diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/README.rst
index 04d2abc17..6aecabfa5 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/README.rst
@@ -6,14 +6,5 @@ Create a minimal image based on CentOS
 Use of this element will require 'yum' and 'yum-utils' to be installed on
 Ubuntu and Debian. Nothing additional is needed on Fedora or CentOS.
 
-By default this builds CentOS 7 images.  Set ``DIB_RELEASE`` to ``7``,
+By default this builds CentOS-Stream 9 images.  Set ``DIB_RELEASE`` to
 ``8`` or ``8-stream`` to explicitly select the release.
-
-For CentOS 7, by default, ``DIB_YUM_MINIMAL_CREATE_INTERFACES`` is set
-to enable the creation of
-``/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[0|1]`` scripts to enable
-DHCP on the ``eth0`` & ``eth1`` interfaces.  If you do not have these
-interfaces, or if you are using something else to setup the network
-such as cloud-init, glean or network-manager, you would want to set
-this to ``0``.  For CentOS 8 and CentOS 8 Stream, this is set to ``0`` by
-default as the system uses NetworkManager by default.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash
index fc55bec96..a44f62ca3 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=centos
-export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-7}
+export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-9-stream}
 export EFI_BOOT_DIR="EFI/centos"
-
-# by default, enable DHCP configuration of eth0 & eth1 in network
-# scripts for centos 7.  See yum-minimal for full details.  CentOS 8
-# does not come with network-scripts by default so avoid this there.
-if [[ "${DIB_RELEASE}" < "8" ]]; then
-    export DIB_YUM_MINIMAL_CREATE_INTERFACES=${DIB_YUM_MINIMAL_CREATE_INTERFACES:-1}
-else
-    export DIB_YUM_MINIMAL_CREATE_INTERFACES=${DIB_YUM_MINIMAL_CREATE_INTERFACES:-0}
-fi
+export YUM=dnf
+export DIB_YUM_MINIMAL_CREATE_INTERFACES=${DIB_YUM_MINIMAL_CREATE_INTERFACES:-0}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 270db9416..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-if [[ $DIB_RELEASE == "7" ]]; then
-    export YUM=yum
-else
-    export YUM=dnf
-fi
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/7-build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/7-build-succeeds/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index fa1e50dc9..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/7-build-succeeds/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Verify we can build a centos-minimal image.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/7-build-succeeds/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/7-build-succeeds/element-deps
deleted file mode 100644
index 7791c84fc..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/test-elements/7-build-succeeds/element-deps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-openstack-ci-mirrors
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/yum.repos.d/7/yum.repo b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/yum.repos.d/7/yum.repo
deleted file mode 100644
index 3085f0894..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos-minimal/yum.repos.d/7/yum.repo
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[centos]
-name=CentOS-$releasever - Base
-mirrorlist=http://mirrorlist.centos.org/?release=$releasever&arch=$basearch&repo=os
-gpgcheck=0
-#baseurl=http://mirror.centos.org/centos/$releasever/os/$basearch/
-#gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash
index ca893816e..e6d8389b2 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/environment.d/10-centos-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=centos
-export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-8}
+export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-9-stream}
 export EFI_BOOT_DIR="EFI/centos"
+export YUM=dnf
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 35766e22d..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# since CentOS 8, dnf is the yum replacement.
-
-if [[ $DIB_RELEASE == "7" ]]; then
-    export YUM=yum
-else
-    export YUM=dnf
-fi
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/pre-install.d/00-02-set-centos-mirror b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/pre-install.d/00-02-set-centos-mirror
index ce97ecd4b..2a197aa41 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/pre-install.d/00-02-set-centos-mirror
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/pre-install.d/00-02-set-centos-mirror
@@ -12,10 +12,8 @@ DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=${DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:-}
 
 # Only set the mirror for the Base, Extras and Updates repositories
 # The others aren't enabled and do not exist on all mirrors
-if [[ ${DIB_RELEASE} == '7' ]]; then
-    sed -e "s,^#baseurl=http[s]*://mirror.centos.org/\(centos\|altarch\)/,baseurl=$DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR/,;/^mirrorlist=/d" -i /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
 # CentOS Stream releases (9-stream)
-elif [[ ${DIB_RELEASE} =~ '9-stream' ]]; then
+if [[ ${DIB_RELEASE} =~ '9-stream' ]]; then
     sed -e "s,^#baseurl=http[s]*://mirror.centos.org/\$contentdir/,baseurl=$DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR/,;/^mirrorlist=/d" -i /etc/yum.repos.d/centos.repo
     sed -e "s,^#baseurl=http[s]*://mirror.centos.org/\$contentdir/,baseurl=$DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR/,;/^mirrorlist=/d" -i /etc/yum.repos.d/centos-addons.repo
 # CentOS Stream releases (8-stream)
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/root.d/10-centos-cloud-image b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/root.d/10-centos-cloud-image
index d2529046a..d0f08469d 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/root.d/10-centos-cloud-image
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos/root.d/10-centos-cloud-image
@@ -9,37 +9,21 @@ set -o pipefail
 [ -n "$ARCH" ]
 [ -n "$TARGET_ROOT" ]
 
