diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-baremetal.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-baremetal.yml
index 83aa004ba..c4b8bfd79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-baremetal.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-baremetal.yml
@@ -91,15 +91,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "Ubuntu 26.04 cloud image cached ($(du -h "$UBUNTU_IMG" | cut -f1))"
           fi
 
-          LB_IMG="${BM_ISO_CACHE}/lb-alpine-3.21.6-x86_64.raw"
-          if [ ! -f "$LB_IMG" ]; then
-            echo "Downloading lb-alpine image..."
-            sudo curl -fsSL -o "$LB_IMG" \
-              "https://iso.mulgadc.com/system-ami/lb-alpine-3.21.6-x86_64.raw"
-            echo "  Downloaded $(du -h "$LB_IMG" | cut -f1)"
-          else
-            echo "lb-alpine image cached ($(du -h "$LB_IMG" | cut -f1))"
-          fi
 
       - name: Run Bare-Metal E2E
         env:
@@ -107,7 +98,6 @@ jobs:
           BM_SSH_KEY: ${{ runner.temp }}/bm-ci
           BM_EPDU_ENV: ${{ runner.temp }}/epdu.env
           BM_UBUNTU_IMAGE: ${{ env.BM_ISO_CACHE }}/ubuntu-26.04-cloudimg-amd64.img
-          BM_LB_ALPINE_IMAGE: ${{ env.BM_ISO_CACHE }}/lb-alpine-3.21.6-x86_64.raw
           SPX_EXTERNAL_POOL: ${{ env.SPINIFEX_CI_POOL }}
         run: |
           sudo -E mulga/scripts/baremetal/run-baremetal-e2e.sh \
diff --git a/scripts/images/lb-setup.sh b/scripts/images/lb-setup.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c1e46de17..000000000
--- a/scripts/images/lb-setup.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# lb-setup.sh — LB-specific chroot setup
-#
-# Runs inside the Alpine image chroot after packages are installed.
-# Sets up HAProxy placeholder config and lb-agent OpenRC init script.
-# The lb-agent polls the AWS gateway for config updates and reports health
-# via SigV4-signed HTTP requests. Credentials come from cloud-init env vars.
-
-set -e
-
-# Create haproxy config directory and placeholder config.
-mkdir -p /etc/haproxy
-cat > /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg <<'EOF'
-# Placeholder config — replaced by lb-agent on first config fetch
-global
-    daemon
-    maxconn 256
-
-defaults
-    mode http
-    timeout connect 5s
-    timeout client 30s
-    timeout server 30s
-EOF
-
-# Create lb-agent OpenRC init script
-mkdir -p /etc/init.d
-cat > /etc/init.d/lb-agent <<'INITSCRIPT'
-#!/sbin/openrc-run
-
-description="LB Gateway Config Agent"
-command="/usr/local/bin/lb-agent"
-command_args="--lb-id=${LB_LB_ID:-unknown} --gateway=${LB_GATEWAY_URL} --access-key=${LB_ACCESS_KEY} --secret-key=${LB_SECRET_KEY}"
-command_background=true
-pidfile="/run/lb-agent.pid"
-output_log="/var/log/lb-agent.log"
-error_log="/var/log/lb-agent.log"
-
-depend() {
-    need net
-    after firewall
-}
-INITSCRIPT
-chmod 755 /etc/init.d/lb-agent
-
-# Move networking from boot to default runlevel so cloud-init can write
-# the network config before the networking service starts. Without this,
-# Alpine's networking service races cloud-init and starts with no config.
-rc-update del networking boot 2>/dev/null || true
-rc-update add networking default
-
-# Do NOT enable lb-agent at boot — cloud-init must write
-# /etc/conf.d/lb-agent (with LB_LB_ID, LB_GATEWAY_URL, LB_ACCESS_KEY,
-# LB_SECRET_KEY) before the service starts.
-# Cloud-init runcmd starts the service after write_files.
diff --git a/scripts/images/lb.conf b/scripts/images/lb.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 1b6e63da0..000000000
--- a/scripts/images/lb.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-# LB system image manifest
-# Used by build-system-image.sh to create an Alpine AMI with HAProxy + lb-agent
-
-IMAGE_NAME="lb"
-IMAGE_DESCRIPTION="LB VM with HAProxy and lb-agent"
-ALPINE_VERSION="3.21.6"
-IMAGE_SIZE="256M"
-
-# Tag applied to the imported AMI so the daemon can discover this as the
-# system image for ELBv2 load balancers. Must match tags.ManagedByELBv2.
-SYSTEM_TAG="spinifex:managed-by=elbv2"
-
-# Packages to install via apk
-APK_PACKAGES="haproxy curl ca-certificates"
-
-# Binaries to copy into the image (source:destination)
-INSTALL_BINARIES="bin/lb-agent:/usr/local/bin/lb-agent"
-
-# Build command for binaries (run before image build)
-BUILD_COMMANDS="make build-lb-agent"
-
-# OpenRC services to enable at boot
-ENABLE_SERVICES="haproxy"
-
-# Custom setup script (runs inside chroot after packages are installed)
-SETUP_SCRIPT="scripts/images/lb-setup.sh"
diff --git a/spinifex/utils/images.go b/spinifex/utils/images.go
index 9894739cf..0f6cc677a 100644
--- a/spinifex/utils/images.go
+++ b/spinifex/utils/images.go
@@ -369,26 +369,6 @@ var AvailableImages = map[string]Images{
 		},
 	*/
 
-	// Alpine Linux (cloud init) x86_64 — LB system image with HAProxy and lb-agent
-	"lb-alpine-3.21.6-x86_64": {
-		Name:         "lb-alpine-3.21.6-x86_64",
-		Description:  "LB Alpine Linux 3.21.6 x86_64 system image",
-		Distro:       "alpine",
-		Version:      "3.21.6",
-		Arch:         "x86_64",
-		Platform:     "Linux/UNIX",
-		CreatedAt:    time.Date(2026, 03, 27, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC),
-		URL:          "https://iso.mulgadc.com/system-ami/lb-alpine-3.21.6-x86_64.raw",
-		Checksum:     "https://iso.mulgadc.com/system-ami/lb-alpine-3.21.6-x86_64.raw.sha512",
-		ChecksumType: "sha512",
-		BootMode:     "bios",
-		Starred:      false,
-		// Marked system-managed: the UI hides this AMI from the Images
-		// page so customers don't mistake it for a bootable OS image.
-		Tags: map[string]string{
-			"spinifex:managed-by": "elbv2",
-		},
-	},
 }
 
 // AMI / image extraction utils