diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
index 1052f30e6..917eef90c 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/client-interfaces.go
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ type EC2 interface {
 	// Instances
 	DescribeInstances(context.Context, *ec2.DescribeInstancesInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeInstancesOutput, error)
 	DescribeInstanceStatus(context.Context, *ec2.DescribeInstanceStatusInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.DescribeInstanceStatusOutput, error)
-	RunInstances(context.Context, *ec2.RunInstancesInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.RunInstancesOutput, error)
 	TerminateInstances(context.Context, *ec2.TerminateInstancesInput, ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.TerminateInstancesOutput, error)
 
 	// Fleets
diff --git a/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go b/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go
index 4e1113a3d..98fd6ea75 100644
--- a/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go
+++ b/internal/cloud/awscloud/mocks_test.go
@@ -193,11 +193,6 @@ func (m *ec2mock) DescribeInstanceStatus(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.Describ
 	}, nil
 }
 
-func (m *ec2mock) RunInstances(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.RunInstancesInput, optfns ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.RunInstancesOutput, error) {
-	m.calledFn["RunInstances"] += 1
-	return nil, nil
-}
-
 func (m *ec2mock) TerminateInstances(ctx context.Context, input *ec2.TerminateInstancesInput, optfns ...func(*ec2.Options)) (*ec2.TerminateInstancesOutput, error) {
 	m.calledFn["TerminateInstances"] += 1
 	return nil, nil