diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20__periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20__periodics.yaml
index b5b6e2a795c45..c8cf57b51817c 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20__periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20__periodics.yaml
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ base_images:
     tag: upi-installer
 build_root:
   from_repository: true
-images:
-- dockerfile_path: Dockerfile
-  inputs:
-    ocp_4.20_base-rhel9:
-      as:
-      - registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.20:base-rhel9
-    ocp_builder_rhel-9-golang-1.24-openshift-4.20:
-      as:
-      - registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.24-openshift-4.20
-  to: insights-operator
 releases:
   arm64-latest:
     candidate:
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21__periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21__periodics.yaml
index 10bc6ef723bfa..13520cb426563 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21__periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21__periodics.yaml
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ base_images:
     tag: upi-installer
 build_root:
   from_repository: true
-images:
-- dockerfile_path: Dockerfile
-  inputs:
-    ocp_4.21_base-rhel9:
-      as:
-      - registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.21:base-rhel9
-    ocp_builder_rhel-9-golang-1.24-openshift-4.21:
-      as:
-      - registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.24-openshift-4.21
-  to: insights-operator
 releases:
   arm64-latest:
     candidate:
diff --git a/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22__periodics.yaml b/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22__periodics.yaml
index 2eeca9152c432..f5e87c7c92aea 100644
--- a/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22__periodics.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/config/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22__periodics.yaml
@@ -25,16 +25,6 @@ base_images:
     tag: upi-installer
 build_root:
   from_repository: true
-images:
-- dockerfile_path: Dockerfile
-  inputs:
-    ocp_4.22_base-rhel9:
-      as:
-      - registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/4.22:base-rhel9
-    ocp_builder_rhel-9-golang-1.24-openshift-4.22:
-      as:
-      - registry.ci.openshift.org/ocp/builder:rhel-9-golang-1.24-openshift-4.22
-  to: insights-operator
 releases:
   arm64-latest:
     candidate:
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20-presubmits.yaml
index a0931f5bccb3d..8201b6458ed5c 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20-presubmits.yaml
@@ -607,62 +607,6 @@ presubmits:
         secret:
           secretName: result-aggregator
     trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )okd-scos-images,?($|\s.*)
-  - agent: kubernetes
-    always_run: true
-    branches:
-    - ^release-4\.20$
-    - ^release-4\.20-
-    cluster: build06
-    context: ci/prow/periodics-images
-    decorate: true
-    labels:
-      ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: periodics
-      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
-      job-release: "4.20"
-      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
-    name: pull-ci-openshift-insights-operator-release-4.20-periodics-images
-    rerun_command: /test periodics-images
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - args:
-        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
-        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
-        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
-        - --target=[images]
-        - --variant=periodics
-        command:
-        - ci-operator
-        image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: ""
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 10m
-        volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
-          name: gcs-credentials
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
-          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
-          name: pull-secret
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/report
-          name: result-aggregator
-          readOnly: true
-      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
-      volumes:
-      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-        secret:
-          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-      - name: pull-secret
-        secret:
-          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
-      - name: result-aggregator
-        secret:
-          secretName: result-aggregator
-    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )periodics-images,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches:
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21-presubmits.yaml
index 6525b519ba9d8..53112f4dc9801 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21-presubmits.yaml
@@ -472,62 +472,6 @@ presubmits:
         secret:
           secretName: result-aggregator
     trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )lint,?($|\s.*)
-  - agent: kubernetes
-    always_run: true
-    branches:
-    - ^release-4\.21$
-    - ^release-4\.21-
-    cluster: build02
-    context: ci/prow/periodics-images
-    decorate: true
-    labels:
-      ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: periodics
-      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
-      job-release: "4.21"
-      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
-    name: pull-ci-openshift-insights-operator-release-4.21-periodics-images
-    rerun_command: /test periodics-images
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - args:
-        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
-        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
-        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
-        - --target=[images]
-        - --variant=periodics
-        command:
-        - ci-operator
-        image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: ""
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 10m
-        volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
-          name: gcs-credentials
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
-          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
-          name: pull-secret
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/report
-          name: result-aggregator
-          readOnly: true
-      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
-      volumes:
-      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-        secret:
-          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-      - name: pull-secret
-        secret:
-          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
-      - name: result-aggregator
-        secret:
-          secretName: result-aggregator
-    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )periodics-images,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches:
diff --git a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22-presubmits.yaml b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22-presubmits.yaml
index 65c2471cb293e..1d5216b5c6855 100644
--- a/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22-presubmits.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/jobs/openshift/insights-operator/openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22-presubmits.yaml
@@ -471,62 +471,6 @@ presubmits:
         secret:
           secretName: result-aggregator
     trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )lint,?($|\s.*)
-  - agent: kubernetes
-    always_run: true
-    branches:
-    - ^release-4\.22$
-    - ^release-4\.22-
-    cluster: build02
-    context: ci/prow/periodics-images
-    decorate: true
-    labels:
-      ci-operator.openshift.io/variant: periodics
-      ci.openshift.io/generator: prowgen
-      job-release: "4.22"
-      pj-rehearse.openshift.io/can-be-rehearsed: "true"
-    name: pull-ci-openshift-insights-operator-release-4.22-periodics-images
-    rerun_command: /test periodics-images
-    spec:
-      containers:
-      - args:
-        - --gcs-upload-secret=/secrets/gcs/service-account.json
-        - --image-import-pull-secret=/etc/pull-secret/.dockerconfigjson
-        - --report-credentials-file=/etc/report/credentials
-        - --target=[images]
-        - --variant=periodics
-        command:
-        - ci-operator
-        image: quay-proxy.ci.openshift.org/openshift/ci:ci_ci-operator_latest
-        imagePullPolicy: Always
-        name: ""
-        resources:
-          requests:
-            cpu: 10m
-        volumeMounts:
-        - mountPath: /secrets/gcs
-          name: gcs-credentials
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /secrets/manifest-tool
-          name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/pull-secret
-          name: pull-secret
-          readOnly: true
-        - mountPath: /etc/report
-          name: result-aggregator
-          readOnly: true
-      serviceAccountName: ci-operator
-      volumes:
-      - name: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-        secret:
-          secretName: manifest-tool-local-pusher
-      - name: pull-secret
-        secret:
-          secretName: registry-pull-credentials
-      - name: result-aggregator
-        secret:
-          secretName: result-aggregator
-    trigger: (?m)^/test( | .* )periodics-images,?($|\s.*)
   - agent: kubernetes
     always_run: true
     branches: