diff --git a/roles/edpm_download_cache/tasks/main.yml b/roles/edpm_download_cache/tasks/main.yml
index ae06422f1..10b645fa9 100644
--- a/roles/edpm_download_cache/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/edpm_download_cache/tasks/main.yml
@@ -54,8 +54,3 @@
   ansible.builtin.include_role:
     name: osp.edpm.edpm_sshd
     tasks_from: download_cache.yml
-
-- name: Download images for edpm_iscsid role
-  ansible.builtin.include_role:
-    name: osp.edpm.edpm_iscsid
-    tasks_from: download_cache.yml
diff --git a/roles/edpm_iscsid/defaults/main.yml b/roles/edpm_iscsid/defaults/main.yml
index 629e9f914..c3e1fdea8 100644
--- a/roles/edpm_iscsid/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/edpm_iscsid/defaults/main.yml
@@ -20,12 +20,6 @@
 # All variables within this role should have a prefix of "edpm_iscsid"
 edpm_iscsid_debug: "{{ (ansible_verbosity | int) >= 2 | bool }}"
 
-# seconds between retries for download tasks
-edpm_iscsid_image_download_delay: 5
-
-# number of retries for download tasks
-edpm_iscsid_image_download_retries: 5
-
 edpm_iscsid_image: "quay.io/podified-antelope-centos9/openstack-iscsid:current-podified"
 edpm_iscsid_volumes:
   - /var/lib/kolla/config_files/iscsid.json:/var/lib/kolla/config_files/config.json:ro
diff --git a/roles/edpm_iscsid/meta/argument_specs.yml b/roles/edpm_iscsid/meta/argument_specs.yml
index 8670e7913..b1fb7b315 100644
--- a/roles/edpm_iscsid/meta/argument_specs.yml
+++ b/roles/edpm_iscsid/meta/argument_specs.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,6 @@ argument_specs:
   main:
     short_description: The main entry point for the edpm_iscsid role.
     options:
-      edpm_iscsid_image_download_delay:
-        type: int
-        default: 5
-        description: The seconds between retries for failed download tasks
-      edpm_iscsid_image_download_retries:
-        type: int
-        default: 5
-        description: The number of retries for failed download tasks
       edpm_iscsid_debug:
         type: bool
         default: false
diff --git a/roles/edpm_iscsid/tasks/download_cache.yml b/roles/edpm_iscsid/tasks/download_cache.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c2bc5189..000000000
--- a/roles/edpm_iscsid/tasks/download_cache.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
----
-
-- name: Download needed container
-  containers.podman.podman_image:
-    name: "{{ edpm_iscsid_image }}"
-  become: true
-  register: edpm_iscsid_image_download
-  until: edpm_iscsid_image_download.failed == false
-  retries: "{{ edpm_iscsid_image_download_retries }}"
-  delay: "{{ edpm_iscsid_image_download_delay }}"