diff --git a/iso/empanadas/Containerfile b/iso/empanadas/Containerfile
index 86a67c5..571d76c 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/Containerfile
+++ b/iso/empanadas/Containerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM quay.io/centos/centos:stream9
+FROM quay.io/rockylinux/rockylinux:9
 
 ADD images/get_arch /get_arch
 
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory b/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory
index a4598aa..5d6b711 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory
+++ b/iso/empanadas/Containerfile.imagefactory
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
     sudo \
     mock \
     python-pip \
+    mock \
+    fuse-overlayfs \
     imagefactory \
     imagefactory-plugins*
 
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/imagefactory.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/imagefactory.py
index 41c88d0..44a1ebc 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/imagefactory.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/imagefactory.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class ImageFactoryBackend(BackendInterface):
     common_args: List[str] = field(factory=list)
     package_args: List[str] = field(factory=list)
     metadata: pathlib.Path = field(init=False)
-    ctx = field(init=False)
     stage_commands: Optional[List[List[Union[str, Callable]]]] = field(init=False)
 
     # The url to use in the path when fetching artifacts for the build
@@ -57,9 +56,9 @@ class ImageFactoryBackend(BackendInterface):
         try:
             os.mkdir(self.ctx.outdir)
         except FileExistsError:
-            self.ctx.log.info("Directory already exists for this release. If possible, previously executed steps may be skipped")
+            self.log.info("Directory already exists for this release. If possible, previously executed steps may be skipped")
         except Exception as e:
-            self.ctx.log.exception("Some other exception occured while creating the output directory", e)
+            self.log.exception("Some other exception occured while creating the output directory", e)
             return 0
 
         if os.path.exists(self.metadata):
@@ -100,8 +99,6 @@ class ImageFactoryBackend(BackendInterface):
         if ret > 0:
             return ret
 
-        ret = self.copy()
-        return ret
 
     def clean(self):
         pass
@@ -140,6 +137,7 @@ class ImageFactoryBackend(BackendInterface):
 
     def stage(self) -> int:
         """ Stage the artifacst from wherever they are (unpacking and converting if needed)"""
+        self.ctx.log.info("Executing staging commands")
         if not hasattr(self, 'stage_commands'):
             return 0
 
@@ -148,21 +146,11 @@ class ImageFactoryBackend(BackendInterface):
             ret, out, err, _ = self.ctx.prepare_and_run(command, search=False)
             returns.append(ret)
 
-        return all(ret > 0 for ret in returns)
+        if (res := all(ret > 0 for ret in returns) > 0):
+            raise Exception(res)
 
-    def copy(self, skip=False) -> int:
-        # move or unpack if necessary
-        self.ctx.log.info("Executing staging commands")
-        if (stage := self.stage() > 0):
-            raise Exception(stage)
-
-        if not skip:
-            self.ctx.log.info("Copying files to output directory")
-            ret, out, err, _ = self.ctx.prepare_and_run(self.copy_command(), search=False)
-            return ret
-
-        self.ctx.log.info(f"Build complete! Output available in {self.ctx.outdir}/")
-        return 0
+        ret = self.copy()
+        return ret
 
     def checkout_kickstarts(self) -> int:
         cmd = ["git", "clone", "--branch", f"r{self.ctx.architecture.major}",
@@ -251,14 +239,6 @@ class ImageFactoryBackend(BackendInterface):
                            "--parameter", "repository", self.ctx.outname]
         return package_command
 
-    def copy_command(self) -> List[str]:
-
-        copy_command = ["aws", "s3", "cp", "--recursive", f"{self.ctx.outdir}/",
-                        f"s3://resf-empanadas/buildimage-{self.ctx.architecture.version}-{self.ctx.architecture.name}/{self.ctx.outname}/{self.ctx.build_time.strftime('%s')}/"
-                        ]
-
-        return copy_command
-
     def fix_ks(self):
         cmd: utils.CMD_PARAM_T = ["sed", "-i", f"s,$basearch,{self.ctx.architecture.name},", str(self.kickstart_path)]
         self.ctx.prepare_and_run(cmd, search=False)
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/interface.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/interface.py
index a17fd5a..e69f901 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/interface.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/interface.py
@@ -2,9 +2,12 @@
 empanadas backend interface
 """
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+from attrs import define, field
 
