diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/almalinux-container/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/almalinux-container/element-deps
index d9ef0bf46..eb5574ce6 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/almalinux-container/element-deps
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/almalinux-container/element-deps
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ package-installs
 redhat-common
 rpm-distro
 source-repositories
-vm
 yum
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/element-deps
index 60e6d1aa5..16d8eacd4 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/element-deps
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/fedora-container/element-deps
@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@ containerfile
 package-installs
 redhat-common
 rpm-distro
-vm
 yum
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/element-deps
index d9ef0bf46..eb5574ce6 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/element-deps
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rocky-container/element-deps
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ package-installs
 redhat-common
 rpm-distro
 source-repositories
-vm
 yum
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/removes-vm-element-from-container-based-distros-607cc59df13921d7.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/removes-vm-element-from-container-based-distros-607cc59df13921d7.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..518dc45bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/removes-vm-element-from-container-based-distros-607cc59df13921d7.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    The ``vm`` element is no longer included dependency of the
+    ``rocky-container``, ``almalinux-container`` and ``fedora-container``
+    elements. You will need to update your build configuration to include this
+    element if you still wish to create partitioned disk based images.