-if [[ "${DIB_RELEASE}" = 7 ]]; then
-    if [[ "amd64 x86_64" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
+if [[ "amd64 x86_64 arm64 aarch64 ppc64le" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
+    if [[ "amd64" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
         ARCH="x86_64"
-        DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=${DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:-https://cloud.centos.org/centos/${DIB_RELEASE}/images}
-    elif [[ "arm64 aarch64" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
+    elif [[ "arm64" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
         ARCH="aarch64"
-        DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=${DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:-https://cloud.centos.org/altarch/${DIB_RELEASE}/images/aarch64}
-    elif [[ "ppc64le" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
-        DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=${DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:-https://cloud.centos.org/altarch/${DIB_RELEASE}/images/ppc64le}
-    else
-        echo 'centos root element only support the x86_64, aarch64 and ppc64le values for $ARCH'
-        exit 1
     fi
+    if [[ "${DIB_RELEASE}" == "9" ]]; then
+        dib_release_path=9-stream
+    else
+        dib_release_path=${DIB_RELEASE}
+    fi
+    DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=${DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:-https://cloud.centos.org/centos/${dib_release_path}/${ARCH}/images}
 else
-    if [[ "amd64 x86_64 arm64 aarch64 ppc64le" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
-        if [[ "amd64" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
-            ARCH="x86_64"
-        elif [[ "arm64" =~ "$ARCH" ]]; then
-            ARCH="aarch64"
-        fi
-        if [[ "${DIB_RELEASE}" == "9" ]]; then
-            dib_release_path=9-stream
-        else
-            dib_release_path=${DIB_RELEASE}
-        fi
-        DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=${DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:-https://cloud.centos.org/centos/${dib_release_path}/${ARCH}/images}
-    else
-        echo 'centos root element only support the x86_64, aarch64 and ppc64le values for $ARCH'
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
+    echo 'centos root element only support the x86_64, aarch64 and ppc64le values for $ARCH'
+    exit 1
 fi
 
 DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=${DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE:-}
@@ -53,16 +37,12 @@ if [ -n "$DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE" ]; then
     BASE_IMAGE_TAR=$BASE_IMAGE_FILE.tgz
 else
     DIB_FLAVOR=${DIB_FLAVOR:-GenericCloud}
-    if [[ "${DIB_RELEASE}" = 7 ]]; then
-        BASE_IMAGE_FILE=${BASE_IMAGE_FILE:-CentOS-${DIB_RELEASE}-${ARCH}-${DIB_FLAVOR}.qcow2.xz}
+    if [[ "${DIB_RELEASE}" == "9" ]]; then
+        dib_release_path=9-stream
     else
-        if [[ "${DIB_RELEASE}" == "9" ]]; then
-            dib_release_path=9-stream
-        else
-            dib_release_path=${DIB_RELEASE}
-        fi
-        BASE_IMAGE_FILE=${BASE_IMAGE_FILE:-$(head -1 < <(curl -s https://cloud.centos.org/centos/${dib_release_path}/${ARCH}/images/ | grep -o "CentOS-.[^>]*${DIB_FLAVOR}-.[^>]*.qcow2" | sort -r))}
+        dib_release_path=${DIB_RELEASE}
     fi
+    BASE_IMAGE_FILE=${BASE_IMAGE_FILE:-$(head -1 < <(curl -s https://cloud.centos.org/centos/${dib_release_path}/${ARCH}/images/ | grep -o "CentOS-.[^>]*${DIB_FLAVOR}-.[^>]*.qcow2" | sort -r))}
     BASE_IMAGE_TAR=$BASE_IMAGE_FILE.tgz
     IMAGE_LOCATION=$DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES/$BASE_IMAGE_FILE
     CACHED_IMAGE=$DIB_IMAGE_CACHE/$BASE_IMAGE_FILE
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c896d2b4..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-=======
-centos7
-=======
-
-.. warning::
-
-   This element is deprecated and is left only for backward compatibility.
-   Use the `centos` element instead. Note that you should set DIB_RELEASE to 7
-   to indicate which release you are using. Please read the notes.
-
-Use CentOS 7 cloud images as the baseline for built disk images.
-
-For further details see the redhat-common README.
-
-DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR:
-   :Required: No
-   :Default: None
-   :Description: To use a CentOS Yum mirror, set this variable to the mirror URL
-                 before running bin/disk-image-create. This URL should point to
-                 the directory containing the ``5/6/7`` directories.
-   :Example: ``DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=http://amirror.com/centos``
-
-DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES:
-  :Required: No
-  :Description: Set the desired URL to fetch the images from.  ppc64le:
-                Currently the CentOS community is working on providing the
-                ppc64le images. Until then you'll need to set this to a local
-                image file.
-  :Example: ``DIB_CLOUD_IMAGES=/path/to/my/centos/7/CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud.qcow2.xz``
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/element-deps
deleted file mode 100644
index b813af90a..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/element-deps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-centos
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/00-centos7-element-deprecation.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/00-centos7-element-deprecation.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 8de1e7761..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/00-centos7-element-deprecation.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-echo "The centos7 element is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. Use the centos element instead."
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/09-centos7-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/09-centos7-distro-name.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index dc87ae51c..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/09-centos7-distro-name.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# For backward compat (centos vs centos7)
-export DIB_FLAVOR=${DIB_RELEASE:-GenericCloud}
-export DIB_RELEASE=7
-
-# Useful for elements that work with fedora (dnf) & centos
-export YUM=${YUM:-yum}
-
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/10-centos7-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/10-centos7-distro-name.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 11aa38c02..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/environment.d/10-centos7-distro-name.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-export DISTRO_NAME=centos7
-export DIB_RELEASE=7
-export EFI_BOOT_DIR="EFI/centos"
-
-# Useful for elements that work with fedora (dnf) & centos
-export YUM=${YUM:-yum}
-
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/test-elements/build-succeeds/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/test-elements/build-succeeds/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb..000000000
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/test-elements/build-succeeds/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/test-elements/build-succeeds/element-deps
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a391e3e9..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/centos7/test-elements/build-succeeds/element-deps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-base
-epel
-openstack-ci-mirrors
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dhcp-all-interfaces/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/dhcp-all-interfaces/README.rst
index 1fdf7044f..ee667bebc 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dhcp-all-interfaces/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dhcp-all-interfaces/README.rst
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ DIB_DHCP_CLIENT
   :Description: When NetworkManager is in use, this setting conveys which DHCP
    client is in use for acquiring a DHCP address for the node. In some specific
    cases, where known that dhclient is the tested or most compatible default,
-   specifically for Centos 7, 8, and 8-Stream, as well as derived distributions.
+   specifically for Centos 8, and 8-Stream, as well as derived distributions.
    Otherwise, the "internal" dhcp client is the default.
   :Example: DIB_DHCP_CLIENT
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/environment.d/50-dib-python-version b/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/environment.d/50-dib-python-version
index 703987ab1..0a61fd35d 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/environment.d/50-dib-python-version
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/environment.d/50-dib-python-version
@@ -14,19 +14,8 @@ if [ -z "${DIB_PYTHON_VERSION:-}" ]; then
             DIB_PYTHON_VERSION=2
         fi
     ;;
-    centos7)
-        DIB_PYTHON_VERSION=2
-    ;;
-    rhel7)
-        # TODO(nmagnezi): Remove this when the 'rhel7' element gets replaced by 'rhel'
-        DIB_PYTHON_VERSION=2
-    ;;
     rhel|centos)
-        if [ "$DIB_RELEASE" == "7" ]; then
-            DIB_PYTHON_VERSION=2
-        else
-            DIB_PYTHON_VERSION=3
-        fi
+        DIB_PYTHON_VERSION=3
     ;;
     opensuse)
         if [ "${DIB_RELEASE:0:2}" == "42" ]; then
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/pre-install.d/01-dib-python b/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/pre-install.d/01-dib-python
index e1f388b6e..94daf13a3 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/pre-install.d/01-dib-python
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dib-python/pre-install.d/01-dib-python
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ fi
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (centos|rhel) && ${DIB_RELEASE} > 7 ]]; then
-    # RHEL8 has a system python, separate from the user python.  What
+if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (centos|rhel) ]]; then
+    # RHEL8 onwards has a system python, separate from the user python.  What
     # a good idea, abstracting the python binary for system scripts!
     # :)  Use it for dib-python.
     python_path=/usr/libexec/platform-python
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map
index 790b69915..4ed25af86 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pkg-map
@@ -4,18 +4,10 @@
        "wget": "wget",
        "yum-utils": "yum-utils"
     },
-    "centos7": {
-       "wget": "wget",
-       "yum-utils": "yum-utils"
-    },
     "centos": {
        "wget": "wget",
        "yum-utils": "yum-utils"
     },
-    "rhel7": {
-       "wget": "wget",
-       "yum-utils": "yum-utils"
-    },
     "rocky": {
        "wget": "wget",
        "yum-utils": "yum-utils"
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
index 268bfa1c1..15ea29d56 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/epel/pre-install.d/05-rpm-epel-release
@@ -10,27 +10,9 @@ if [[ (${DISTRO_NAME} =~ "almalinux" || ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ "centos" || ${DISTRO_N
     # Centos has "epel-release" in extras, which is default enabled.
     ${YUM} install -y epel-release
 else
-    # For RHEL, we have to scrape the download page to find the latest
-    # release and install that
-    [ -n "$ARCH" ]
-    if [ 'amd64' = "$ARCH" ] ; then
-        ARCH="x86_64"
-    fi
-
-    BASE_URL=${DIB_EPEL_MIRROR:-https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel}
-    case "$DISTRO_NAME" in
-        rhel7)
-            RELEASE=7
-            URL=$BASE_URL/$RELEASE/x86_64/Packages/e/
-            ;;
-        *)
-            echo "$DISTRO_NAME is not supported"
-            # Not really a failure; we just don't do anything
-            exit 0
-            ;;
-    esac
-    PKG_NAME=$(wget -q $URL -O - |grep -oE "(href=\"epel-release-$RELEASE-[0-9,.].*)" | cut -d'"' -f2)
-    rpm -q epel-release || yum install -y $URL/$PKG_NAME
+    echo "$DISTRO_NAME is not supported"
+    # Not really a failure; we just don't do anything
+    exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ ${DIB_EPEL_DISABLED:-0} -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/cleanup.d/100-build-iso b/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/cleanup.d/100-build-iso
index 81c31a1e1..cb5ebdcb6 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/cleanup.d/100-build-iso
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/cleanup.d/100-build-iso
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ function build_efiboot_img() {
     # Ubuntu: grub-efi-amd64-signed and shim-signed
     # Fedora: grub2-efi and shim
 