 
+@define
 class BackendInterface(ABC):
+    ctx = field(init=False)
     """
     Interface to build images (or whatever)
     """
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/kiwi.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/kiwi.py
index b1d5dd0..c9a5a2e 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/kiwi.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/kiwi.py
@@ -1,16 +1,194 @@
-
 """Backend for Kiwi"""
+
 from .interface import BackendInterface
+from .kiwi_imagedata import ImagesData
+
+from empanadas.builders import utils
+from empanadas.common import AttributeDict
+
+from attrs import define, field
+from functools import wraps
+from typing import List
+
+import git
+import os
+import pathlib
+import tempfile
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+# TODO(neil): this should be part of the config, somewhere
+temp = AttributeDict(
+    {
+        "GenericCloud": {
+            "kiwiType": "oem",
+            "kiwiProfile": "Cloud-GenericCloud",
+            "fileType": "qcow2",
+            "outputKey": "disk_format_image"
+        },
+        "Container": {
+            "kiwiType": "oci",
+            "kiwiProfile": "Container",
+            "fileType": "tar.xz",
+            "outputKey": "container"
+        }
+    }
+)
 
 
+def ensure_kiwi_conf(func):
+    @wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        if not hasattr(self, 'kiwi_conf') or self.kiwi_conf is None:
+            self.kiwi_conf = temp[self.ctx.image_type]
+        return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
+    return wrapper
+
+
+@define
 class KiwiBackend(BackendInterface):
     """Build an image using Kiwi"""
 
-    def prepare(self):
-        pass
+    build_args: List[str] = field(factory=list)
+    image_result: ImagesData = field(init=False)
+    kiwi_conf: AttributeDict = field(init=False)
 
+    def prepare(self):
+        """
+        Checkout mock-rocky-configs and rocky-kiwi-descriptions,
+        init the mock env, and setup to run kiwi
+        """
+        self.checkout_repos()
+        self.setup_mock()
+        self.setup_kiwi()
+
+    @ensure_kiwi_conf
     def build(self):
-        pass
+        self.build_args += [f"--type={self.kiwi_conf.kiwiType}", f"--profile={self.kiwi_conf.kiwiProfile}-{self.ctx.variant}"]
+
+        kiwi_command = [
+            "kiwi-ng", "--color-output",
+            *self.build_args,
+        ]
+        if self.ctx.debug:
+            kiwi_command.append("--debug")
+
+        kiwi_system_command = [
+            "system", "build",
+            "--description='/builddir/rocky-kiwi-descriptions'",
+            "--target-dir", f"/builddir/{self.ctx.outdir}"
+        ]
+
+        build_command = [
+            "--shell", "--enable-network", "--", *kiwi_command, *kiwi_system_command
+        ]
+        ret, out, err = self.run_mock_command(build_command)
+        if ret > 0:
+            raise Exception(f"Kiwi build failed: code {ret}")
+            sys.exit(ret)
+
+    @ensure_kiwi_conf
+    def stage(self):
+        ret, out, err = self.run_mock_command(["--copyout", f"/builddir/{self.ctx.outdir}", self.ctx.outdir])
+        if ret > 0:
+            raise Exception("failed to copy build result out")
+
+        kiwi_result_path = pathlib.Path(f"{self.ctx.outdir}/kiwi.result.json")
+        if not os.path.exists(kiwi_result_path):
+            raise Exception("Missing kiwi.result.json. Aborting")
+
+        with open(kiwi_result_path, "r") as kiwi_result:
+            self.image_result = ImagesData.from_json(kiwi_result.read()).images
+
+        source = self.image_result[self.kiwi_conf.outputKey].filename
+        filetype = self.kiwi_conf.fileType
+
+        source = utils.remove_first_directory(source)
+        dest = f"{self.ctx.outdir}/{self.ctx.outname}.{filetype}"
+
+        try:
+            shutil.move(source, dest)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e
 
