diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bfb66a652d..49f6d57a0a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -291,11 +291,6 @@ i686-debian-sid-container:
   variables:
     NAME: debian-sid-cross-i686
 
-mips-debian-sid-container:
-  <<: *container_optional_job_definition
-  variables:
-    NAME: debian-sid-cross-mips
-
 mips64el-debian-sid-container:
   <<: *container_optional_job_definition
   variables:
diff --git a/ci/containers/libvirt-debian-sid-cross-mips.Dockerfile b/ci/containers/libvirt-debian-sid-cross-mips.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 4327b77e3b..0000000000
--- a/ci/containers/libvirt-debian-sid-cross-mips.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,121 +0,0 @@
-FROM debian:sid
-
-RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
-    apt-get update && \
-    apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-            augeas-lenses \
-            augeas-tools \
-            autoconf \
-            automake \
-            autopoint \
-            bash \
-            bash-completion \
-            ca-certificates \
-            ccache \
-            chrony \
-            dnsmasq-base \
-            dwarves \
-            ebtables \
-            flake8 \
-            gcc \
-            gdb \
-            gettext \
-            git \
-            iproute2 \
-            kmod \
-            libc-dev-bin \
-            libtool \
-            libtool-bin \
-            libxml2-utils \
-            locales \
-            lsof \
-            lvm2 \
-            make \
-            meson \
-            net-tools \
-            nfs-common \
-            ninja-build \
-            numad \
-            open-iscsi \
-            parted \
-            patch \
-            perl \
-            pkgconf \
-            policykit-1 \
-            python3 \
-            python3-docutils \
-            python3-setuptools \
-            python3-wheel \
-            qemu-utils \
-            radvd \
-            screen \
-            scrub \
-            strace \
-            sudo \
-            vim \
-            xsltproc \
-            zfs-fuse && \
-    apt-get autoremove -y && \
-    apt-get autoclean -y && \
-    sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales && \
-    mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/mips-linux-gnu-cc && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/mips-linux-gnu-$(basename /usr/bin/gcc)
-
-RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
-    dpkg --add-architecture mips && \
-    apt-get update && \
-    apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y dpkg-dev && \
-    apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-            gcc-mips-linux-gnu \
-            libacl1-dev:mips \
-            libapparmor-dev:mips \
-            libattr1-dev:mips \
-            libaudit-dev:mips \
-            libavahi-client-dev:mips \
-            libblkid-dev:mips \
-            libc6-dev:mips \
-            libcap-ng-dev:mips \
-            libcurl4-gnutls-dev:mips \
-            libdbus-1-dev:mips \
-            libdevmapper-dev:mips \
-            libfuse-dev:mips \
-            libglib2.0-dev:mips \
-            libglusterfs-dev:mips \
-            libgnutls28-dev:mips \
-            libiscsi-dev:mips \
-            libncurses-dev:mips \
-            libnl-3-dev:mips \
-            libnl-route-3-dev:mips \
-            libnuma-dev:mips \
-            libparted-dev:mips \
-            libpcap0.8-dev:mips \
-            libpciaccess-dev:mips \
-            librbd-dev:mips \
-            libreadline-dev:mips \
-            libsanlock-dev:mips \
-            libsasl2-dev:mips \
-            libselinux1-dev:mips \
-            libssh-gcrypt-dev:mips \
-            libssh2-1-dev:mips \
-            libtirpc-dev:mips \
-            libudev-dev:mips \
-            libxml2-dev:mips \
-            libyajl-dev:mips \
-            xfslibs-dev:mips && \
-    apt-get autoremove -y && \
-    apt-get autoclean -y
-
-ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
-
-ENV MAKE "/usr/bin/make"
-ENV NINJA "/usr/bin/ninja"
-ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3"
-
-ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
-
-ENV ABI "mips-linux-gnu"
-ENV CONFIGURE_OPTS "--host=mips-linux-gnu"
diff --git a/ci/containers/refresh b/ci/containers/refresh
index f457f3bc23..3a3594caa4 100755
--- a/ci/containers/refresh
+++ b/ci/containers/refresh
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ do
     libvirt-debian-*)
         for cross in aarch64 armv6l armv7l i686 mips mips64el mipsel ppc64le s390x
         do
-            if test "$host" = "libvirt-debian-9" && test "$cross" = "i686"
+            if test "$host-cross-$cross" = "libvirt-debian-9-cross-i686" ||
+               test "$host-cross-$cross" = "libvirt-debian-sid-cross-mips"
             then
                 continue
             fi