diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/OWNERS b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/OWNERS
deleted file mode 100644
index f14198cff70e..000000000000
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/OWNERS
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-approvers:
-- smarterclayton
-- wking
-- stevekuznetsov
-- vrutkovs
-- abhinavdahiya
-- deads2k
-- crawford
-- ewolinetz
-- csrwng
-- staebler
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap-commands.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 13566b99f45a..000000000000
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap-commands.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -o nounset
-set -o errexit
-set -o pipefail
-
-echo "Gathering installer artifacts ..."
-# we don't have jq, so the python equivalent of
-# jq '.modules[].resources."aws_instance.bootstrap".primary.attributes."public_ip" | select(.)'
-bootstrap_ip=$(python -c \
-    'import sys, json; d=reduce(lambda x,y: dict(x.items() + y.items()), map(lambda x: x["resources"], json.load(sys.stdin)["modules"])); k="aws_instance.bootstrap"; print d[k]["primary"]["attributes"]["public_ip"] if k in d else ""' \
-    < "${SHARED_DIR}/terraform.tfstate"
-)
-
-if [ -n "${bootstrap_ip}" ]
-then
-  for service in bootkube openshift kubelet crio
-  do
-      curl \
-          --insecure \
-          --silent \
-          --connect-timeout 5 \
-          --retry 3 \
-          --cert ${ARTIFACT_DIR}/installer/tls/journal-gatewayd.crt \
-          --key ${ARTIFACT_DIR}/installer/tls/journal-gatewayd.key \
-          --url "https://${bootstrap_ip}:19531/entries?_SYSTEMD_UNIT=${service}.service" > "${ARTIFACT_DIR}/bootstrap/${service}.service"
-  done
-  if ! whoami &> /dev/null; then
-    if [ -w /etc/passwd ]; then
-      echo "${USER_NAME:-default}:x:$(id -u):0:${USER_NAME:-default} user:${HOME}:/sbin/nologin" >> /etc/passwd
-    fi
-  fi
-  eval "$(ssh-agent)"
-  ssh-add /etc/openshift-installer/ssh-privatekey
-  ssh -A -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey -o StrictHostKeyChecking=false -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null core@${bootstrap_ip} /bin/bash -x /usr/local/bin/installer-gather.sh
-  scp -o PreferredAuthentications=publickey -o StrictHostKeyChecking=false -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null core@${bootstrap_ip}:log-bundle.tar.gz ${ARTIFACT_DIR}/installer/bootstrap-logs.tar.gz
-fi
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap-ref.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap-ref.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c7d30e83eb6..000000000000
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/bootstrap/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap-ref.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-ref:
-  as: ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap
-  from: stable:cli # TODO(skuznets): need an image with ssh+jq+curl
-  commands: ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap-commands.sh
-  resources:
-    requests:
-      cpu: 300m
-      memory: 300Mi
-  documentation: |-
-    The pre-deprivison bootstrap artifacts step collects artifacts from the installer.
diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-chain.yaml b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-chain.yaml
index 8a99172a64c2..6efb27458895 100644
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-chain.yaml
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/ipi/deprovision/artifacts/ipi-deprovision-artifacts-chain.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ chain:
   as: ipi-deprovision-artifacts
   steps:
   - ref: ipi-deprovision-artifacts-artifacts
-  - ref: ipi-deprovision-artifacts-bootstrap
   - ref: ipi-deprovision-artifacts-must-gather
   documentation: |-
-    The IPI deprovision artifacts step chain contains all the individual steps necessary to collect artifacts from a cluster.
\ No newline at end of file
+    The IPI deprovision artifacts step chain contains all the individual steps necessary to collect artifacts from a cluster.