     def clean(self):
-        pass
+        ret, out, err = self.run_mock_command(["--shell", "rm", "-fr", f"/builddir/{self.ctx.outdir}/build/"])
+        return ret
+
+    def run_mock_command(self, mock_command: List[str]):
+        mock_args = ["--configdir", "/workdir/mock-rocky-configs/etc/mock", "-r", f"rl-9-{self.ctx.architecture.name}-core-infra"]
+        if self.ctx.image_type == 'GenericCloud':
+            mock_args.append("--isolation=simple")
+        command = [
+            "mock",
+            *mock_args,
+            *mock_command,
+        ]
+        ret, out, err, _ = self.ctx.prepare_and_run(command)
+        return ret, out, err
+
+    def setup_mock(self):
+        # TODO(neil): add error checking
+        ret, out, err = self.run_mock_command(["--init"])
+
+        packages = [
+            "kiwi-cli",
+            "git",
+            "dracut-kiwi-live",
+            "fuse-overlayfs",
+            "kiwi-systemdeps-bootloaders",
+            "kiwi-systemdeps-containers",
+            "kiwi-systemdeps-core",
+            "kiwi-systemdeps-disk-images",
+            "kiwi-systemdeps-filesystems",
+            "kiwi-systemdeps-image-validation",
+            "kiwi-systemdeps-iso-media",
+            "epel-release",
+            "rocky-release-core"
+        ]
+        ret, out, err = self.run_mock_command(["--install", *packages])
+
+        ret, out, err = self.run_mock_command(["--copyin", "/workdir/rocky-kiwi-descriptions", "/builddir/"])
+        return ret
+
+    def checkout_repos(self):
+        """
+        Checkout sig_core/mock-rocky-configs and sig_core/rocky-kiwi-descriptions to /workdir
+        """
+        repos = {
+            "mock-rocky-configs": "main",
+            "rocky-kiwi-descriptions": "r9"
+        }
+
+        for repo, branch in repos.items():
+            repo_url = f"https://git.resf.org/sig_core/{repo}"
+            clone_dir = f"/workdir/{repo}"
+
+            if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(clone_dir, ".git")):
+                try:
+                    # The directory exists and is a git repository, so attempt to pull the latest changes
+                    git.Repo(clone_dir).remotes.origin.pull(branch)
+                    self.ctx.log.info(f"pulled the latest changes for {branch} branch in {clone_dir}")
+                except Exception as e:
+                    raise Exception(f"Failed to pull the repository: {str(e)}")
+                finally:
+                    continue
+
+            try:
+                git.Repo.clone_from(repo_url, clone_dir, branch=branch)
+                print(f"Repository cloned into {clone_dir}")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print(f"Failed to clone repository: {str(e)}")
+
+    def setup_kiwi(self):
+        self.ctx.log.info("Generating kiwi.yml from template")
+        template = self.ctx.tmplenv.get_template('kiwi/kiwi.yml.j2')
+        output = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False).name
+        res = utils.render_template(output, template)
+
+        self.ctx.log.info("Copying generated kiwi.yml into build root")
+        ret, out, err = self.run_mock_command(["--copyin", res, "/etc/kiwi.yml"])
+        if ret > 0:
+            raise Exception("Failed to configure kiwi")
+
+        self.ctx.log.info("Finished setting up kiwi")
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/kiwi_imagedata.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/kiwi_imagedata.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f815cd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/backends/kiwi_imagedata.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from attrs import define, field
+from typing import Dict
+
+import json
+
+
+@define(auto_attribs=True, kw_only=True)
+class ImageInfo:
+    compress: bool
+    filename: str
+    shasum: bool
+    use_for_bundle: bool
+
+
+@define(auto_attribs=True, kw_only=True)
+class ImagesData:
+    images: Dict[str, ImageInfo] = field(factory=dict)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_json(data: str) -> 'ImagesData':
+        json_data = json.loads(data)
+        images = {key: ImageInfo(**value) for key, value in json_data.items()}
+
+        return ImagesData(images=images)
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/imagebuild.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/imagebuild.py
index 0a3f81c..d2d31ee 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/imagebuild.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/imagebuild.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import datetime
 import logging
+import os
 import pathlib
 
 from attrs import define, field
@@ -72,7 +73,6 @@ class ImageBuild:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
         other things, perform lazy evaluations of f-strings which have values
         not available at assignment time. e.g., filling in a second command
         with a value extracted from the previous step or command.
-
         """
 
         r = []
@@ -104,3 +104,15 @@ class ImageBuild:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
                 restartPolicy="Never",
             )
         return template
+
+    def copy(self, skip=False) -> int:
+        if not skip:
+            self.log.info("Copying files to output directory")
+            copy_command = ["aws", "s3", "cp", "--recursive", f"{self.outdir}/",
+                            f"s3://resf-empanadas/buildimage-{self.architecture.version}-{self.architecture.name}/{self.outname}/{self.build_time.strftime('%s')}/"
+                            ]
+            ret, out, err, _ = self.prepare_and_run(copy_command, search=False)
+            return ret
+
+        self.ctx.log.info(f"Build complete! Output available in {self.ctx.outdir}/")
+        return 0
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/utils.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/utils.py
index c287f7d..631894f 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/utils.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/builders/utils.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import pathlib
 import subprocess
 
