diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/container-cross.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/container-cross.yml
index 24343192ac..f4c8642f5a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/container-cross.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/container-cross.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,6 @@ arm64-debian-cross-container:
   variables:
     NAME: debian-arm64-cross
 
-armel-debian-cross-container:
-  extends: .container_job_template
-  stage: containers
-  variables:
-    NAME: debian-armel-cross
-
 armhf-debian-cross-container:
   extends: .container_job_template
   stage: containers
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
index c4cd96433d..ba2971ec96 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuilds.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
 include:
   - local: '/.gitlab-ci.d/crossbuild-template.yml'
 
-cross-armel-system:
-  extends: .cross_system_build_job
-  needs:
-    job: armel-debian-cross-container
-  variables:
-    IMAGE: debian-armel-cross
-
-cross-armel-user:
-  extends: .cross_user_build_job
-  needs:
-    job: armel-debian-cross-container
-  variables:
-    IMAGE: debian-armel-cross
-
 cross-armhf-system:
   extends: .cross_system_build_job
   needs:
diff --git a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker b/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
deleted file mode 100644
index d5c08714e4..0000000000
--- a/tests/docker/dockerfiles/debian-armel-cross.docker
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,170 +0,0 @@
-# THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
-#
-#  $ lcitool dockerfile --layers all --cross armv6l debian-11 qemu
-#
-# https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
-
-FROM docker.io/library/debian:11-slim
-
-RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
-    apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y eatmydata && \
-    eatmydata apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
-    eatmydata apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-                      bash \
-                      bc \
-                      bison \
-                      bsdextrautils \
-                      bzip2 \
-                      ca-certificates \
-                      ccache \
-                      dbus \
-                      debianutils \
-                      diffutils \
-                      exuberant-ctags \
-                      findutils \
-                      flex \
-                      gcovr \
-                      genisoimage \
-                      gettext \
-                      git \
-                      hostname \
-                      libglib2.0-dev \
-                      libpcre2-dev \
-                      libsndio-dev \
-                      libspice-protocol-dev \
-                      llvm \
-                      locales \
-                      make \
-                      meson \
-                      ncat \
-                      ninja-build \
-                      openssh-client \
-                      perl-base \
-                      pkgconf \
-                      python3 \
-                      python3-numpy \
-                      python3-opencv \
-                      python3-pillow \
-                      python3-pip \
-                      python3-sphinx \
-                      python3-sphinx-rtd-theme \
-                      python3-venv \
-                      python3-yaml \
-                      rpm2cpio \
-                      sed \
-                      sparse \
-                      tar \
-                      tesseract-ocr \
-                      tesseract-ocr-eng \
-                      texinfo && \
-    eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
-    eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
-    sed -Ei 's,^# (en_US\.UTF-8 .*)$,\1,' /etc/locale.gen && \
-    dpkg-reconfigure locales
-
-ENV CCACHE_WRAPPERSDIR "/usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers"
-ENV LANG "en_US.UTF-8"
-ENV MAKE "/usr/bin/make"
-ENV NINJA "/usr/bin/ninja"
-ENV PYTHON "/usr/bin/python3"
-
-RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive && \
-    dpkg --add-architecture armel && \
-    eatmydata apt-get update && \
-    eatmydata apt-get dist-upgrade -y && \
-    eatmydata apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y dpkg-dev && \
-    eatmydata apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
-                      g++-arm-linux-gnueabi \
-                      gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi \
-                      libaio-dev:armel \
-                      libasan5:armel \
-                      libasound2-dev:armel \
-                      libattr1-dev:armel \
-                      libbpf-dev:armel \