-    if [[ $DISTRO_NAME = "fedora" || $DISTRO_NAME = "rhel7" ]] ; then
+    if [[ $DISTRO_NAME = "fedora" ]] ; then
         cp $TMP_BOOTLOADER_DIR/shim.efi $TMP_BUILD_DIR/bootx64.efi
         cp $TMP_BOOTLOADER_DIR/grubx64.efi $TMP_BUILD_DIR/grubx64.efi
     elif [[ $DISTRO_NAME = "centos" ]] ; then
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/post-install.d/01-copy-bootloaders b/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/post-install.d/01-copy-bootloaders
index 53a1bc15e..eff92bec9 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/post-install.d/01-copy-bootloaders
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/iso/post-install.d/01-copy-bootloaders
@@ -28,12 +28,6 @@ elif [[ $DISTRO_NAME = "ubuntu" || $DISTRO_NAME = "debian" ]]; then
     SHIM_FILE="/usr/lib/shim/shimx64.efi.signed"
     SYSLINUX_FILE="/usr/lib/ISOLINUX/isolinux.bin"
     LDLINUX_FILE="/usr/lib/syslinux/modules/bios/ldlinux.c32"
-#rhel7
-elif [ $DISTRO_NAME = "rhel7" ]; then
-    GRUB_FILE="/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/grubx64.efi"
-    SHIM_FILE="/boot/efi/EFI/redhat/shim.efi"
-    SYSLINUX_FILE="/usr/share/syslinux/isolinux.bin"
-    LDLINUX_FILE="/usr/share/syslinux/ldlinux.c32"
 #other
 else
     GRUB_FILE="/usr/lib/grub/x86_64-efi-signed/grubx64.efi.signed"
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/openstack-ci-mirrors/environment.d/11-dib-distribution-mirror.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/openstack-ci-mirrors/environment.d/11-dib-distribution-mirror.bash
index dc5c00051..6f85c9322 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/openstack-ci-mirrors/environment.d/11-dib-distribution-mirror.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/openstack-ci-mirrors/environment.d/11-dib-distribution-mirror.bash
@@ -38,9 +38,6 @@ elif [[ "${DISTRO_NAME}" == "centos" ]]; then
         export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=$NODEPOOL_CENTOS_MIRROR
         export DIB_EPEL_MIRROR=$NODEPOOL_EPEL_MIRROR
     fi
-elif [[ "${DISTRO_NAME}" == "centos7" ]]; then
-    export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=$NODEPOOL_CENTOS_MIRROR
-    export DIB_EPEL_MIRROR=$NODEPOOL_EPEL_MIRROR
 elif [[ "${DISTRO_NAME}" == "opensuse" ]]; then
     export DIB_DISTRIBUTION_MIRROR=$NODEPOOL_OPENSUSE_MIRROR
 fi
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/environment.d/51-pip-and-virutalenv-default.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/environment.d/51-pip-and-virutalenv-default.bash
index 5e50c7c25..33b66ad9d 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/environment.d/51-pip-and-virutalenv-default.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/environment.d/51-pip-and-virutalenv-default.bash
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # upgrading packaged system pip/setuptools/virtualenv binaries with
 # upstream non-packaged versions, we wish to avoid this completely on
 # modern distros.
-if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (centos|rhel) && $DIB_RELEASE > 7 ]]; then
+if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (centos|rhel) ]]; then
     export DIB_INSTALLTYPE_pip_and_virtualenv=${DIB_INSTALLTYPE_pip_and_virtualenv:-package}
 
     if [[ ${DIB_INSTALLTYPE_pip_and_virtualenv} == "source" ]]; then
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (centos|rhel) && $DIB_RELEASE > 7 ]]; then
         exit 1
     fi
 fi
-
 # The default variables setup below are only useful during the phases
 # that dib-python exists
 if [[ ! -e /usr/local/bin/dib-python ]]; then
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip b/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip
index be816eb70..6640fd04e 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/pip-and-virtualenv/install.d/pip-and-virtualenv-source-install/04-install-pip
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ function install_python2_pip {
 # force things to happen so our assumptions hold
 pip_args="-U --force-reinstall"
 
-if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (opensuse|fedora|centos|centos7|rhel|rhel7) ]]; then
+if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (opensuse|fedora|centos|rhel) ]]; then
 
     # Default packages
     _do_py3=0
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (opensuse|fedora|centos|centos7|rhel|rhel7) ]]; then
     # see notes below on this var...
     _clear_old_files=0
     case "$DISTRO_NAME" in
-        centos*|rhel7)
+        centos*)
             # note python2-pip in epel
             _extra_repo="--enablerepo=epel"
             packages="python-virtualenv python2-pip"
@@ -65,17 +65,6 @@ if [[ $DISTRO_NAME =~ (opensuse|fedora|centos|centos7|rhel|rhel7) ]]; then
                     _clear_old_files=0
                     packages=" python3-virtualenv python3-pip python3-setuptools"
                     ;;
-                7)
-                    # note python2-pip in epel
-                    _extra_repo="--enablerepo=epel"
-                    _clear_old_files=1
-                    packages="python-virtualenv python2-pip"
-                    if [[ "$(rpm -q --qf '[%{obsoletes}\n]' python2-setuptools)" == "python-setuptools" ]]; then
-                        packages+=" python2-setuptools"
-                    else
-                        packages+=" python-setuptools"
-                    fi
-                    ;;
             esac
             ;;
         opensuse)
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/pkg-map/bin/pkg-map b/diskimage_builder/elements/pkg-map/bin/pkg-map
index 45b4b8e35..146b8ba3b 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/pkg-map/bin/pkg-map
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/pkg-map/bin/pkg-map
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ log = logging.getLogger()
 
 def os_family(distro):
     family = None
-    if distro in ['almalinux', 'fedora', 'rhel', 'rhel7', 'centos', 'centos7',
-                    'openeuler',
-                    'rocky']:
+    if distro in ['almalinux', 'fedora', 'rhel', 'centos', 'openeuler',
+                  'rocky']:
         family = 'redhat'
     elif distro in ['debian', 'ubuntu']:
         family = 'debian'
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/05-xen-tools b/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/05-xen-tools
index 5a8c5a576..fb13186d3 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/05-xen-tools
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/05-xen-tools
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ case "$DISTRO_NAME" in
         source versions.deb
         dpkg -i $XE_GUEST_UTILITIES_PKG_FILE_amd64
         ;;
-    'fedora'|'centos'|'centos7'|'opensuse')
+    'fedora'|'centos'|'opensuse')
         source versions.rpm
         rpm -Uvh $XE_GUEST_UTILITIES_PKG_FILE_x86_64
         ;;
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/10-nova-agent b/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/10-nova-agent
index d0017802c..ecbad8fee 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/10-nova-agent
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rax-nova-agent/install.d/10-nova-agent
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ respawn
 exec /sbin/getty -L 115200 hvc0 vt102
 EOF
     ;;
-    'fedora'|'centos'|'centos7'|'opensuse')
+    'fedora'|'centos'|'opensuse')
 
     cat > /usr/local/bin/run-nova-agent.sh <<'EOF'
 #!/bin/bash
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/redhat-common/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/redhat-common/README.rst
index f2e35c714..c4385f488 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/redhat-common/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/redhat-common/README.rst
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE
    diskimage-builder as input. The cloud image does not have to have been built
    by diskimage-builder. It should be a full disk image, not just a filesystem
    image.
-  :Example: ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=rhel-guest-image-7.1-20150224.0.x86_64.qcow2``
+  :Example: ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=rhel-9.4-x86_64-kvm.qcow2``
 
