diff --git a/tasks/lxc_install_dnf.yml b/tasks/lxc_install_dnf.yml
index e42256b7..f8342d49 100644
--- a/tasks/lxc_install_dnf.yml
+++ b/tasks/lxc_install_dnf.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     gpgkey: "file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/{{ lxc_centos_epel_key.split('/')[-1] }}"
     enabled: yes
     state: present
-    includepkgs: "aria2 systemd-networkd"
+    includepkgs: "systemd-networkd"
   register: install_epel_repo
   until: install_epel_repo is success
   retries: 5
diff --git a/templates/prep-scripts/redhat_prep.sh.j2 b/templates/prep-scripts/redhat_prep.sh.j2
index 05a18c31..76798932 100644
--- a/templates/prep-scripts/redhat_prep.sh.j2
+++ b/templates/prep-scripts/redhat_prep.sh.j2
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ chage -I -1 -d -1 -m 0 -M 99999 -E -1 root
 echo "nameserver {{ lxc_net_address }}" > /etc/resolv.conf
 systemctl enable systemd-networkd
 systemctl enable systemd-resolved
-systemctl enable systemd-tmpfiles-setup
-systemctl enable systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev
-systemctl enable systemd-tmpfiles-clean
 
 # Fully disable systemd-logind
 systemctl disable systemd-logind
diff --git a/vars/debian-host.yml b/vars/debian-host.yml
index 5d1e07b7..6da36cc2 100644
--- a/vars/debian-host.yml
+++ b/vars/debian-host.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ _lxc_hosts_distro_packages:
   - apparmor
   - apparmor-profiles
   - apparmor-utils
-  - aria2
   - bridge-utils
   - btrfs-progs
   - dbus
diff --git a/vars/redhat-9-host.yml b/vars/redhat-9-host.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b00b3ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vars/redhat-9-host.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+---
+# Copyright 2016, Rackspace US, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+system_config_dir: "/etc/sysconfig"
+systemd_utils_prefix: "/lib/systemd"
+
+_lxc_centos_package_baseurl: "https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/neil/lxc4.0/centos-stream-9-$basearch/"
+_lxc_centos_package_key: "https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/neil/lxc4.0/pubkey.gpg"
+
+# Required rpm packages.
+_lxc_hosts_distro_packages:
+  - dbus
+  - dnsmasq
+  - git
+  - iptables
+  - libseccomp
+  - lxc
+  - lxc-devel
+  - lxc-libs
+  - lxc-templates-extra # requires lxc-templates
+  - network-scripts
+  - policycoreutils-python-utils
+  - procps
+  - python3-lxc
+  - systemd-container
+  - unzip
+  - xz
+
+lxc_xz_bin: xz
+
+lxc_cached_network_interfaces:
+  - src: "lxc-net-redhat-bridge.cfg.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-{{ lxc_net_bridge }}"
+  - src: "lxc-net-redhat-postdown.cfg.j2"
+    dest: "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-post-{{ lxc_net_bridge }}"
+    mode: "0755"
+    interface: "${DEVICE}"
diff --git a/vars/redhat-host.yml b/vars/redhat-host.yml
index a5e1a830..9c5aea64 100644
--- a/vars/redhat-host.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat-host.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ _lxc_centos_package_key: "https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/thm
 
 # Required rpm packages.
 _lxc_hosts_distro_packages:
-  - aria2
   - dbus
   - dnsmasq
   - git
diff --git a/vars/redhat.yml b/vars/redhat.yml
index 55d59dae..9bccdf54 100644
--- a/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ _lxc_cache_distro_packages:
   - setup
   - sudo
   - systemd
+  - systemd-resolved
   - systemd-networkd
   - systemd-sysv
   - systemd-udev