diff --git a/cli/src/pcluster/resources/imagebuilder/parallelcluster.yaml b/cli/src/pcluster/resources/imagebuilder/parallelcluster.yaml
index 9762c0c66b..ed52eeb041 100644
--- a/cli/src/pcluster/resources/imagebuilder/parallelcluster.yaml
+++ b/cli/src/pcluster/resources/imagebuilder/parallelcluster.yaml
@@ -270,7 +270,6 @@ phases:
               PLATFORM='{{ build.PlatformName.outputs.stdout }}'
 
               if [[ ${!PLATFORM} == RHEL ]]; then
-                yum -y update krb5-libs
                 yum -y groupinstall development && sudo yum -y install wget jq
                 if [[ ${!OS} != alinux2023 ]]; then
                   # Do not install curl on al2023 since curl-minimal-8.5.0-1.amzn2023* is already shipped and conflicts.