diff --git a/osbuild-manifests/Makefile b/osbuild-manifests/Makefile
index 3efaa92..5ce3467 100644
--- a/osbuild-manifests/Makefile
+++ b/osbuild-manifests/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ EXTRA_MPP_ARGS +=-D ostree_parent_refs='$(shell tools/ot-refs $(OSTREE_REPO))'
 endif
 
 export CHECKPOINTS=build
-IMAGETYPES := regular ostree direct
+IMAGETYPES := regular ostree
 FORMATS := img qcow2 oci.tar repo rootfs ext4 tar
 COMMON_TARGETS := qemu
 HOST_TARGETS := $(COMMON_TARGETS) $($(HOST_ARCH)_TARGETS)
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ image-name = $(call image-name-noarch,$1,$2,$3,$4).$5
 # variable name for image type
 regular_IMAGETYPE := regular
 ostree_IMAGETYPE := ostree
-direct_IMAGETYPE := directboot
 
 help:
 	@echo
diff --git a/osbuild-manifests/images/directboot.csv b/osbuild-manifests/images/directboot.csv
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e8f63d..0000000
Binary files a/osbuild-manifests/images/directboot.csv and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/osbuild-manifests/include/image-directboot.ipp.yml b/osbuild-manifests/include/image-directboot.ipp.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c4e19a1..0000000
--- a/osbuild-manifests/include/image-directboot.ipp.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,168 +0,0 @@
-version: '2'
-mpp-vars:
-  image_rpms:
-    mpp-join:
-    - mpp-eval: locals().get('extra_image_rpms', [])
-    - []
-pipelines:
-- name: kernel-tree
-  build: name:build
-  stages:
-  - type: org.osbuild.kernel-cmdline
-    options:
-      root_fs_uuid:
-        mpp-eval: rootfs_uuid
-      kernel_opts:
-        mpp-eval: ''' '' .join(kernel_opts)'
-  - type: org.osbuild.rpm
-    options:
-      gpgkeys:
-      - mpp-eval: centos_gpg_key
-      - mpp-eval: redhat_gpg_key
-      disable_dracut: true
-    inputs:
-      packages:
-        type: org.osbuild.files
-        origin: org.osbuild.source
-        mpp-depsolve:
-          architecture: $arch
-          module-platform-id: $distro_module_id
-          baseurl: $distro_baseurl/BaseOS/$arch/os/
-          repos:
-            mpp-join:
-            - mpp-eval: distro_repos
-            - - id: cs9-shim
-                baseurl: https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/alexl/cs9-shim/fedora-35-$arch/
-          packages:
-            mpp-join:
-            - mpp-eval: base_rpms
-            - mpp-eval: boot_rpms
-            - mpp-eval: locals().get('extra_boot_rpms', [])
-            - - shim-unsigned-$efiarch
-          excludes:
-          - dracut-config-rescue
-  - type: org.osbuild.mkdir
-    options:
-      paths:
-      - path: /boot/efi/EFI/Linux
-        parents: true
-  - type: org.osbuild.copy
-    inputs:
-      bootcsv:
-        type: org.osbuild.files
-        origin: org.osbuild.source
-        mpp-embed:
-          id: directboot.csv
-          path: directboot.csv
-    options:
-      paths:
-        mpp-join:
-          - - from:
-                mpp-format-string: input://bootcsv/{embedded['directboot.csv']}
-              to: tree:///boot/efi/EFI/Linux/boot.csv
-  - type: org.osbuild.dracut
-    options:
-      kernel:
-      - mpp-eval: rpms['kernel-tree'][kernel_rpm + '-core'].evra
-      add_modules:
-        mpp-eval: dracut_add_modules
-      omit_modules:
-        mpp-eval: dracut_omit_modules
-      add_drivers:
-        mpp-eval: dracut_add_drivers
-      filesystems:
-        mpp-eval: dracut_filesystems
-      install:
-        mpp-eval: dracut_install
-      extra:
-      - /boot/efi/EFI/Linux/initramfs.img
-      - --kernel-cmdline
-      - mpp-format-string: root=UUID={rootfs_uuid} {' ' .join(kernel_opts)}
-- name: image-tree
-  build: name:build
-  stages:
-    mpp-join:
-    - - type: org.osbuild.copy
-        inputs:
-          tree:
-            type: org.osbuild.tree
-            origin: org.osbuild.pipeline
-            references:
-            - name:rootfs
-        options:
-          paths:
-            mpp-join:
-              - - from: input://tree/
-                  to: tree:///
-      - type: org.osbuild.copy
-        inputs:
-          kernel:
-            type: org.osbuild.tree
-            origin: org.osbuild.pipeline
-            references:
-            - name:kernel-tree
-        options:
-          paths:
-          - from: input://kernel/lib/modules
-            to: tree:///lib/
-          - from: input://kernel/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT
-            to: tree:////boot/efi/EFI/
-          - from: input://kernel/boot/efi/EFI/Linux
-            to: tree:////boot/efi/EFI/
-      - type: org.osbuild.copy
-        inputs:
-          kernel:
-            type: org.osbuild.tree
-            origin: org.osbuild.pipeline
-            references:
-            - name:kernel-tree
-        options:
-          paths:
-          - from: input://kernel/lib/modules
-            to: tree:///lib/
-          - from: input://kernel/boot/efi/EFI/BOOT
-            to: tree:////boot/efi/EFI/
-          - from: input://kernel/boot/efi/EFI/Linux
-            to: tree:////boot/efi/EFI/
-      - mpp-if: arch == 'aarch64'
-        then:
-          type: org.osbuild.gunzip
-          inputs:
-            file:
-              type: org.osbuild.files
-              origin: org.osbuild.pipeline
-              references:
-                name:kernel-tree:
-                  file:
-                    mpp-format-string: boot/vmlinuz-{rpms['kernel-tree'][kernel_rpm + '-core'].evra}
-          options:
-            path: /boot/efi/EFI/Linux/linux.efi
-        else:
-          type: org.osbuild.copy
-          inputs:
-            kernel:
-              type: org.osbuild.tree
-              origin: org.osbuild.pipeline
-              references:
-              - name:kernel-tree
-          options:
-            paths:
-            - from:
-                mpp-format-string: input://kernel/boot/vmlinuz-{rpms['kernel-tree'][kernel_rpm + '-core'].evra}
-              to: tree:///boot/efi/EFI/Linux/linux.efi
-      - type: org.osbuild.users
-        options:
-          users:
-            root:
-              password:
-                mpp-eval: root_password
-              key:
-                mpp-eval: root_ssh_key
-    - mpp-eval: target_stages
-    - - type: org.osbuild.fstab
-        options:
-          filesystems:
-            mpp-eval: fstab
-      - type: org.osbuild.selinux
-        options:
-          file_contexts: etc/selinux/targeted/contexts/files/file_contexts