 DIB_DISABLE_KERNEL_CLEANUP
   :Required: No
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/redhat-common/pkg-map b/diskimage_builder/elements/redhat-common/pkg-map
deleted file mode 100644
index 6ba118115..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/redhat-common/pkg-map
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "release": {
-    "rhel": {
-      "7": {
-        "python3-libselinux": "libselinux-python",
-        "python3-policycoreutils": "policycoreutils",
-        "policycoreutils-python-utils": "policycoreutils-python"
-      }
-    },
-    "centos": {
-      "7": {
-        "python3-libselinux": "libselinux-python",
-        "python3-policycoreutils": "policycoreutils",
-        "policycoreutils-python-utils": "policycoreutils-python"
-      }
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel-common/pre-install.d/00-rhel-registration b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel-common/pre-install.d/00-rhel-registration
index ed6f8fea3..bed453119 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel-common/pre-install.d/00-rhel-registration
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel-common/pre-install.d/00-rhel-registration
@@ -13,10 +13,7 @@ arch=$(uname -m)
 repos="repos "
 base_repos=
 
-if [ "${DIB_RELEASE:-7}" == "7" ]; then
-    base_repos="rhel-7-server-rpms"
-    satellite_repo="${REG_SAT_REPO:-"rhel-7-server-satellite-client-6-rpms"}"
-elif [ "${DIB_RELEASE}" == "8" ]; then
+if [ "${DIB_RELEASE}" == "8" ]; then
     if [ -n "${REG_RELEASE:-}" ]; then
         base_repos="rhel-8-for-${arch}-appstream-eus-rpms rhel-8-for-${arch}-baseos-eus-rpms"
     else
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/README.rst
index fb550e415..328e3a882 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/README.rst
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ path to the resulting file to disk-image-create as the ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE``
 environment variable.
 
 The cloud image can be found at (login required):
-RHEL8: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/479/ver=/rhel---8/8.0/x86_64/product-software
-RHEL7: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/69/ver=/rhel---7/7.1/x86_64/product-downloads
+RHEL8: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/479/ver=/rhel---8/8.10/x86_64/product-software
+RHEL9: https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/479/ver=/rhel---9/9.4/x86_64/product-software
 
 
 Then before running the image build, define DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE (replace the file
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ name with the one downloaded, if it differs from the example):
 
 .. code-block:: bash
 
-   export DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=rhel-8.0-x86_64-kvm.qcow2
+   export DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=rhel-9.4-x86_64-kvm.qcow2
 
 The downloaded file will then be used as the basis for any subsequent image
 builds.
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Environment Variables
 DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE
   :Required: Yes
   :Default: None
-  :Description: The RHEL 8 base image you have downloaded. See the element
+  :Description: The RHEL base image you have downloaded. See the element
                 description above for more details.
-  :Example: ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=/tmp/rhel8-cloud.qcow2``
+  :Example: ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=/tmp/rhel-9.4-x86_64-kvm.qcow2``
 
 
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/environment.d/10-rhel-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/environment.d/10-rhel-distro-name.bash
index ab8126eaf..9787ddae9 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/environment.d/10-rhel-distro-name.bash
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/environment.d/10-rhel-distro-name.bash
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 export DISTRO_NAME=rhel
 export DIB_RELEASE=${DIB_RELEASE:-8}
 export EFI_BOOT_DIR="EFI/redhat"
+export YUM=dnf
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index 0ab96fdd9..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel/environment.d/11-yum-dnf.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-# since RHEL8, dnf is the yum replacement.
-
-if [[ $DIB_RELEASE == "7" ]]; then
-    export YUM=yum
-else
-    export YUM=dnf
-fi
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/README.rst
deleted file mode 100644
index e5cc61796..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/README.rst
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-=====
-rhel7
-=====
-
-.. warning::
-
-   This element is deprecated and is left only for backward compatibility.
-   Use the `rhel` element instead. Note that you should set DIB_RELEASE to 7
-   to indicate which release you are using. Please read the notes.
-
-Use RHEL 7 cloud images as the baseline for built disk images.
-
-Because RHEL 7 base images are not publicly available, it is necessary to first
-download the RHEL 7 cloud image from the Red Hat Customer Portal and pass the
-path to the resulting file to disk-image-create as the ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE``
-environment variable.
-
-The cloud image can be found at (login required):
-https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/69/ver=/rhel---7/7.1/x86_64/product-downloads
-
-Then before running the image build, define DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE (replace the file
-name with the one downloaded, if it differs from the example):
-
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-   export DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=rhel-guest-image-7.1-20150224.0.x86_64.qcow2
-
-The downloaded file will then be used as the basis for any subsequent image
-builds.
-
-For further details about building RHEL 7 images, see the rhel-common and
-redhat-common element README files.
-
-Environment Variables
----------------------
-
-DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE
-  :Required: Yes
-  :Default: None
-  :Description: The RHEL 7 base image you have downloaded. See the element
-                description above for more details.
-  :Example: ``DIB_LOCAL_IMAGE=/tmp/rhel7-cloud.qcow2``
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/element-deps
deleted file mode 100644
index 476fbc012..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/element-deps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-rhel
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/environment.d/00-rhel7-element-deprecation.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/environment.d/00-rhel7-element-deprecation.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index ff03c1421..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/environment.d/00-rhel7-element-deprecation.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-echo "The rhel7 element is deprecated and will be removed in future releases. Use the rhel element instead."
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/environment.d/10-rhel7-distro-name.bash b/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/environment.d/10-rhel7-distro-name.bash
deleted file mode 100644
index d64b367ab..000000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/rhel7/environment.d/10-rhel7-distro-name.bash
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export DIB_RELEASE=7
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/environment.d/15-simple-init-networkmanager b/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/environment.d/15-simple-init-networkmanager
index 40aae8eaa..c9d3f303b 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/environment.d/15-simple-init-networkmanager
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/environment.d/15-simple-init-networkmanager
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ else
     export DIB_SIMPLE_INIT_NETWORKMANAGER=${DIB_SIMPLE_INIT_NETWORKMANAGER:-0}
 fi
 
