diff --git a/ansible/group_vars/all/overcloud b/ansible/group_vars/all/overcloud
index ae77909b3e4b99b4e83e9729ff137e2b55428d0b..35fb55f279aa35c5bedf5dc0cde6747e4730b4ce 100644
--- a/ansible/group_vars/all/overcloud
+++ b/ansible/group_vars/all/overcloud
@@ -18,14 +18,3 @@ overcloud_group_hosts_map: {}
 
 # To prevent some network issues you can choose to disable cloud-init
 disable_cloud_init: False
-
-###############################################################################
-# Overcloud host image configuration.
-
-# The CentOS cloud images have a bogus name server entry in /etc/resolv.conf,
-# 192.168.122.1. Cloud-init only appends name server entries to this file, and
-# will not remove this bogus entry. Typically this leads to a delay of around
-# 30 seconds when connecting via SSH, due to a timeout in NSS. The workaround
-# employed here is to remove this bogus entry from the image using
-# virt-customize, if it exists. See https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=14369.
-overcloud_host_image_workaround_resolv_enabled: True
diff --git a/ansible/overcloud-host-image-workaround-resolv.yml b/ansible/overcloud-host-image-workaround-resolv.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7cb4ef7657f0adbb6a82284a1bb4193ca86440ec..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/ansible/overcloud-host-image-workaround-resolv.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
----
-# The CentOS cloud images have a bogus name server entry in /etc/resolv.conf,
-# 192.168.122.1. Cloud-init only appends name server entries to this file, and
-# will not remove this bogus entry. Typically this leads to a delay of around
-# 30 seconds when connecting via SSH, due to a timeout in NSS. The workaround
-# employed here is to remove this bogus entry from the image using
-# virt-customize, if it exists. See https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=14369.
-
-- name: Ensure the overcloud host image has bogus name server entries removed
-  hosts: seed
-  tags:
-    - overcloud-host-image-workaround
-  tasks:
-    - block:
-        - name: Ensure libguestfs-tools is installed
-          command: >
-            docker exec bifrost_deploy
-            bash -c '
-            ansible localhost
-            --connection local
-            --become
-            -m dnf
-            -a "name=libgcrypt,libgcrypt-devel,libguestfs-tools state=present"'
-
-        - name: Ensure the overcloud host image has bogus name server entries removed
-          command: >
-            docker exec bifrost_deploy
-            bash -c '
-            export LIBGUESTFS_BACKEND=direct &&
-            ansible localhost
-            --connection local
-            --become
-            -m command
-            -a "virt-customize -a /httpboot/deployment_image.qcow2 --edit \"/etc/resolv.conf:s/^nameserver .*\..*\..*\..*\$//\""'
-      when: overcloud_host_image_workaround_resolv_enabled | bool
diff --git a/etc/kayobe/overcloud.yml b/etc/kayobe/overcloud.yml
index c6d692e92643d42505d99d016136d1eebeb5b150..d7333690acea8b4d769442a1f402228d59dca714 100644
--- a/etc/kayobe/overcloud.yml
+++ b/etc/kayobe/overcloud.yml
@@ -16,17 +16,6 @@
 # To prevent some network issues you can choose to disable cloud-init
 #disable_cloud_init:
 
-###############################################################################
-# Overcloud host image configuration.
-
-# The CentOS cloud images have a bogus name server entry in /etc/resolv.conf,
-# 192.168.122.1. Cloud-init only appends name server entries to this file, and
-# will not remove this bogus entry. Typically this leads to a delay of around
-# 30 seconds when connecting via SSH, due to a timeout in NSS. The workaround
-# employed here is to remove this bogus entry from the image using
-# virt-customize, if it exists. See https://bugs.centos.org/view.php?id=14369.
-#overcloud_host_image_workaround_resolv_enabled:
-
 ###############################################################################
 # Dummy variable to allow Ansible to accept this file.
 workaround_ansible_issue_8743: yes
diff --git a/kayobe/cli/commands.py b/kayobe/cli/commands.py
index c5ca16c10473f44e9dd20d79bb47dc23b33cfceb..94fb42eca1a1f95dc2cb42079563ed20e4d99811 100644
--- a/kayobe/cli/commands.py
+++ b/kayobe/cli/commands.py
@@ -694,7 +694,6 @@ class SeedServiceDeploy(KollaAnsibleMixin, KayobeAnsibleMixin, VaultMixin,
     * Configures the bifrost service.
     * Deploys the bifrost container using kolla-ansible.
     * Builds disk images for the overcloud hosts using Diskimage Builder (DIB).
-    * Performs a workaround in the overcloud host image to fix resolv.conf.
     * Configures ironic inspector introspection rules in the bifrost inspector
       service.
     * When enabled, configures a Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) environment for
@@ -711,7 +710,6 @@ class SeedServiceDeploy(KollaAnsibleMixin, KayobeAnsibleMixin, VaultMixin,
 
