diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 510bf29e89..a5e6676e2c 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -411,134 +411,6 @@ volumes:
   host:
     path: /var/run/docker.sock
 
----
-kind: pipeline
-name: s390x
-
-platform:
-  os: linux
-  arch: amd64
-
-# Hack needed for s390x: https://gist.github.com/colstrom/c2f359f72658aaabb44150ac20b16d7c#gistcomment-3858388
-node:
-  arch: s390x
-
-trigger:
-  event:
-    exclude:
-    - cron
-
-clone:
-  disable: true
-
-steps:
-- name: clone
-  image: alpine/git:v2.30.2-s390x
-  commands:
-  - git clone $DRONE_GIT_HTTP_URL  .
-  - git fetch origin $DRONE_COMMIT_REF
-  - git checkout $DRONE_COMMIT -b origin/$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH
-  retry:
-    max: 3
-    delay: 5s
-
-
-- name: skipfiles
-  image: alpine/git:v2.30.2-s390x
-  commands:
-  - export NAME=$(test $DRONE_BUILD_EVENT = pull_request && echo remotes/origin/${DRONE_COMMIT_BRANCH:-master} || echo ${DRONE_COMMIT_SHA}~)
-  - export DIFF=$(git --no-pager diff --name-only $NAME | grep -v -f .droneignore);
-  - if [ -z "$DIFF" ]; then
-        echo "All files in PR are on ignore list";
-        exit 78;
-    else
-        echo "Some files in PR are not ignored, $DIFF";
-    fi;
-  when:
-    event:
-    - pull_request
-
-- name: build
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.8
-  secrets: [ AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY-k3s-ci-uploader, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID-k3s-ci-uploader ]
-  environment:
-    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
-      from_secret: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY-k3s-ci-uploader
-    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
-      from_secret: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID-k3s-ci-uploader
-  commands:
-  - dapper ci
-  - echo "${DRONE_TAG}-s390x" | sed -e 's/+/-/g' >.tags
-  volumes:
-  - name: docker
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-
-- name: github_binary_release
-  image: rancher/drone-images:github-release-s390x
-  settings:
-    api_key:
-      from_secret: github_token
-    prerelease: true
-    checksum:
-    - sha256
-    checksum_file: CHECKSUMsum-s390x.txt
-    checksum_flatten: true
-    files:
-    - "dist/artifacts/*"
-  when:
-    instance:
-    - drone-publish.k3s.io
-    ref:
-    - refs/head/master
-    - refs/tags/*
-    event:
-    - tag
-
-- name: docker-publish
-  image: rancher/drone-images:docker-s390x
-  volumes:
-  - name: docker
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-  settings:
-    dockerfile: package/Dockerfile
-    password:
-      from_secret: docker_password
-    repo: "rancher/k3s"
-    username:
-      from_secret: docker_username
-  when:
-    instance:
-    - drone-publish.k3s.io
-    ref:
-    - refs/head/master
-    - refs/tags/*
-    event:
-    - tag
-
-- name: test
-  image: rancher/dapper:v0.5.8
-  secrets: [ AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY-k3s-ci-uploader, AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID-k3s-ci-uploader ]
-  environment:
-    ENABLE_REGISTRY: 'true'
-    AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
-      from_secret: AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY-k3s-ci-uploader
-    AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
-      from_secret: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID-k3s-ci-uploader
-  commands:
-  # we hardcode s390x as the arch because DRONE_STAGE_ARCH is set to amd64
-  - docker build --target test-k3s -t k3s:test-s390x-${DRONE_COMMIT} -f Dockerfile.test .
-  - >
-    docker run -i -e REPO -e TAG -e DRONE_TAG -e DRONE_BUILD_EVENT -e IMAGE_NAME -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID -e SONOBUOY_VERSION -e ENABLE_REGISTRY
-    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --privileged --network host -v /tmp:/tmp k3s:test-s390x-${DRONE_COMMIT}
-  volumes:
-  - name: docker
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-
-volumes:
-- name: docker
-  host:
-    path: /var/run/docker.sock
-
 ---
 kind: pipeline
 name: validate_go_mods
@@ -640,7 +512,6 @@ trigger:
 depends_on:
 - amd64
 - arm64
-- s390x
 - arm
 
 ---