diff --git a/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml b/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml
index 986d3ebf25..a04b7bf73a 100644
--- a/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml
+++ b/images/capi/packer/goss/goss-vars.yaml
@@ -176,9 +176,6 @@ almalinux:
     package:
       open-vm-tools:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms
@@ -257,10 +254,6 @@ rockylinux:
   amazon:
     package:
       amazon-ssm-agent:
-    os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     command:
       /usr/local/sbin/aws --version:
         exit-status: 0
@@ -274,9 +267,6 @@ rockylinux:
     package:
       open-vm-tools:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms
@@ -286,9 +276,6 @@ rockylinux:
       cloud-init:
       cloud-utils:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms
@@ -300,9 +287,6 @@ rockylinux:
       lvm2:
       xfsprogs:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms
@@ -314,10 +298,6 @@ rockylinux:
     package:
       cloud-init:
       cloud-utils-growpart:
-    os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
   openstack:
     package:
       cloud-init:
@@ -339,10 +319,6 @@ rhel:
   amazon:
     package:
       amazon-ssm-agent:
-    os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     command:
       /usr/local/sbin/aws --version:
         exit-status: 0
@@ -355,10 +331,6 @@ rhel:
   azure:
     package:
       open-vm-tools:
-    os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
   gcp:
     command:
       find -L /bin -maxdepth 1 -type f -executable -printf "%f\n" | grep -Fx 'gcloud':
@@ -366,17 +338,10 @@ rhel:
         stdout: ["gcloud"]
         stderr: []
         timeout: 0
-    os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
   ova:
     package:
       open-vm-tools:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms
@@ -386,9 +351,6 @@ rhel:
       cloud-init:
       cloud-utils-growpart:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms
@@ -397,9 +359,6 @@ rhel:
       cloud-init:
       cloud-utils-growpart:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms
@@ -411,9 +370,6 @@ rhel:
       lvm2:
       xfsprogs:
     os_version:
-    - distro_version: "8"
-      package:
-        <<: *rh8_rpms
     - distro_version: "9"
       package:
         <<: *rh9_rpms