diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-azure/files/base/default.ign b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-azure/files/base/default.ign
deleted file mode 100644
index 29b7c91e59..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-azure/files/base/default.ign
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignition": {
-    "version": "2.1.0"
-  },
-  "systemd": {
-    "units": [
-      {
-        "name": "oem-cloudinit.service",
-        "enabled": true,
-        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=Cloudinit from Azure metadata\n\n[Service]\nType=oneshot\nExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --oem=azure\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-digitalocean/files/base/default.ign b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-digitalocean/files/base/default.ign
deleted file mode 100644
index 58589c2d2a..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-digitalocean/files/base/default.ign
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignition": {
-    "version": "2.1.0"
-  },
-  "systemd": {
-    "units": [
-      {
-        "name": "oem-cloudinit.service",
-        "enabled": true,
-        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=Cloudinit from DigitalOcean metadata\n\n[Service]\nType=oneshot\nExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --oem=digitalocean\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/base/default.ign b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/base/default.ign
deleted file mode 100644
index ed427e8a5b..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/files/base/default.ign
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignition": {
-    "version": "2.1.0"
-  },
-  "systemd": {
-    "units": [
-      {
-        "name": "user-configdrive.service",
-        "mask": true
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "user-configvirtfs.service",
-        "mask": true
-      },
-      {
-        "name": "oem-cloudinit.service",
-        "enabled": true,
-        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=Cloudinit from platform metadata\n\n[Service]\nType=oneshot\nExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --oem=ec2-compat\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r2.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r2.ebuild
index 3978697142..96a8bf8fab 100644
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r2.ebuild
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-ec2-compat/oem-ec2-compat-0.1.2-r2.ebuild
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ src_install() {
 
 	insinto "/usr/share/oem/base"
 	doins "${FILESDIR}/base/README"
-	doins "${FILESDIR}/base/default.ign"
 	if use ec2 ; then
 		newins "${FILESDIR}/base/base-ec2.ign" base.ign
 	fi
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/base/default.ign b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/base/default.ign
deleted file mode 100644
index 28bf972ad5..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-gce/files/base/default.ign
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignition": {
-    "version": "2.1.0"
-  },
-  "systemd": {
-    "units": [
-      {
-        "name": "oem-cloudinit.service",
-        "enabled": true,
-        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=Cloudinit from GCE metadata\n\n[Service]\nType=oneshot\nExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --oem=gce\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-packet/files/base/default.ign b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-packet/files/base/default.ign
deleted file mode 100644
index 8d97655935..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-packet/files/base/default.ign
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignition": {
-    "version": "2.1.0"
-  },
-  "systemd": {
-    "units": [
-      {
-        "name": "oem-cloudinit.service",
-        "enabled": true,
-        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=Cloudinit from Packet metadata\n\n[Service]\nType=oneshot\nExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --oem=packet\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/base/default.ign b/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/base/default.ign
deleted file mode 100644
index 4829082510..0000000000
--- a/sdk_container/src/third_party/coreos-overlay/coreos-base/oem-vmware/files/base/default.ign
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "ignition": {
-    "version": "2.1.0"
-  },
-  "systemd": {
-    "units": [
-      {
-        "name": "oem-cloudinit.service",
-        "enabled": true,
-        "contents": "[Unit]\nDescription=Cloudinit from VMware metadata\n\n[Service]\nType=oneshot\nExecStart=/usr/bin/coreos-cloudinit --oem=vmware\n\n[Install]\nWantedBy=multi-user.target\n"
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-}