diff --git a/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go b/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go
index d93ee7054..88cf8875c 100644
--- a/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go
+++ b/cmd/osbuild-service-maintenance/aws.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	ec2types "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2/types"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/semaphore"
 
@@ -96,7 +97,7 @@ func AWSCleanup(maxConcurrentRequests int, dryRun bool, accessKeyID, accessKey s
 				defer sem.Release(1)
 				defer wg.Done()
 
-				err := a.RemoveSnapshotAndDeregisterImage(&images[i])
+				err := a.DeleteEC2Image(aws.ToString(images[i].ImageId))
 				if err != nil {
 					log.Printf("Cleanup for image %s in region %s failed: %v", *images[i].ImageId, region, err)
 				}
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
index d1b5d6dcb..2d7d51dc1 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
@@ -35,12 +35,10 @@ type EC2 interface {
 
 	// Images
 	CopyImage(context.Context, *ec2.CopyImageInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.CopyImageOutput, error)
-	DeregisterImage(context.Context, *ec2.DeregisterImageInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DeregisterImageOutput, error)
 	DescribeImages(context.Context, *ec2.DescribeImagesInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeImagesOutput, error)
 	ModifyImageAttribute(context.Context, *ec2.ModifyImageAttributeInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.ModifyImageAttributeOutput, error)
 
 	// Snapshots
-	DeleteSnapshot(context.Context, *ec2.DeleteSnapshotInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DeleteSnapshotOutput, error)
 	DescribeImportSnapshotTasks(context.Context, *ec2.DescribeImportSnapshotTasksInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeImportSnapshotTasksOutput, error)
 	ModifySnapshotAttribute(context.Context, *ec2.ModifySnapshotAttributeInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.ModifySnapshotAttributeOutput, error)
 
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go
index e40ee7d15..13535a4bc 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance.go
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/aws"
 	"github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2"
 	ec2types "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2/types"
-	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
 // For service maintenance images are discovered by the "Name:composer-api-*" tag filter. Currently
@@ -32,41 +31,6 @@ func (a *AWS) DescribeImagesByTag(tagKey, tagValue string) ([]ec2types.Image, er
 	return imgs.Images, nil
 }
 
-func (a *AWS) RemoveSnapshotAndDeregisterImage(image *ec2types.Image) error {
-	if image == nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("image is nil")
-	}
-
-	var snapshots []*string
-	for _, bdm := range image.BlockDeviceMappings {
-		snapshots = append(snapshots, bdm.Ebs.SnapshotId)
-	}
-
-	_, err := a.ec2.DeregisterImage(
-		context.Background(),
-		&ec2.DeregisterImageInput{
-			ImageId: image.ImageId,
-		},
-	)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
-	for _, s := range snapshots {
-		_, err = a.ec2.DeleteSnapshot(
-			context.Background(),
-			&ec2.DeleteSnapshotInput{
-				SnapshotId: s,
-			},
-		)
-		if err != nil {
-			// TODO return err?
-			logrus.Warn("Unable to remove snapshot", s)
-		}
-	}
-	return err
-}
-
 func (a *AWS) describeInstancesByKeyValue(key, value string) ([]ec2types.Reservation, error) {
 	res, err := a.ec2.DescribeInstances(
 		context.Background(),
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance_test.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index d01915814..000000000
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/maintenance_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-package awscloud_test
-
-import (
-	"testing"
-
-	ec2types "github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2/types"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-
-	"github.com/osbuild/osbuild-composer/internal/cloud/awscloud"
-)
-
-func TestEC2RemoveSnapshotAndDeregisterImage(t *testing.T) {
-	m := newEc2Mock(t)
-	aws := awscloud.NewForTest(m, nil)
-	require.NotNil(t, aws)
-
-	err := aws.RemoveSnapshotAndDeregisterImage(&ec2types.Image{
-		ImageId: &m.imageId,
-		State:   ec2types.ImageStateAvailable,
-		BlockDeviceMappings: []ec2types.BlockDeviceMapping{
-			{
-				Ebs: &ec2types.EbsBlockDevice{
-					SnapshotId: &m.snapshotId,
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	})
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	require.Equal(t, 1, m.calledFn["DeleteSnapshot"])
-	require.Equal(t, 1, m.calledFn["DeregisterImage"])
-}
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go
index 98fd6ea75..1048bb66f 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go
@@ -246,11 +246,6 @@ func (m *ec2mock) CopyImage(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.CopyImageInput, optf
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (m *ec2mock) DeregisterImage(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.DeregisterImageInput, optfns ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DeregisterImageOutput, error) {
-	m.calledFn["DeregisterImage"] += 1
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
 func (m *ec2mock) DescribeImages(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.DescribeImagesInput, optfns ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeImagesOutput, error) {
 	m.calledFn["DescribeImages"] += 1
 	return &ec2.DescribeImagesOutput{
@@ -275,11 +270,6 @@ func (m *ec2mock) ModifyImageAttribute(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.ModifyIma
 	return nil, nil
 }
 
-func (m *ec2mock) DeleteSnapshot(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.DeleteSnapshotInput, optfns ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DeleteSnapshotOutput, error) {
-	m.calledFn["DeleteSnapshot"] += 1
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
 func (m *ec2mock) DescribeImportSnapshotTasks(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.DescribeImportSnapshotTasksInput, optfns ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeImportSnapshotTasksOutput, error) {
 	m.calledFn["DescribeImportSnapshotTasks"] += 1
 	return &ec2.DescribeImportSnapshotTasksOutput{