diff --git a/internal/jobqueue/api.go b/internal/jobqueue/api.go
index f68200a2b..bd017c3e4 100644
--- a/internal/jobqueue/api.go
+++ b/internal/jobqueue/api.go
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ func (api *API) addJobHandler(writer http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request,
 		ImageBuildID: nextJob.ImageBuildID,
 		Manifest:     nextJob.Manifest,
 		Targets:      nextJob.Targets,
-		OutputType:   nextJob.ImageType,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go b/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go
index ab88fc6c6..526e1f256 100644
--- a/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go
+++ b/internal/jobqueue/api_test.go
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ func TestCreate(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	test.TestRoute(t, api, false, "POST", "/job-queue/v1/jobs", `{}`, http.StatusCreated,
-		`{"id":"ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff","image_build_id":0,"manifest":{"sources":{},"pipeline":{}},"targets":[],"output_type":"qcow2"}`, "created", "uuid")
+		`{"id":"ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff","image_build_id":0,"manifest":{"sources":{},"pipeline":{}},"targets":[]}`, "created", "uuid")
 }
 
 func testUpdateTransition(t *testing.T, from, to string, expectedStatus int, expectedResponse string) {
diff --git a/internal/jobqueue/job.go b/internal/jobqueue/job.go
index 49c31e7c5..9de7592ef 100644
--- a/internal/jobqueue/job.go
+++ b/internal/jobqueue/job.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ type Job struct {
 	ImageBuildID int               `json:"image_build_id"`
 	Manifest     *osbuild.Manifest `json:"manifest"`
 	Targets      []*target.Target  `json:"targets"`
-	OutputType   string            `json:"output_type"`
 }
 
 type JobStatus struct {