diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 00cebcca282..ab4f5f5cdd7 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ env:
     ####
     # GCE project where images live
     IMAGE_PROJECT: "libpod-218412"
-    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-34"
-    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-33"
-    UBUNTU_NAME: "ubuntu-2104"
+    FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-35"
+    PRIOR_FEDORA_NAME: "fedora-34"
+    UBUNTU_NAME: "ubuntu-2110"
 
-    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c6431352024203264"
+    IMAGE_SUFFIX: "c5709498867253248"
     FEDORA_CACHE_IMAGE_NAME: "fedora-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
     PRIOR_FEDORA_CACHE_IMAGE_NAME: "prior-fedora-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
     UBUNTU_CACHE_IMAGE_NAME: "ubuntu-${IMAGE_SUFFIX}"
@@ -216,9 +216,6 @@ static_build_task:
     init_script: |
         set -ex
         setenforce 0
-        growpart /dev/sda 1 || true
-        resize2fs /dev/sda1 || true
-        yum -y install podman
 
     nix_cache:
       folder: '.cache'
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/add_second_partition.sh b/contrib/cirrus/add_second_partition.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index f49ad61ae30..00000000000
--- a/contrib/cirrus/add_second_partition.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# N/B: This script could mega f*!@up your disks if run by mistake.
-#      it is left without the execute-bit on purpose!
-
-# $SLASH_DEVICE is the disk device to be f*xtuP
-SLASH_DEVICE="/dev/sda"  # Always the case on GCP VM Images
-
-# The unallocated space results from the difference in disk-size between VM Image
-# and runtime request.  The check_image.sh test includes a minimum-space check,
-# with the Image size set initially lower by contrib/cirrus/packer/libpod_images.yml
-NEW_PART_START="50%"
-NEW_PART_END="100%"
-
-set -eo pipefail
-
-source $(dirname $0)/lib.sh
-
-# Protection against double-execution
-if [[ ! -r "/root" ]] || [[ -r "/root/second_partition_ready" ]]
-then
-    echo "Warning: Ignoring attempted execution of $(basename $0)"
-    exit 0
-fi
-
-[[ -x "$(type -P parted)" ]] || \
-    die "The parted command is required."
-
-[[ ! -b ${SLASH_DEVICE}2 ]] || \
-    die "Found unexpected block device ${SLASH_DEVICE}2"
-
-PPRINTCMD="parted --script ${SLASH_DEVICE} print"
-FINDMNTCMD="findmnt --source=${SLASH_DEVICE}1 --mountpoint=/ --canonicalize --evaluate --first-only --noheadings"
-TMPF=$(mktemp -p '' $(basename $0)_XXXX)
-trap "rm -f $TMPF" EXIT
-
-if $FINDMNTCMD | tee $TMPF | egrep -q "^/\s+${SLASH_DEVICE}1"
-then
-    echo "Repartitioning original partition table:"
-    $PPRINTCMD
-else
-    die "Unexpected output from '$FINDMNTCMD': $(<$TMPF)"
-fi
-
-echo "Adding partition offset within unpartitioned space."
-parted --script --align optimal $SLASH_DEVICE unit % mkpart primary "" "" "$NEW_PART_START" "$NEW_PART_END"
-
-echo "New partition table:"
-$PPRINTCMD
-
-echo "Growing ${SLASH_DEVICE}1 meet start of ${SLASH_DEVICE}2"
-growpart ${SLASH_DEVICE} 1
-
-FSTYPE=$(findmnt --first-only --noheadings --output FSTYPE ${SLASH_DEVICE}1)
-echo "Expanding $FSTYPE filesystem on ${SLASH_DEVICE}1"
-case $FSTYPE in
-    ext*) resize2fs ${SLASH_DEVICE}1 ;;
-    *) die "Script $(basename $0) doesn't know how to resize a $FSTYPE filesystem." ;;
-esac
-
-# Must happen last - signals completion to other tooling
-echo "Recording newly available disk partition device into /root/second_partition_ready"
-echo "${SLASH_DEVICE}2" > /root/second_partition_ready
diff --git a/contrib/cirrus/setup.sh b/contrib/cirrus/setup.sh
index c41828e5a81..f792f2ee004 100755
--- a/contrib/cirrus/setup.sh
+++ b/contrib/cirrus/setup.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,6 @@ echo "Setting up $OS_RELEASE_ID $OS_RELEASE_VER"
 cd $GOSRC
 case "$OS_RELEASE_ID" in
     fedora)
-        # Not executing IN_PODMAN container
-        if [[ -z "$CONTAINER" ]]; then
-            warn "Adding secondary testing partition & growing root filesystem"
-            bash $SCRIPT_BASE/add_second_partition.sh
-        fi
-
         warn "Hard-coding podman to use crun"
         cat > /etc/containers/containers.conf <<EOF
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