diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6e07d6d897..2c741e59c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
               ./run_sdk_container -n "${container_name}" \
                   ./image_to_vm.sh --format "${format}" --board="${arch}-usr" \
                       --from "${CI_CONTAINER_ARTIFACT_ROOT}/${arch}-usr/latest" \
-                      --image_compression_formats=bz2
+                      --image_compression_formats=none
           done
 
           # Zip doesn't handle symlinks well, remove them
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 7
           name: ${{ matrix.arch }}-generic-image
           path: |
-            scripts/artifacts/images/flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2
+            scripts/artifacts/images/flatcar_production_image.bin
             scripts/artifacts/images/flatcar_production_image.grub
             scripts/artifacts/images/flatcar_production_image.shim
             scripts/artifacts/images/flatcar_production_image.vmlinuz
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 7
           name: ${{ matrix.arch }}-vm-images
           path: |
-            scripts/artifacts/images/*.img.bz2
-            scripts/artifacts/images/*.bin.bz2
+            scripts/artifacts/images/*.img
+            scripts/artifacts/images/*.bin
             scripts/artifacts/images/flatcar_production_*_efi_*.fd
             scripts/artifacts/images/*.txt
             scripts/artifacts/images/flatcar_production_*.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-kola-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run-kola-tests.yaml
index 78e040d985..84015f9a71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-kola-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-kola-tests.yaml
@@ -162,7 +162,6 @@ jobs:
           # Extract the generic image we'll use for qemu tests.
           # Note that the qemu[_uefi] tests use the generic image instead of the
           #  qemu vendor VM image ("Astronaut: [...] Always have been.").
-          bzip2 --decompress flatcar_production_image.bin.bz2
           mv flatcar_production_image.bin flatcar_production_qemu_uefi_efi_code.fd scripts/
 
           mv flatcar_test_update.gz scripts/