diff --git a/04_setup_ironic.sh b/04_setup_ironic.sh
index a865d3656469..3c028d0f38f6 100755
--- a/04_setup_ironic.sh
+++ b/04_setup_ironic.sh
@@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ PODMAN_VERSION=$(sudo podman version -f json | jq -r '.Version,.Client.Version|s
 
 # To replace an image entry in the openshift releae image, set
 # <ENTRYNAME>_LOCAL_IMAGE - where ENTRYNAME matches an uppercase version of the name in the release image
-# with "-" converted to "_" e.g. to use a custom ironic-inspector
-#export IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-inspector-image
+# with "-" converted to "_" e.g. to use a custom ironic image
+#export IRONIC_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image
 #export IRONIC_MACHINE_OS_DOWNLOADER_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/openshift-metal3/ironic-rhcos-downloader
 #export BAREMETAL_OPERATOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=192.168.111.1:5000/localimages/bmo:latest
+# The use of IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE is limited to Openshift up to Version 4.8,
+# starting from Openshift 4.9 the ironic-inspector container is not used anymore
 rm -f assets/templates/99_local-registry.yaml $OPENSHIFT_INSTALL_PATH/data/data/bootstrap/baremetal/files/etc/containers/registries.conf
 
 write_pull_secret
diff --git a/common.sh b/common.sh
index 12611134ef5b..9de3fc369c2b 100644
--- a/common.sh
+++ b/common.sh
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ function error () {
     echo $@ 1>&2
 }
 
+is_lower_version () {
+  if [[ $(echo "$1 $2" | tr " " "\n" | sort -V | head -n1) != $2 ]]; then
+    return 0
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
 # Get variables from the config file
 if [ -z "${CONFIG:-}" ]; then
     # See if there's a config_$USER.sh in the SCRIPTDIR
@@ -160,7 +168,10 @@ export MIRROR_LOG_FILE=${REGISTRY_DIR}/${CLUSTER_NAME}-image_mirror-${OPENSHIFT_
 # Switch Container Images to upstream, Installer defaults these to the openshift version
 if [ "${UPSTREAM_IRONIC:-false}" != "false" ] ; then
     export IRONIC_LOCAL_IMAGE=${IRONIC_LOCAL_IMAGE:-"quay.io/metal3-io/ironic:master"}
-    export IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE:-"quay.io/metal3-io/ironic-inspector:master"}
+# Starting from Openshift 4.9 the ironic-inspector container is not used anymore
+    if is_lower_version $OPENSHIFT_VERSION 4.9; then
+        export IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=${IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE:-"quay.io/metal3-io/ironic-inspector:master"}
+    fi
     export IRONIC_IPA_DOWNLOADER_LOCAL_IMAGE=${IRONIC_IPA_DOWNLOADER_LOCAL_IMAGE:-"quay.io/metal3-io/ironic-ipa-downloader:master"}
     export IRONIC_STATIC_IP_MANAGER_LOCAL_IMAGE=${IRONIC_STATIC_IP_MANAGER_LOCAL_IMAGE:-"quay.io/metal3-io/static-ip-manager"}
     export BAREMETAL_OPERATOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=${BAREMETAL_OPERATOR_LOCAL_IMAGE:-"quay.io/metal3-io/baremetal-operator"}
diff --git a/config_example.sh b/config_example.sh
index 87aac9add940..b51142559426 100755
--- a/config_example.sh
+++ b/config_example.sh
@@ -21,15 +21,19 @@ set -x
 #export OPENSHIFT_RELEASE_TYPE=nightly
 
 # Use <NAME>_LOCAL_IMAGE to build or use copy of container images locally e.g.
-#export IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-inspector
+#export IRONIC_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic
 #export IRONIC_LOCAL_IMAGE=quay.io/username/ironic
 #export MACHINE_CONFIG_OPERATOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/openshift/machine-config-operator
 # NOTE: If a checkout already exists in $HOME, it won't be re-created.
 # NOTE: You must set CUSTOM_REPO_FILE to build some OpenShift images, e.g. ironic ones.
+# NOTE: The use of IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE is limited to Openshift up to
+# Version 4.8, starting from Openshift 4.9 the ironic-inspector container is not used anymore.
 
 # Use <IMAGE_NAME>_EXTRA_PACKAGES to set the path (relative to dev-scripts or
 # absolute) to a file with extra packages to install in the image, one per line.
-# At the moment, this option is supported with ironic-image and ironic-inspector-image
+# At the moment, this option is supported with ironic-image and
+# ironic-inspector-image (NOTE: the ironic-inspector container has been
+# removed in Openshift 4.9)
 # For example:
 # export IRONIC_EXTRA_PACKAGES=ironic-extra-pkgs.txt
 
diff --git a/run_ci.sh b/run_ci.sh
index 2eea95ee390c..4cc74060b8a0 100755
--- a/run_ci.sh
+++ b/run_ci.sh
@@ -104,7 +104,8 @@ if [ -d "/home/notstack/ironic-image" ] ; then
     export IRONIC_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-image
     export UPSTREAM_IRONIC=true
 fi
-if [ -d "/home/notstack/ironic-inspector-image" ] ; then
+# Starting from Openshift 4.9 the ironic-inspector container is not used anymore
+if is_lower_version $OPENSHIFT_VERSION 4.9 && [ -d "/home/notstack/ironic-inspector-image" ] ; then
     export IRONIC_INSPECTOR_LOCAL_IMAGE=https://github.com/metal3-io/ironic-inspector-image
     export UPSTREAM_IRONIC=true
 fi