diff --git a/bin/manila-image-create b/bin/manila-image-create
index 8215658..282e900 100644
--- a/bin/manila-image-create
+++ b/bin/manila-image-create
@@ -13,20 +13,6 @@ else
 fi
 export ELEMENTS_PATH=$_PREFIX/elements
 
-# Detect which image should be created
-# generic - qcow image for VM
-# lxd - tar for LXD
-MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE=${1:-"generic"}
-
-if [ "$MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE" != "generic" ] && [ "$MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE" != "lxd" ]; then
-    echo -e "Image type $MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE is not supported."
-    exit 2
-fi
-
-echo
-echo "Build image: $MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE"
-echo
-
 # Collect configuration
 # --------------------
 # Development options:
@@ -45,7 +31,6 @@ MANILA_IMG_ARCH=${MANILA_IMG_ARCH:-"i386"}
 MANILA_IMG_OS=${MANILA_IMG_OS:-"manila-ubuntu-minimal"}
 MANILA_IMG_OS_VER=${MANILA_IMG_OS_VER:-"trusty"}
 MANILA_IMG_NAME=${MANILA_IMG_NAME:-"manila-service-image"}
-MANILA_LXD_METADATA_PACKAGE_NAME=${MANILA_LXD_METADATA_PACKAGE_NAME:-"manila-lxd-meta"}
 
 # Manila features
 MANILA_ENABLE_NFS_SUPPORT=${MANILA_ENABLE_NFS_SUPPORT:-"yes"}
@@ -56,15 +41,8 @@ MANILA_ENABLE_ZFS_SUPPORT=${MANILA_ENABLE_ZFS_SUPPORT:-"no"}
 
 # Verify configuration
 # --------------------
-if [ "$MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE" = "lxd" ]; then
-    REQUIRED_ELEMENTS="manila-container $MANILA_IMG_OS"
-    IMAGE_FORMAT="tar"
-    MANILA_ENABLE_ZFS_SUPPORT="no"
-    export INSTALL_KERNEL=false
-else
-    REQUIRED_ELEMENTS="manila-ssh vm $MANILA_IMG_OS dhcp-all-interfaces"
-    IMAGE_FORMAT="qcow2"
-fi
+REQUIRED_ELEMENTS="manila-ssh vm $MANILA_IMG_OS dhcp-all-interfaces"
+IMAGE_FORMAT="qcow2"
 OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS=
 OPTIONAL_DIB_ARGS=
 
@@ -73,11 +51,7 @@ if [ "$MANILA_ENABLE_CIFS_SUPPORT" != "yes" ] && [ "$MANILA_ENABLE_NFS_SUPPORT"
 fi
 
 if [ "$MANILA_ENABLE_NFS_SUPPORT" = "yes" ]; then
-    if [ "$MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE" = "lxd" ]; then
-        OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS="$OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS manila-ganesha-nfs manila-unfs3"
-    else
-        OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS="$OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS manila-nfs"
-    fi
+    OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS="$OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS manila-nfs"
 fi
 