-from functools import partial
 from typing import Callable, List, Tuple, Union
 
 CMD_PARAM_T = List[Union[str, Callable[..., str]]]
@@ -96,3 +95,15 @@ def log_subprocess(ctx, result: CMD_RESULT_T):
         log_lines("Command STDOUT", stdout)
     if stderr:
         log_lines("Command STDERR", stderr)
+
+
+def remove_first_directory(path):
+    p = pathlib.Path(path)
+    # Check if the path is absolute
+    if p.is_absolute():
+        # For an absolute path, start the new path with the root
+        new_path = pathlib.Path(p.root, *p.parts[2:])
+    else:
+        # For a relative path, simply skip the first part
+        new_path = pathlib.Path(*p.parts[1:])
+    return new_path
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py
index b22e556..41ca803 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/common.py
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ import yaml
 
 
 # An implementation from the Fabric python library
-class AttributeDict(defaultdict):
-    def __init__(self):
-        super(AttributeDict, self).__init__(AttributeDict)
+class AttributeDict(dict):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(AttributeDict, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        for key, value in self.items():
+            if isinstance(value, dict):
+                self[key] = AttributeDict(value)
 
     def __getattr__(self, key):
         try:
@@ -24,6 +27,11 @@ class AttributeDict(defaultdict):
     def __setattr__(self, key, value):
         self[key] = value
 
+    def __setitem__(self, key, value):
+        if isinstance(value, dict):
+            value = AttributeDict(value)
+        super(AttributeDict, self).__setitem__(key, value)
+
 
 # These are a bunch of colors we may use in terminal output
 class Color:
@@ -105,7 +113,7 @@ for conf in glob.iglob(f"{_rootdir}/sig/*.yaml"):
 
 ALLOWED_TYPE_VARIANTS = {
     "Azure": ["Base", "LVM"],
-    "Container": ["Base", "Minimal", "UBI", "WSL"],
+    "Container": ["Base", "Minimal", "UBI", "WSL", "Toolbox"],
     "EC2": ["Base", "LVM"],
     "GenericCloud": ["Base", "LVM"],
     "Vagrant": ["Libvirt", "Vbox", "VMware"],
@@ -133,7 +141,6 @@ def valid_type_variant(_type: str, variant: str = "") -> bool:
     return True
 
 
-
 @define(kw_only=True)
 class Architecture:
     name: str = field()
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
index b3c317b..a2110ed 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/scripts/build_image.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import sys
 
 from empanadas.common import Architecture, rldict, valid_type_variant
 from empanadas.builders import ImageBuild
-from empanadas.backends import ImageFactoryBackend  # , KiwiBackend
+from empanadas.backends import ImageFactoryBackend, KiwiBackend
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="ISO Compose")
 
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ parser.add_argument('--rc', action='store_true', help="Release Candidate")
 parser.add_argument('--kickstartdir', action='store_true',
                     help="Use the kickstart dir instead of the os dir")
 parser.add_argument('--debug', action='store_true', help="debug?")
+parser.add_argument('--skip', type=str,
+                    help="what stage(s) to skip",
+                    required=False)
 parser.add_argument('--type', type=str,
                     help="Image type (container, genclo, azure, aws, vagrant)",
                     required=True)
@@ -62,10 +65,14 @@ def run():
     arches = rlvars['allowed_arches'] if results.kube else [platform.uname().machine]
 
     for architecture in arches:
-        backend = ImageFactoryBackend(
-            kickstart_dir="kickstart" if results.kickstartdir else "os",
-            kickstart_repo=rlvars['livemap']['git_repo']
-        )
+        if results.type in ["Container", "GenericCloud"]:
+            backend = KiwiBackend(
+            )
+        else:
+            backend = ImageFactoryBackend(
+                kickstart_dir="kickstart" if results.kickstartdir else "os",
+                kickstart_repo=rlvars['livemap']['git_repo']
+            )
         IB = ImageBuild(
                 architecture=Architecture.from_version(architecture, rlvars['revision']),
                 debug=results.debug,
@@ -82,6 +89,18 @@ def run():
             print(IB.render_kubernetes_job())
             sys.exit(0)
 