         self.run_kolla_ansible_seed(parsed_args, "deploy-bifrost")
         playbooks = _build_playbook_list(
-            "overcloud-host-image-workaround-resolv",
             "seed-introspection-rules",
             "dell-switch-bmp")
         self.run_kayobe_playbooks(parsed_args, playbooks)
@@ -727,7 +725,6 @@ class SeedServiceUpgrade(KollaAnsibleMixin, KayobeAnsibleMixin, VaultMixin,
     * Prepares the bifrost service for an upgrade.
     * Deploys the bifrost container using kolla-ansible.
     * Builds disk images for the overcloud hosts using Diskimage Builder (DIB).
-    * Performs a workaround in the overcloud host image to fix resolv.conf.
     * Configures ironic inspector introspection rules in the bifrost inspector
       service.
     * When enabled, configures a Bare Metal Provisioning (BMP) environment for
@@ -747,7 +744,6 @@ class SeedServiceUpgrade(KollaAnsibleMixin, KayobeAnsibleMixin, VaultMixin,
         self.run_kayobe_playbooks(parsed_args, playbooks)
         self.run_kolla_ansible_seed(parsed_args, "upgrade-bifrost")
         playbooks = _build_playbook_list(
-            "overcloud-host-image-workaround-resolv",
             "seed-introspection-rules",
             "dell-switch-bmp")
         self.run_kayobe_playbooks(parsed_args, playbooks)
diff --git a/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py b/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py
index aebb7edf3d1e8248043139709c72b730dad6481c..4339eb567276912a664f70e165431e769edcba14 100644
--- a/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py
+++ b/kayobe/tests/unit/cli/test_commands.py
@@ -798,8 +798,6 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             mock.call(
                 mock.ANY,
                 [
-                    utils.get_data_files_path(
-                        "ansible", "overcloud-host-image-workaround-resolv.yml"),  # noqa
                     utils.get_data_files_path(
                         "ansible", "seed-introspection-rules.yml"),
                     utils.get_data_files_path(
@@ -855,9 +853,6 @@ class TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
             mock.call(
                 mock.ANY,
                 [
-                    utils.get_data_files_path(
-                        "ansible",
-                        "overcloud-host-image-workaround-resolv.yml"),
                     utils.get_data_files_path(
                         "ansible",
                         "seed-introspection-rules.yml"),
diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2 b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
index 15aa10303ea3636b47951d2c213f533032045bf6..370465a2fa2b3db4fbf3462a5725b0d74150aced 100644
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-base/overrides.yml.j2
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ kolla_ansible_source_version: "{{ zuul.projects['opendev.org/openstack/kolla-ans
 kolla_openstack_logging_debug: True
 pip_upper_constraints_file: "/tmp/upper-constraints.txt"
 
-# NOTE(mgoddard): We're using a cirros image, which doesn't require the
-# resolv.conf work around used for CentOS.
-overcloud_host_image_workaround_resolv_enabled: false
-
 # Use the CI infra's PyPI mirror.
 pip_local_mirror: true
 pip_index_url: "http://{{ zuul_site_mirror_fqdn }}/pypi/simple"
diff --git a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-upgrade-base/overrides.yml.j2 b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-upgrade-base/overrides.yml.j2
index c88b5480866d595321d2bab7e866213bb920d9ab..8cd2d7376bbfb507954236fa3934b4bb0fb1e51d 100644
--- a/playbooks/kayobe-seed-upgrade-base/overrides.yml.j2
+++ b/playbooks/kayobe-seed-upgrade-base/overrides.yml.j2
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ kolla_openstack_logging_debug: True
 
 # NOTE(mgoddard): We're using a cirros image, which doesn't require the
 # resolv.conf work around used for CentOS.
+# NOTE(piotrp): to be removed after Wallaby is released
 overcloud_host_image_workaround_resolv_enabled: false
 
 # Use the CI infra's PyPI mirror.
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-resolv-conf-workaround-4cb484d3a66c4e58.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-resolv-conf-workaround-4cb484d3a66c4e58.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..db341c44246ca62a8a3600e82b2914dd55e6e726
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-resolv-conf-workaround-4cb484d3a66c4e58.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Removes the workaround for bogus name server entries in some CentOS 7
+    images, together with the ``overcloud_host_image_workaround_resolv_enabled``
+    variable.