 if [ "$MANILA_ENABLE_CIFS_SUPPORT" = "yes" ]; then
@@ -212,38 +186,3 @@ disk-image-create \
     $OPTIONAL_DIB_ARGS \
     -o $MANILA_IMG_NAME \
     $OPTIONAL_ELEMENTS $REQUIRED_ELEMENTS
-
-if [ "$MANILA_IMAGE_TYPE" = "lxd" ]; then
-    LXD_IMAGE_DIR=$_PREFIX/lxd-image.d
-    mkdir $LXD_IMAGE_DIR >/dev/null 2>&1 || rm -fR $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/*
-    mkdir $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/rootfs >/dev/null 2>&1 || rm -fR $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/rootfs/*
-
-    # Create LXD metadata package
-    cp -R $_PREFIX/data/lxd/meta/* $LXD_IMAGE_DIR
-
-    # Update creation timestamp in metafile
-    sed -i "s/%CREATION_DATE%/$(date +%s)/g" $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/metadata.yaml
-
-    # Create package
-    echo "Creating LXD metadata package..."
-    tar -cf $_PREFIX/$MANILA_LXD_METADATA_PACKAGE_NAME.tar \
-        -C $LXD_IMAGE_DIR templates  metadata.yaml
-    echo "Done. Metadata could be found here: $_PREFIX/$MANILA_LXD_METADATA_PACKAGE_NAME.tar"
-
-    # Create sys and proc directories required by LXD
-    mkdir -p $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/tmp/sys >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "sys folder already exists in rootfs."
-    mkdir -p $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/tmp/proc >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "proc folder already exists in rootfs."
-
-    sudo $_PREFIX/tools/add_to_rootfs_tar $_PREFIX/$MANILA_IMG_NAME.tar \
-        $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/tmp/sys /./sys/
-
-    sudo $_PREFIX/tools/add_to_rootfs_tar $_PREFIX/$MANILA_IMG_NAME.tar \
-        $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/tmp/proc /./proc/
-
-    rm -fR $LXD_IMAGE_DIR/tmp
-
-    # Compress rootfs
-    echo "Compressing rootfs package..."
-    sudo xz -f $_PREFIX/$MANILA_IMG_NAME.tar
-    echo "Done. rootfs could be found here: $_PREFIX/$MANILA_IMG_NAME.tar.xz"
-fi
diff --git a/data/lxd/meta/metadata.yaml b/data/lxd/meta/metadata.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 81bf45a..0000000
--- a/data/lxd/meta/metadata.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "architecture": "i686",
-    "creation_date": %CREATION_DATE%,
-    "properties": {
-        "architecture": "i686",
-        "description": "Openstack Manila LXD image (ubuntu trusty i686).",
-        "name": "manila-lxd-ubuntu-trusty-i686",
-        "os": "ubuntu",
-        "release": "trusty",
-        "variant": "default"
-    },
-    "templates": {
-        "/etc/hostname": {
-            "template": "hostname.tpl",
-            "when": [
-                "create"
-            ]
-        },
-        "/etc/hosts": {
-            "template": "hosts.tpl",
-            "when": [
-                "create"
-            ]
-        },
-        "/etc/init/console.override": {
-            "template": "upstart-override.tpl",
-            "when": [
-                "create"
-            ]
-        },
-        "/etc/init/tty1.override": {
-            "template": "upstart-override.tpl",
-            "when": [
-                "create"
-            ]
-        },
-        "/etc/init/tty2.override": {
-            "template": "upstart-override.tpl",
-            "when": [
-                "create"
-            ]
-        },
-        "/etc/init/tty3.override": {
-            "template": "upstart-override.tpl",
-            "when": [
-                "create"
-            ]
-        },
-        "/etc/init/tty4.override": {
-            "template": "upstart-override.tpl",
-            "when": [
-                "create"
-            ]
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/data/lxd/meta/templates/hostname.tpl b/data/lxd/meta/templates/hostname.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 69a84f1..0000000
--- a/data/lxd/meta/templates/hostname.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{{ container.name }}
diff --git a/data/lxd/meta/templates/hosts.tpl b/data/lxd/meta/templates/hosts.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e6651f..0000000
--- a/data/lxd/meta/templates/hosts.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-127.0.0.1   localhost
-127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain
-127.0.1.1   {{ container.name }}
-
-# The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts
-::1     ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
-fe00::0 ip6-localnet
-ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix
-ff02::1 ip6-allnodes
-ff02::2 ip6-allrouters
diff --git a/data/lxd/meta/templates/upstart-override.tpl b/data/lxd/meta/templates/upstart-override.tpl
deleted file mode 100644
index aabfa58..0000000
--- a/data/lxd/meta/templates/upstart-override.tpl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-manual
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/elements/manila-container/post-install.d/99-configure-network b/elements/manila-container/post-install.d/99-configure-network
deleted file mode 100755
index 0bd14bc..0000000
--- a/elements/manila-container/post-install.d/99-configure-network
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
-    set -x
-fi
-set -eu
-set -o pipefail
-
-echo "" > /etc/network/interfaces
-echo "auto lo" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-echo "iface lo inet loopback" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-
-echo "" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-echo "auto eth0" >> /etc/network/interfaces
-echo "iface eth0 inet dhcp" >> /etc/network/interfaces
diff --git a/tools/add_to_rootfs_tar b/tools/add_to_rootfs_tar
deleted file mode 100755
index e5c822d..0000000
--- a/tools/add_to_rootfs_tar
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-from __future__ import print_function
-import tarfile
-import sys
-
-
-def main(tar_path, folder_path, target_name):
-    try:
-        tar = tarfile.open(tar_path, mode="a")
-        tar.add(folder_path, arcname=target_name)
-        tar.close()
-    except Exception as e:
-        print("Error: ", e)
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if len(sys.argv) != 4:
-        print("Usage: "
-              "add_to_rootfs_tar <path_to_tar> <path_to_folder> <target_name>")
-
-    main(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2], sys.argv[3])
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/gate/build-images b/tools/gate/build-images
index 4efe43f..fb65dfa 100755
--- a/tools/gate/build-images
+++ b/tools/gate/build-images
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ IMAGE=$1
 
 if [ "$IMAGE" = "generic" ]; then
     tox -v -e buildimage
-elif [ "$IMAGE" = "lxd" ]; then
-    tox -v -e buildimage-lxd
 elif [ "$IMAGE" = "docker" ]; then
     tox -v -e buildimage-docker
 fi
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5959de8..9797982 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ deps =
 [testenv:buildimage-docker]
 commands = {toxinidir}/tools/docker_builder.sh
 
-[testenv:buildimage-lxd]
-commands = manila-image-create lxd
-
 [flake8]
 show-source = true
 builtins = _