-if [[ (${DISTRO_NAME} == "almalinux" || ${DISTRO_NAME} == "centos" || ${DISTRO_NAME} == "rocky") && $DIB_RELEASE > 7 ]] || [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} == "fedora" ]]; then
+if [[ (${DISTRO_NAME} == "almalinux" || ${DISTRO_NAME} == "rocky") && $DIB_RELEASE > 7 ]] || [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} == "fedora" ]]; then
     if [[ $DIB_SIMPLE_INIT_NETWORKMANAGER == 0 ]]; then
         echo "simple-init only supports NetworkManager mode on Fedora and AlmaLinux/CentOS/Rocky 8 & 9"
         exit 1
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/post-install.d/80-simple-init b/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/post-install.d/80-simple-init
index 8971b85ca..ca7cad038 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/post-install.d/80-simple-init
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/simple-init/post-install.d/80-simple-init
@@ -12,15 +12,7 @@ case "$DIB_INIT_SYSTEM" in
         exit 0
         ;;
     systemd)
-        if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} == centos && ${DIB_RELEASE} == 7 ]]; then
-            if [[ ${DIB_SIMPLE_INIT_NETWORKMANAGER} != 1 ]]; then
-                # NOTE(pabelanger): Glean requires network.service for
-                # these platforms when not using networkmanager
-                # Not available on Centos 8
-                # NOTE(ianw) we should evaluate if Fedora needs this
-                systemctl enable network.service
-            fi
-        elif [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (opensuse) ]]; then
+        if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (opensuse) ]]; then
             # on suse, this is named wicked.service, but it's the same
             # as network.service.
             systemctl enable wicked.service
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/svc-map/extra-data.d/10-merge-svc-map-files b/diskimage_builder/elements/svc-map/extra-data.d/10-merge-svc-map-files
index 89ff2c3b7..7dbce5f3d 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/svc-map/extra-data.d/10-merge-svc-map-files
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/svc-map/extra-data.d/10-merge-svc-map-files
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import yaml
 def os_family(distro):
     "Given a distribution, returns a operating system family."
     family = None
-    if distro in ['centos', 'centos7', 'fedora', 'rhel', 'rhel7']:
+    if distro in ['centos', 'fedora', 'rhel']:
         family = 'redhat'
     elif distro in ['debian', 'ubuntu']:
         family = 'debian'
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml
index 3ed6955ef..b82b756ee 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/package-installs.yaml
@@ -11,10 +11,5 @@ linux-firmware:
     uninstall: true
 linux-firmware-whence:
     uninstall: true
-# NOTE(ianw) pkg-map restricts this to !rhel/centos 7; in 7
-# the "initscripts" package handles basic networking, in
-# 8+ it's the role of NetworkManager and dhcp-client.  This
-# mirrors the default packages installed in upstream cloud images
-# to facilitate a basic network.
 NetworkManager:
 dhcp-client:
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pkg-map b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pkg-map
index edb041685..713657337 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pkg-map
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pkg-map
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 {
   "release": {
     "centos": {
-      "7": {
-        "NetworkManager": "",
-        "dhcp-client": ""
-      },
       "9-stream": {
         "lsb_release": "ed hostname patch postfix tar time"
       }
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pre-install.d/03-yum-cleanup b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pre-install.d/03-yum-cleanup
index e77e4bf2c..7f3dd2d88 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pre-install.d/03-yum-cleanup
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/pre-install.d/03-yum-cleanup
@@ -23,56 +23,6 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 # effectively: febootstrap-minimize --keep-zoneinfo --keep-rpmdb --keep-services "$target"
 
