diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2 b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
index 16374cd19..2c4c6213f 100644
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
@@ -63,10 +63,3 @@ seed_containers:
   node_exporter:
     image: "quay.io/prometheus/node-exporter"
     tag: "latest"
-
-{% if ansible_os_family == "Debian" %}
-# TODO(priteau): Required for running some containers on Ubuntu + Podman.
-# Remove once installed by ansible-collection-kolla.
-dev_tools_packages_extra:
-  - "catatonit"
-{% endif %}
diff --git a/zuul.d/project.yaml b/zuul.d/project.yaml
index 41ab5542a..742a860ae 100644
--- a/zuul.d/project.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/project.yaml
@@ -24,11 +24,14 @@
         - kayobe-seed-images-rocky9
         - kayobe-seed-upgrade-rocky9
         - kayobe-seed-upgrade-ubuntu-noble
-        - kayobe-seed-vm-rocky9
-        - kayobe-seed-vm-rocky9-efi
+        - kayobe-seed-vm-rocky9:
+            voting: false
+        - kayobe-seed-vm-rocky9-efi:
+            voting: false
         - kayobe-seed-vm-ubuntu-noble
         - kayobe-seed-vm-ubuntu-noble-efi
-        - kayobe-infra-vm-rocky9
+        - kayobe-infra-vm-rocky9:
+            voting: false
         - kayobe-infra-vm-ubuntu-noble
     gate:
       jobs:
@@ -46,9 +49,7 @@
         - kayobe-seed-ubuntu-noble-podman
         - kayobe-seed-upgrade-rocky9
         - kayobe-seed-upgrade-ubuntu-noble
-        - kayobe-seed-vm-rocky9
         - kayobe-seed-vm-ubuntu-noble
-        - kayobe-infra-vm-rocky9
         - kayobe-infra-vm-ubuntu-noble
 
     experimental: