diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index f2f2fe3dd0..e502951228 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 - project:
     # Only include system-required on openstack repos so that we don't
-    # run merge-check on third-party things like kata or ansible
+    # run merge-check on third-party things like ansible
     name: ^openstack.*
     templates:
       - system-required
@@ -45,27 +45,6 @@
               - ^lib/ansible/module_utils/openstack.py
               - ^lib/ansible/utils/module_docs_fragments/openstack.py
 
-- project:
-    name: kata-containers/proxy
-    third-party-check:
-      jobs:
-        - dco-license
-        - kata-runsh:
-            dependencies:
-              - dco-license
-        - kata-runsh-fedora-28:
-            dependencies:
-              - dco-license
-
-- project:
-    name: kata-containers/runtime
-    third-party-check:
-      jobs:
-        - dco-license
-        - kata-runsh:
-            dependencies:
-              - dco-license
-
 - project:
     name: openstack-dev/bashate
     templates:
diff --git a/zuul/main.yaml b/zuul/main.yaml
index 198fdb6ac8..a9bdca9d64 100644
--- a/zuul/main.yaml
+++ b/zuul/main.yaml
@@ -1531,9 +1531,6 @@
               - ansible/ansible
               - cherrypy/cherrypy
               - gtest-org/ansible
-              - kata-containers/proxy
-              - kata-containers/runtime
-              - kata-containers/tests
               - kubernetes-incubator/kubespray
               - sigmavirus24/github3.py
               - sqlalchemy/dogpile.cache