-# This is only required on CentOS7 ... see notes in
-# root.d/08-yum-chroot about %_install_langs
-if [[ $DISTRO_NAME == "centos" && $DIB_RELEASE == "7" ]]; then
-
-    # Stripping *all* locales is a bad idea.  For now, we take the
-    # suggestion in [1] for reducing this
-    # [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=156477
-
-    if [ ! -f /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive ]; then
-        die "locale-archive not found?  Can not do cleanup."
-    fi
-
-    # now the archive has everything in it, and is about 100MiB.  Strip it
-    # to just en_US (basically, this is the locale we support if you ssh
-    # in, other than POSIX)
-    localedef --delete-from-archive \
-        $(localedef --list-archive | grep -v '^en_US' | xargs)
-
-    # This removes the locales from the archive index but doesn't rebuild
-    # the file, so it is still the same size (maybe it is sparse?
-    # presumably as it's mmapped you don't want to fiddle with the offsets
-    # of locales in the archive on a live system.  We are not live).
-
-    # build-locale-archive is a tool provided by the RH packaging of
-    # glibc.  Documentation is scarce, but it takes the pre-built locales
-    # in the tmpl file and creates an archive.  It seems originally the
-    # installer would set some flags to rpm to tell the package what
-    # languages to pick out of the template, but along the way, this was
-    # reverted to install them (size considered less important than locale
-    # support).
-
-    # We hack this by moving the locale-archive we've removed the extra
-    # locales from to the template, then re-run the build.
-    mv /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive.tmpl
-
-    # rebuild archive from template
-    /usr/sbin/build-locale-archive
-
-    # leave empty template behind as package does.  I think this stops
-    # upgrades redoing things
-    echo > /usr/lib/locale/locale-archive.tmpl
-
-    # remove the unnecessary source locale files and iconv files
-    pushd /usr/share/locale
-    find . ! -name 'locale.alias' -delete
-    popd
-    rm -rf {lib.lib64}/gconv
-
-fi
-
 # docs
 rm -rf /usr/share/{doc,info,gnome/help}
 # i18n
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
index 8bc81e252..3c29d1b9b 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum-minimal/root.d/08-yum-chroot
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function _install_repos {
     if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} = fedora ]]; then
         packages+="fedora-release-cloud fedora-release-common "
         packages+="fedora-repos fedora-gpg-keys"
-    elif [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} = centos && ${DIB_RELEASE%-stream} -gt 7 ]]; then
+    elif [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} = centos ]]; then
         packages+="centos-gpg-keys "
         if [[ "$DIB_RELEASE" =~ (stream) ]]; then
             packages+="centos-stream-release centos-stream-repos "
@@ -98,11 +98,6 @@ function _install_repos {
     elif [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} == 'openeuler' ]]; then
         packages+="openEuler-release "
         packages+="openEuler-repos openEuler-gpg-keys "
-    else
-        # NOTE(ianw) 2022-04-20 : can probably remove when we don't
-        # support centos 7, unlikely anything else ends up here at
-        # this point.
-        packages+="${DISTRO_NAME}-release "
     fi
 
     # By default, parent elements (fedora-minimal, centos-minimal)
@@ -210,8 +205,7 @@ function _install_pkg_manager {
         local _lang_pack=""
         local _extra_pkgs=""
 
-        if [[ $DISTRO_NAME == "fedora" ]] || \
-            [[ $DISTRO_NAME == "centos" && $DIB_RELEASE > "7" ]]; then
+        if [[ $DISTRO_NAME == "fedora" ]]; then
             # glibc from F24 onwards has split locales into "langpack"
             # packages.  Host yum doesn't understand the
             # weak-dependencies glibc now uses to get the
@@ -310,7 +304,7 @@ _install_repos
 # seemingly mismatched libraries.
 if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (fedora|openeuler) ]]; then
     _install_pkg_manager dnf dnf-plugins-core curl
-elif [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} == centos && $DIB_RELEASE > "7" ]]; then
+elif [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} == centos ]]; then
     _install_pkg_manager dnf dnf-plugins-core curl libcurl
 else
     _install_pkg_manager yum
@@ -324,25 +318,6 @@ function _run_chroot {
     sudo -E chroot $TARGET_ROOT env -u TMPDIR sh -c "$cmd"
 }
 
-# The rpmdb has been created by the host RPM.  CentOS 7 only
-# understands bdb-based db's, while the host is (likey as not) a more
-# modern rpm that has created a sqlite db.  These don't share files in
-# common, so to the in-chroot rpm the db just looks empty.  This is a
-# super-weird state that the system is in, because everything is
-# installed and working, but packages don't look like they are.  One
-# consequence of this is that yum's querying to setup the $releasever
-# variable fails and it remains unset.  Because the default .repo
-# files use this we get invalid repo paths for any yum commands.  The
-# easiest way around this seems to be to manually set --releasever=7;
-# this way yum can rebuild itself and recreate the rpmdb as it likes.
-# This is a mess that can hopefully go away when we don't care about
-# CentOS 7.  For this reason, we only do this for CentOS 7, to avoid
-# hiding any problems on other distros.  We only need to do this
-# for these initial steps, after that the db is correct.
-if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} = centos && ${DIB_RELEASE%-stream} -le 7 ]]; then
-    YUM="${YUM} --releasever=${DIB_RELEASE}"
-fi
-
 # we just installed yum/dnf with "outside" tools (yum/rpm) which
 # might have created /var/lib/[yum|rpm] (etc) that are slighlty
 # incompatible.  Refresh everything with the in-chroot tools
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/README.rst
index 6ee06d4cc..6cb78f436 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/README.rst
@@ -33,11 +33,3 @@ DIB_DNF_MODULE_STREAMS
                 stream for the given module is first disabled prior to enabling the specified
                 stream.
   :Example: ``DIB_DNF_MODULE_STREAMS='virt:8.2 container-tools:3.0'``
-
-DIB_CENTOS_7_PREINSTALL_EPEL_URL_PACKAGE
-  :Required: No
-  :Default: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-  :Description: The environment variable is used to override default value in pre-install 
-                stage to install epel repository from custom source
-  :Example: ``DIB_CENTOS_7_PREINSTALL_EPEL_URL_PACKAGE=http://repos.example.com/epel/epel-latest-7.noarch.rpm``
-
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-00-centos-python3 b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-00-centos-python3
index d0233530f..8716bf6cf 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-00-centos-python3
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/yum/pre-install.d/01-00-centos-python3
@@ -10,18 +10,8 @@ set -o pipefail
 # early (even before package-installs, which is written in Python and
 # uses YAML).
 
