diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index a0bb79d236..b593b92cb0 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@ env:
     ####
     #### Cache-image names to test with (double-quotes around names are critical)
     ####
-    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-35"
-    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-34"
+    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-36"
+    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-35"
     UBUNTU_NAME: "ubuntu-2110"
 
     # Google-cloud VM Images
-    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c6226133906620416"
+    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c4955393725038592"
     FEDORA_CACHE_IMAGE_NAME: "fedora-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
     PRIOR_FEDORA_CACHE_IMAGE_NAME: "prior-fedora-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
     UBUNTU_CACHE_IMAGE_NAME: "ubuntu-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
index 8f077b19d3..2166145f99 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/runner.sh
@@ -17,12 +17,6 @@ else
     ) > /dev/stderr
 fi
 
-OS_RELEASE_ID="$(source /etc/os-release; echo $ID)"
-# GCE image-name compatible string representation of distribution _major_ version
-OS_RELEASE_VER="$(source /etc/os-release; echo $VERSION_ID | tr -d '.')"
-# Combined to ease some usage
-OS_REL_VER="${OS_RELEASE_ID}-${OS_RELEASE_VER}"
-
 export "PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin"
 
 _run_setup() {