE_KERNEL_NAME="flatcar_production_pxe.vmlinuz"
 PXE_IMAGE_NAME="flatcar_production_pxe_image.cpio.gz"
diff --git a/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh b/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh
index 058c066381..44fcebb889 100644
--- a/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/garbage_collect.sh
@@ -258,7 +258,6 @@ function _garbage_collect_impl() {
       --env AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID --env AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY \
       --env AWS_CREDENTIALS \
       --env DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN_JSON \
-      --env EQUINIXMETAL_KEY --env EQUINIXMETAL_PROJECT \
       --env GCP_JSON_KEY \
       --env VMWARE_ESX_CREDS \
       --env BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_ID --env BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_SECRET \
diff --git a/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh b/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh
index 12a2f0db5a..78eb8d0735 100755
--- a/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh
+++ b/ci-automation/garbage_collect_cloud.sh
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@ timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore aws gc --access-id "${AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID}" --sec
 timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore do gc --config-file=<(echo "${DIGITALOCEAN_TOKEN_JSON}" | base64 --decode)
 timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore gcloud gc --json-key <(echo "${GCP_JSON_KEY}" | base64 --decode)
 timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore azure gc --duration 6h
-timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore equinixmetal gc --duration 6h \
-  --project="${EQUINIXMETAL_PROJECT}" --gs-json-key=<(echo "${GCP_JSON_KEY}" | base64 --decode) --api-key="${EQUINIXMETAL_KEY}"
 timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore brightbox gc --duration 6h \
   --brightbox-client-id="${BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_ID}" --brightbox-client-secret="${BRIGHTBOX_CLIENT_SECRET}"
 timeout --signal=SIGQUIT 60m ore akamai gc --duration 6h \
diff --git a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/equinix_metal.sh b/ci-automation/vendor-testing/equinix_metal.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 376742e133..0000000000
--- a/ci-automation/vendor-testing/equinix_metal.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2021 The Flatcar Maintainers.
-# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
-# found in the LICENSE file.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Test execution script for the Equinix Metal vendor image.
-# This script is supposed to run in the mantle container.
-# This script requires the PXE images to be built.
-
-source ci-automation/vendor_test.sh
-
-# Equinix Metal ARM server are not yet hourly available in the default `SV` metro
-equinixmetal_metro_var="EQUINIXMETAL_${CIA_ARCH}_METRO"
-equinixmetal_metro="${!equinixmetal_metro_var}"
-
-EQUINIXMETAL_INSTANCE_TYPE_VAR="EQUINIXMETAL_${CIA_ARCH}_INSTANCE_TYPE"
-EQUINIXMETAL_INSTANCE_TYPE="${!EQUINIXMETAL_INSTANCE_TYPE_VAR}"
-MORE_INSTANCE_TYPES_VAR="EQUINIXMETAL_${CIA_ARCH}_MORE_INSTANCE_TYPES"
-MORE_INSTANCE_TYPES=( ${!MORE_INSTANCE_TYPES_VAR} )
-
-# The maximum is 6h coming from the ore GC duration parameter
-timeout=6h
-
-BASE_URL="http://${BUILDCACHE_SERVER}/images/${CIA_ARCH}/${CIA_VERNUM}"
-
-run_kola_tests() {
-    local instance_type="${1}"; shift
-    local instance_tapfile="${1}"; shift
-
-    timeout --signal=SIGQUIT "${timeout}" \
-        kola run \
-          --board="${CIA_ARCH}-usr" \
-          --basename="ci-${CIA_VERNUM/+/-}-${CIA_ARCH}" \
-          --platform=equinixmetal \
-          --tapfile="${instance_tapfile}" \
-          --parallel="${EQUINIXMETAL_PARALLEL}" \
-          --equinixmetal-image-url="${BASE_URL}/${EQUINIXMETAL_IMAGE_NAME}" \
-          --equinixmetal-installer-image-kernel-url="${BASE_URL}/${PXE_KERNEL_NAME}" \
-          --equinixmetal-installer-image-cpio-url="${BASE_URL}/${PXE_IMAGE_NAME}" \
-          --equinixmetal-metro="${equinixmetal_metro}" \
-          --equinixmetal-plan="${instance_type}" \
-          --equinixmetal-project="${EQUINIXMETAL_PROJECT}" \
-          --equinixmetal-storage-url="${EQUINIXMETAL_STORAGE_URL}" \
-          --gce-json-key=<(set +x; echo "${GCP_JSON_KEY}" | base64 --decode) \
-          --equinixmetal-api-key="${EQUINIXMETAL_KEY}" \
-          --image-version "${CIA_VERNUM}" \
-          "${@}"
-}
-
-query_kola_tests() {
-    shift; # ignore the instance type
-    kola list --platform=equinixmetal --filter "${@}"
-}
-
-run_kola_tests_on_instances \
-    "${EQUINIXMETAL_INSTANCE_TYPE}" \
-    "${CIA_TAPFILE}" \
-    "${CIA_FIRST_RUN}" \
-    "${MORE_INSTANCE_TYPES[@]}" \
-    '--' \
-    'cl.internet' \
-    '--' \
-    "${@}"