diff --git a/environments/.stackhpc/inventory/group_vars/all/openhpc.yml b/environments/.stackhpc/inventory/group_vars/all/openhpc.yml
index 858dfd9d3..5aac5f8ad 100644
--- a/environments/.stackhpc/inventory/group_vars/all/openhpc.yml
+++ b/environments/.stackhpc/inventory/group_vars/all/openhpc.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,3 @@
 openhpc_config_extra:
   SlurmctldDebug: debug
   SlurmdDebug: debug
-
-ohpc_default_extra_repos:
-  "9": [] #overriding to ensure doesn't overwrite ark epel repo
-  "8":
-    - name: epel
-      file: epel
-      description: "Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - $basearch"
-      metalink: "https://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/metalink?repo=epel-8&arch=$basearch&infra=$infra&content=$contentdir"
-      gpgcheck: true
-      gpgkey: "https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/RPM-GPG-KEY-EPEL-8"
diff --git a/environments/.stackhpc/terraform/cluster_image.auto.tfvars.json b/environments/.stackhpc/terraform/cluster_image.auto.tfvars.json
index 9c72b07ce..47681ea8a 100644
--- a/environments/.stackhpc/terraform/cluster_image.auto.tfvars.json
+++ b/environments/.stackhpc/terraform/cluster_image.auto.tfvars.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "cluster_image": {
-        "RL8": "openhpc-RL8-250107-1534-b03caaf3",
-        "RL9": "openhpc-RL9-250107-1535-b03caaf3"
+        "RL8": "openhpc-RL8-250108-1703-e515b902",
+        "RL9": "openhpc-RL9-250108-1703-e515b902"
     }
 }