-if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (centos|rhel) && ${DIB_RELEASE} == 7 ]]; then
-    # Our package map and install stuff doesn't have a way to say
-    # "install this from EPEL".  So we hack in an install of it here
-    # from EPEL.  Nothing else should have installed EPEL at this
-    # early stage.
-    yum install -y python3
-    # NOTE(dpawlik) The epel-release package is not available in RHEL.
-    yum install -y ${DIB_CENTOS_7_PREINSTALL_EPEL_URL_PACKAGE:-https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm}
-    yum install -y python36-PyYAML
-    yum remove -y epel-release
-elif [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (centos|rhel) && ${DIB_RELEASE} > 7 ]]; then
-    # For 8 and above ensure the "user" python3 package is installed
+if [[ ${DISTRO_NAME} =~ (centos|rhel) ]]; then
+    # Ensure the "user" python3 package is installed
     # so we have /usr/bin/python3 and pyyaml.
     dnf install -y python3 python3-pyyaml
 fi
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/lib/disk-image-create b/diskimage_builder/lib/disk-image-create
index a79686a4d..f49a0f1a7 100755
--- a/diskimage_builder/lib/disk-image-create
+++ b/diskimage_builder/lib/disk-image-create
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ set -eE
 # Set/override locale.  This ensures consistency in sorting etc.  We
 # need to choose a lowest-common denominator locale, as this is
 # applied when running in the building chroot too (maybe a bug and we
-# should prune this?).  Thus "C" --centOS 7 doesn't include C.utf-8
-# (fedora does, centos 8 probably will).  Note: LC_ALL to really
+# should prune this?). Note: LC_ALL to really
 # override this; it overrides LANG and all other LC_ vars
 export LC_ALL=C
 
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/lib/ramdisk-functions b/diskimage_builder/lib/ramdisk-functions
index 68bea8396..cbc821752 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/lib/ramdisk-functions
+++ b/diskimage_builder/lib/ramdisk-functions
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ function create_ramdisk_base () {
   mkdir -p "${TMP_MOUNT_PATH}/"{lib/udev/rules.d,var/{lib/dhcp,run}}
 
   case "$DISTRO_NAME" in
-    fedora|rhel|rhel7|opensuse)
+    fedora|rhel|opensuse)
       mkdir -p "$TMP_MOUNT_PATH/usr"
       ln -s ../lib "$TMP_MOUNT_PATH/usr/lib"
       if [[ "`uname -m`" =~ x86_64|ppc64 ]]; then
diff --git a/doc/source/developer/developing_elements.rst b/doc/source/developer/developing_elements.rst
index 71bf00620..589078b87 100644
--- a/doc/source/developer/developing_elements.rst
+++ b/doc/source/developer/developing_elements.rst
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ example if one were building tripleo-images, the variable would be set like:
   .. sourcecode:: sh
 
       export ELEMENTS_PATH=tripleo-image-elements/elements
-      disk-image-create rhel7 cinder-api
+      disk-image-create rhel cinder-api
 
 Linting
 -------
diff --git a/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst b/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst
index bda43ae33..3916b37d1 100644
--- a/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst
+++ b/doc/source/user_guide/supported_distros.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ is correct.
 As of Feburary 2022, the default end-to-end testing covers the
 following elements on x86-64
 
-* ``centos-minimal``: CentOS 7, 8-stream and 9-stream
+* ``centos-minimal``: 8-stream and 9-stream
 * ``fedora-containerfile``: the latest Fedora.
 * ``ubuntu-minimal``: Ubuntu Xenial, Bionic and Focal
 * ``opensuse-minimal``: Leap 15.3 and Tumbleweed (non-voting)
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/eol-centos7-rhel7-e34abb41caff312e.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/eol-centos7-rhel7-e34abb41caff312e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..55d16a2df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/eol-centos7-rhel7-e34abb41caff312e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    It is no longer possible to build images using CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 as a base
+    image as these reached EOL on 30th June 2024. The centos and centos-minimal
+    elements now default to a ``DIB_RELEASE`` value of ``9-stream``.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/roles/dib-setup-gate-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/dib-setup-gate-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml
index 0a329fdd9..9064eb205 100644
--- a/roles/dib-setup-gate-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/dib-setup-gate-mirrors/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -5,23 +5,6 @@
 - debug: msg="zuul site mirror {{ zuul_site_mirror_fqdn }}"
 - debug: msg="mirror_fqdn {{ mirror_fqdn }}"
 
-- name: Create centos-minimal 7 directory
-  file:
-    path: "{{ dib_gate_mirror_repos }}/centos-minimal/7/yum.repos.d"
-    state: directory
-    mode: 0775
-    recurse: yes
-
-- name: Install centos-minimal 7 repo files
-  template:
-    dest: "{{ dib_gate_mirror_repos }}/centos-minimal/7/yum.repos.d/dib-mirror-{{ item }}"
-    mode: 0644
-    src: "centos-minimal/7/{{ item }}.j2"
-  with_items:
-    - base.repo
-    - updates.repo
-    - extras.repo
-
 - name: Create centos-minimal 8-stream directory
   file:
     path: "{{ dib_gate_mirror_repos }}/centos-minimal/8-stream/yum.repos.d"
diff --git a/tests/run_functests.sh b/tests/run_functests.sh
index cfb388e5c..1d7f36142 100755
--- a/tests/run_functests.sh
+++ b/tests/run_functests.sh
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ DEFAULT_SKIP_TESTS=(
     # better caching for the images
     opensuse/build-succeeds
     opensuse/opensuse15-build-succeeds
-    centos7/build-succeeds
     debian/build-succeeds
     fedora/build-succeeds
     ubuntu/trusty-build-succeeds