diff --git a/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml b/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml
index 3293d3fb9..5cf26d9a5 100644
--- a/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml
+++ b/apis/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml
@@ -900,7 +900,6 @@ spec:
                 type: integer
               services:
                 default:
-                - redhat
                 - download-cache
                 - bootstrap
                 - configure-network
diff --git a/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go b/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go
index 32b1a1609..bb2527700 100644
--- a/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go
+++ b/apis/dataplane/v1beta1/openstackdataplanenodeset_types.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ type OpenStackDataPlaneNodeSetSpec struct {
 	NetworkAttachments []string `json:"networkAttachments,omitempty"`
 
 	// +kubebuilder:validation:Optional
-	// +kubebuilder:default={redhat,download-cache,bootstrap,configure-network,validate-network,install-os,configure-os,ssh-known-hosts,run-os,reboot-os,install-certs,ovn,neutron-metadata,libvirt,nova,telemetry}
+	// +kubebuilder:default={download-cache,bootstrap,configure-network,validate-network,install-os,configure-os,ssh-known-hosts,run-os,reboot-os,install-certs,ovn,neutron-metadata,libvirt,nova,telemetry}
 	// Services list
 	Services []string `json:"services"`
 
diff --git a/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml b/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml
index 3293d3fb9..5cf26d9a5 100644
--- a/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml
+++ b/config/crd/bases/dataplane.openstack.org_openstackdataplanenodesets.yaml
@@ -900,7 +900,6 @@ spec:
                 type: integer
               services:
                 default:
-                - redhat
                 - download-cache
                 - bootstrap
                 - configure-network
diff --git a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml
index c68a1d4f2..7c832284b 100644
--- a/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/dataplane_v1beta1_openstackdataplanenodeset.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ spec:
     - name: ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR
       value: "True"
   services:
-    - redhat
     - bootstrap
     - download-cache
     - configure-network
diff --git a/tests/functional/dataplane/openstackdataplanenodeset_controller_test.go b/tests/functional/dataplane/openstackdataplanenodeset_controller_test.go
index 184c225ef..1780e5805 100644
--- a/tests/functional/dataplane/openstackdataplanenodeset_controller_test.go
+++ b/tests/functional/dataplane/openstackdataplanenodeset_controller_test.go
@@ -355,7 +355,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Dataplane NodeSet Test", func() {
 						},
 					},
 					Services: []string{
-						"redhat",
 						"download-cache",
 						"bootstrap",
 						"configure-network",
@@ -405,7 +404,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Dataplane NodeSet Test", func() {
 			BeforeEach(func() {
 				nodeSetSpec := DefaultDataPlaneNoNodeSetSpec(tlsEnabled)
 				nodeSetSpec["services"] = []string{
-					"redhat",
 					"download-cache",
 					"bootstrap",
 					"configure-network",
@@ -496,7 +494,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Dataplane NodeSet Test", func() {
 						},
 					},
 					Services: []string{
-						"redhat",
 						"download-cache",
 						"bootstrap",
 						"configure-network",
@@ -951,7 +948,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Dataplane NodeSet Test", func() {
 						},
 					},
 					Services: []string{
-						"redhat",
 						"download-cache",
 						"bootstrap",
 						"configure-network",