diff --git a/internal/distro/rhel90/package_sets.go b/internal/distro/rhel90/package_sets.go
index 21b2be9fe..b9cce6a11 100644
--- a/internal/distro/rhel90/package_sets.go
+++ b/internal/distro/rhel90/package_sets.go
@@ -1119,7 +1119,6 @@ func edgeSimplifiedInstallerPackageSet(t *imageType) rpmmd.PackageSet {
 			"policycoreutils",
 			"policycoreutils-python-utils",
 			"procps-ng",
-			"rdma-core",
 			"rootfiles",
 			"setools-console",
 			"sudo",