diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a7d2b30ab5..35ec626113 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -133,11 +133,6 @@ stages:
 
 # Native container build jobs
 
-x64-centos-7-container:
-  extends: .container_job
-  variables:
-    NAME: centos-7
-
 x64-centos-8-container:
   extends: .container_job
   variables:
@@ -316,17 +311,6 @@ x64-debian-sid:
   variables:
     NAME: debian-sid
 
-x64-centos-7:
-  extends: .native_build_job
-  needs:
-    - x64-centos-7-container
-  variables:
-    NAME: centos-7
-    # meson dist fails on CentOS 7 because of old git that fails to clone
-    # from shallow git repository which is done when running meson dist
-    DIST: skip
-    RPM: skip
-
 x64-centos-8:
   extends: .native_build_job
   needs:
diff --git a/ci/containers/centos-7.Dockerfile b/ci/containers/centos-7.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 49345fa128..0000000000
--- a/ci/containers/centos-7.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-# THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
-#
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile centos-7 libvirt
-#
-# https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci/-/commit/6552fd8885423cfc383a58255eca542937f7d4ea
-
-FROM docker.io/library/centos:7
-
-RUN yum update -y && \
-    echo 'skip_missing_names_on_install=0' >> /etc/yum.conf && \
-    echo -e '[openvz]\n\
-name=OpenVZ addons\n\
-baseurl=https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/openvz-7.0.11-235/x86_64/os/\n\
-enabled=1\n\
-gpgcheck=1\n\
-skip_if_unavailable=0\n\
-metadata_expire=6h\n\
-priority=90\n\
-includepkgs=libprl*' > /etc/yum.repos.d/openvz.repo && \
-    echo -e '-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----\n\
-Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux)\n\
-\n\
-mI0EVl80nQEEAKrEeyeTCwrzS9kYedZ/sAc/GUqlb81C7pA9SaR3fyck5mVw1Ogk\n\
-YdmNBPM2kY7QDxR9F0EpSpnxSCAXZXugsQ8KzZ0DRLVeBDQyGs9IGK5hI0zzxIil\n\
-BzfvIexLiQQhLy7YlIi8Jt/uUqKkW0pIMNMGcduY97VATtczpncpkmSzABEBAAG0\n\
-SFZpcnR1b3p6byBUZWFtIChHUEcga2V5IHNpZ25hdHVyZSBmb3IgcGFja2FnZXMp\n\
-IDxzZWN1cml0eUB2aXJ0dW96em8uY29tPoi5BBMBAgAjBQJWXzSdAhsDBwsJCAcD\n\
-AgEGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQygt9GUTNrSruIgP/er70Eyo73A1gfrjv\n\
-oPUkyo4rslVRZu3qqCwoMFtJc/Z/UxWgEka1buorlcGLa6eO/EZ49c0n+KGa4Kvt\n\
-EUboIq0yEu5i0FyAj92ifm+hNhoAbGfm0cZ4/fD0oGr3l8OsQo4+iHX4xAPwFe7Y\n\
-zABuB8I1ZDZ4OIp5tDfTTuF2LT24jQRWXzSdAQQAog2Aqb+Ptl68O7cQhWLjVGkj\n\
-yyigZrdeReLx3HloKJPBeQ/kA6uvMJc/IYS3uppMWXv9v+QenS6uhP1TUJ2k9FvM\n\
-t94MQZfALN7Vpf8AF+UeWu4Ru+y4BNzcFhrPhIFNFChOR2QqW6FkgE57D9I177NC\n\
-oJMyrlNe8wcGa178An8AEQEAAYifBBgBAgAJBQJWXzSdAhsMAAoJEMoLfRlEza0q\n\
-bKwD/3+OFVIEXnIv5XgdGRNX5fHggsUN1bb8gva7HANRlKdd4LD8foDM3F/yv/3V\n\
-igG14D5EjKz56SaBDNgiI4++hOzb2M8jhAsR86jxkXFrrP1U3ZNRKg6av9DPFAPS\n\
-WEiJKtQrZDJloqtyi/mmRa1VsV7RYR0VPJjhK/R8EQ7Ysshy\n\
-=fRMg\n\
------END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----' > /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-OpenVZ && \
-    rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-OpenVZ && \
-    yum install -y epel-release && \
-    yum install -y centos-release-xen-48 && \
-    yum install -y \
-        audit-libs-devel \
-        augeas \
-        avahi-devel \
-        bash-completion \
-        ca-certificates \
-        ccache \
-        clang \
-        cpp \
-        cyrus-sasl-devel \
-        dbus-devel \
-        device-mapper-devel \
-        diffutils \
-        dnsmasq \
-        dwarves \
-        ebtables \
-        firewalld-filesystem \
-        fuse-devel \
-        gcc \
-        gettext \
-        git \
-        glib2-devel \
-        glibc-common \
-        glibc-devel \
-        glusterfs-api-devel \
-        gnutls-devel \
-        grep \
-        iproute \
-        iptables \
-        iscsi-initiator-utils \
-        kmod \
-        libacl-devel \
-        libattr-devel \
-        libblkid-devel \
-        libcap-ng-devel \
-        libcurl-devel \
-        libiscsi-devel \
-        libnl3-devel \
-        libpcap-devel \
-        libpciaccess-devel \
-        libprlsdk-devel \
-        librbd1-devel \
-        libselinux-devel \
-        libssh-devel \
-        libssh2-devel \
-        libtirpc-devel \
-        libudev-devel \
-        libwsman-devel \
-        libxml2 \
-        libxml2-devel \
-        libxslt \
-        lvm2 \
-        make \
-        netcf-devel \
-        nfs-utils \
-        ninja-build \
-        numactl-devel \
-        numad \
-        parted \
-        parted-devel \
-        perl \
-        pkgconfig \
-        polkit \
-        python3 \
-        python3-pip \
-        python3-setuptools \
-        python3-wheel \
-        python36-docutils \
-        qemu-img \
-        radvd \
-        readline-devel \
-        rpm-build \
-        sanlock-devel \
-        scrub \
-        sed \
-        systemtap-sdt-devel \
-        wireshark-devel \
-        xen-devel \
-        xfsprogs-devel \
-        yajl-devel && \
-    yum autoremove -y && \
-    yum clean all -y && \
-    rpm -qa | sort > /packages.txt && \
-    mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/cc && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/clang && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/gcc
-
-RUN pip3 install \
-         meson==0.56.0
-
-ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
-ENV MAKE "/usr/bin/make"
-ENV NINJA "/usr/bin/ninja-build"
-ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3"
-ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"