-                      libbrlapi-dev:armel \
-                      libbz2-dev:armel \
-                      libc6-dev:armel \
-                      libcacard-dev:armel \
-                      libcap-ng-dev:armel \
-                      libcapstone-dev:armel \
-                      libcmocka-dev:armel \
-                      libcurl4-gnutls-dev:armel \
-                      libdaxctl-dev:armel \
-                      libdrm-dev:armel \
-                      libepoxy-dev:armel \
-                      libfdt-dev:armel \
-                      libffi-dev:armel \
-                      libfuse3-dev:armel \
-                      libgbm-dev:armel \
-                      libgcrypt20-dev:armel \
-                      libglib2.0-dev:armel \
-                      libglusterfs-dev:armel \
-                      libgnutls28-dev:armel \
-                      libgtk-3-dev:armel \
-                      libibumad-dev:armel \
-                      libibverbs-dev:armel \
-                      libiscsi-dev:armel \
-                      libjemalloc-dev:armel \
-                      libjpeg62-turbo-dev:armel \
-                      libjson-c-dev:armel \
-                      liblttng-ust-dev:armel \
-                      liblzo2-dev:armel \
-                      libncursesw5-dev:armel \
-                      libnfs-dev:armel \
-                      libnuma-dev:armel \
-                      libpam0g-dev:armel \
-                      libpixman-1-dev:armel \
-                      libpng-dev:armel \
-                      libpulse-dev:armel \
-                      librbd-dev:armel \
-                      librdmacm-dev:armel \
-                      libsasl2-dev:armel \
-                      libsdl2-dev:armel \
-                      libsdl2-image-dev:armel \
-                      libseccomp-dev:armel \
-                      libselinux1-dev:armel \
-                      libslirp-dev:armel \
-                      libsnappy-dev:armel \
-                      libspice-server-dev:armel \
-                      libssh-gcrypt-dev:armel \
-                      libsystemd-dev:armel \
-                      libtasn1-6-dev:armel \
-                      libubsan1:armel \
-                      libudev-dev:armel \
-                      liburing-dev:armel \
-                      libusb-1.0-0-dev:armel \
-                      libusbredirhost-dev:armel \
-                      libvdeplug-dev:armel \
-                      libvirglrenderer-dev:armel \
-                      libvte-2.91-dev:armel \
-                      libzstd-dev:armel \
-                      nettle-dev:armel \
-                      systemtap-sdt-dev:armel \
-                      xfslibs-dev:armel \
-                      zlib1g-dev:armel && \
-    eatmydata apt-get autoremove -y && \
-    eatmydata apt-get autoclean -y && \
-    mkdir -p /usr/local/share/meson/cross && \
-    echo "[binaries]\n\
-c = '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc'\n\
-ar = '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc-ar'\n\
-strip = '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-strip'\n\
-pkgconfig = '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-pkg-config'\n\
-\n\
-[host_machine]\n\
-system = 'linux'\n\
-cpu_family = 'arm'\n\
-cpu = 'arm'\n\
-endian = 'little'" > /usr/local/share/meson/cross/arm-linux-gnueabi && \
-    dpkg-query --showformat '${Package}_${Version}_${Architecture}\n' --show > /packages.txt && \
-    mkdir -p /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/arm-linux-gnueabi-c++ && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/arm-linux-gnueabi-cc && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/arm-linux-gnueabi-g++ && \
-    ln -s /usr/bin/ccache /usr/libexec/ccache-wrappers/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc
-
-ENV ABI "arm-linux-gnueabi"
-ENV MESON_OPTS "--cross-file=arm-linux-gnueabi"
-ENV QEMU_CONFIGURE_OPTS --cross-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabi-
-ENV DEF_TARGET_LIST arm-softmmu,arm-linux-user,armeb-linux-user
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
index 7a4cd6fd32..6ef732521d 100755
--- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
+++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
@@ -131,11 +131,6 @@ try:
                         trailer=cross_build("aarch64-linux-gnu-",
                                             "aarch64-softmmu,aarch64-linux-user"))
 
-    generate_dockerfile("debian-armel-cross", "debian-11",
-                        cross="armv6l",
-                        trailer=cross_build("arm-linux-gnueabi-",
-                                            "arm-softmmu,arm-linux-user,armeb-linux-user"))
-
     generate_dockerfile("debian-armhf-cross", "debian-11",
                         cross="armv7l",
                         trailer=cross_build("arm-linux-gnueabihf-",
