diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/README.rst b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/README.rst
index a02bc677..cc83bac9 100644
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/README.rst
+++ b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/README.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 ==============
 dracut-network
 ==============
-Extends dracut and build an initramfs with network support.
+
+This element was removed in the Pike cycle. Please consider using the
+dracut-regenerate element instead.
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/dracut-029-netgen.patch b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/dracut-029-netgen.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index dcd9a08b..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/dracut-029-netgen.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh b/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh
-index f6b7d9a..31cd1e6 100755
---- a/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh
-+++ b/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh
-@@ -74,7 +74,13 @@ command -v fix_bootif >/dev/null || . /lib/net-lib.sh
-         done
-         echo 'LABEL="net_end"'
- 
--        for iface in $MASTER_IFACES; do
-+        if [ -n "$MASTER_IFACES" ]; then
-+            wait_ifaces=$MASTER_IFACES
-+        else
-+            wait_ifaces=$IFACES
-+        fi
-+
-+        for iface in $wait_ifaces; do
-             if [ "$bootdev" = "$iface" ] || [ "$NEEDNET" = "1" ]; then
-                 echo "[ -f /tmp/setup_net_${iface}.ok ]" >$hookdir/initqueue/finished/wait-$iface.sh
-             fi
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/dracut-write-ifcfg.patch b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/dracut-write-ifcfg.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 1baf6040..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/dracut-write-ifcfg.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
---- usr/lib/dracut/hooks/pre-pivot/85-write-ifcfg.sh	2013-05-30 14:01:37.492519066 +0000
-+++ /85-write-ifcfg.sh	2013-05-30 14:03:09.832519065 +0000
-@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
-
- # NFS root might have reached here before /tmp/net.ifaces was written
- udevadm settle --timeout=30
-+
-+command -v ip_to_var >/dev/null || . /lib/net-lib.sh
-+
- # Don't write anything if we don't know our bootdev
- [ -f /tmp/net.ifaces ] || return 1
-
-@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@
-     fi
-     cat /sys/class/net/$netif/address > /tmp/net.$netif.hwaddr
-     {
-+        ip_to_var $ip
-         echo "# Generated by dracut initrd"
-         echo "DEVICE=$netif"
-         echo "ONBOOT=yes"
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/element-deps b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/element-deps
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c3ffe52..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/element-deps
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-package-installs
-select-boot-kernel-initrd
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/finalise.d/98-regenerate-initramfs b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/finalise.d/98-regenerate-initramfs
deleted file mode 100755
index a227e28e..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/finalise.d/98-regenerate-initramfs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
-    set -x
-fi
-set -eu
-set -o pipefail
-
-RET=$(/bin/select-boot-kernel-initrd)
-KERNEL_VERSION=`echo ${RET%:*} | sed 's/vmlinuz-//g'`
-RAMDISK=/boot/${RET#*:}
-
-dracut --force --add "network" $RAMDISK $KERNEL_VERSION
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/install.d/11-patch-dracut b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/install.d/11-patch-dracut
deleted file mode 100755
index 0576c623..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/install.d/11-patch-dracut
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [ ${DIB_DEBUG_TRACE:-0} -gt 0 ]; then
-    set -x
-fi
-set -eu
-set -o pipefail
-
-# If the patch doesn't apply just do nothing. This patch fixes a small
-# issue in the script that writes the network configuration files from
-# the cmdline to the disk on FC18/FC19.
-#
-#for dracut-network 029 we need a different patch:
-# http://git.kernel.org/cgit/boot/dracut/dracut.git/commit/?id=613ed5cd764d54cac082a1e7b7e8d1f1fed29d35
-IFCFG_FILE="/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/45ifcfg/write-ifcfg.sh"
-NETGEN_FILE="/usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/40network/net-genrules.sh"
-
-if patch --dry-run $NETGEN_FILE < $(dirname $0)/../dracut-029-netgen.patch > /dev/null; then
-    patch $NETGEN_FILE < $(dirname $0)/../dracut-029-netgen.patch || true
-else
-    patch $IFCFG_FILE < $(dirname $0)/../dracut-write-ifcfg.patch || true
-fi
diff --git a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/package-installs.yaml b/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/package-installs.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 56d94ec1..00000000
--- a/diskimage_builder/elements/dracut-network/package-installs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-dracut-network:
-patch:
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/dracut-network-adaabf90da9f6866.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/dracut-network-adaabf90da9f6866.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7b2b2e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/dracut-network-adaabf90da9f6866.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+deprecations:
+  - The ``dracut-network`` element has been removed.  It has not been
+    functioning for some time due to incorrect paths.