-        IB.backend.prepare()
-        IB.backend.build()
-        IB.backend.clean()
+        skip_stages = results.skip.split(',') if results.skip else []
+        stages = ["prepare", "build", "clean", "stage"]
+        for i, stage in enumerate(stages):
+            skip_stage = stage in skip_stages
+
+            log.info(f"Stage {i} - {stage}{' SKIP' if skip_stage else ''}")
+
+            if skip_stage:
+                continue
+
+            method = getattr(IB.backend, stage)
+            if callable(method):
+                method()
+            else:
+                log.fatal(f"Unable to execute {stage}")
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/kiwi/kiwi.yml.j2 b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/kiwi/kiwi.yml.j2
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..963b56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/iso/empanadas/empanadas/templates/kiwi/kiwi.yml.j2
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+# KIWI - Build configuration file
+#
+# Below all configuration parameters available to control
+# KIWI's build process are listed as comments. The values
+# used here provides the default values applied by KIWI if
+# no other information is specified.
+#
+# To make any of the below effective, please uncomment the
+# respective section(s) and adapt the parameters according
+# to your needs
+#
+
+# Setup access to security keys
+#credentials:
+#  # Specify private key(s) used for signing operations
+#  - verification_metadata_signing_key_file: /path/to/private.pem
+
+# Setup access options for the Open BuildService
+#obs:
+#  # Specify the URL of the Open BuildService download server
+#  - download_url: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories
+#  # Specify if the BuildService download server is public or private.
+#  # This information is used to verify if the request to populate
+#  # the repositories via the imageinclude attribute is possible
+#  - public: true
+
+
+# Setup behaviour of the kiwi result bundle command
+#bundle:
+#  # Specify if the bundle tarball should contain compressed results.
+#  # Note: Already compressed result information will not be touched.
+#  # Build results that generate an encrypted filesystem, i.e.
+#  # luks setup, will not be compressed. The intention for result compression
+#  # is to produce a smaller representation of the original. Encrypted data
+#  # generally grows when an attempt is made to compress the data. This is
+#  # due to the nature of compression algorithms. Therefore this setting is
+#  # ignored when encryption is enabled.
+#  - compress: false
+#  # Specify if the image build result and bundle should contain
+#  # a .changes file. The .changes file contains the package changelog
+#  # information from all packages installed into the image.
+#  - has_package_changes: false
+
+
+# Setup behaviour of XZ compressor
+#xz:
+#  # Specify options used in any xz compression call
+#  - options: '--threads=0'
+
+
+# Setup process parameters for container image creation
+#container:
+#  # Specify compression for container images
+#  # Possible values are true, false, xz or none.
+#  - compress: true
+
+
+# Setup process parameters for ISO image creation
+#iso:
+#  # Specify tool category which should be used to build iso images
+#  # Possible values are: xorriso
+#  - tool_category: xorriso
+
+
+# Setup process parameters for OCI toolchain
+#oci:
+#  # Specify OCI archive tool which should be used on creation of
+#  # container archives for OCI compliant images, e.g docker
+#  # Possible values are umoci and buildah
+#  - archive_tool: buildah
+
+
+# Specify build constraints that applies during the image build
+# process. If one or more constraints are violated the build exits
+# with an appropriate error message.
+#build_constraints:
+#  # Maximum result image size. The value can be specified in
+#  # bytes or it can be specified with m=MB or g=GB. The constraint
+#  # is checked prior to the result bundle creation
+#  - max_size: 700m
+
+# Setup process parameters for partition mapping
+mapper:
+#  # Specify tool to use for creating partition maps
+#  # Possible values are: kpartx and partx
+  - part_mapper: {{ "partx" if architecture in ["s390x"] else "kpartx" }}
+
+# Setup process parameters to handle runtime checks
+#runtime_checks:
+#  # Specify list of runtime checks to disable
+#  - disable:
+#      # verify that the host has the required container tools installed
+#      - check_container_tool_chain_installed
+
+#      # verify that there are repositories configured
+#      - check_repositories_configured
+
+#      # verify that the URL for imageinclude repos is accessable
+#      - check_image_include_repos_publicly_resolvable
+
+#      # verify secure boot setup disabled for overlay configured disk images
+#      - check_efi_mode_for_disk_overlay_correctly_setup
+
+#      # verify for legacy kiwi boot images that they exist on the host
+#      - check_boot_description_exists
+
+#      # verify if kiwi initrd_system was set if a boot attribute exists
+#      - check_initrd_selection_required
+
+#      # verify for legacy kiwi boot images that the same kernel is used
+#      - check_consistent_kernel_in_boot_and_system_image
+
+#      # check for reserved label names used in LVM setup
+#      - check_volume_setup_defines_reserved_labels
+
+#      # verify only one full size volume is specified for LVM images
+#      - check_volume_setup_defines_multiple_fullsize_volumes
+
+#      # verify no / volume setup is setup but the @root volume is used
+#      - check_volume_setup_has_no_root_definition
+
+#      # verify if volume label is really used with a volume setup
+#      - check_volume_label_used_with_lvm
+
+#      # verify that there is a xen domain setup for xen images
+#      - check_xen_uniquely_setup_as_server_or_guest
+
+#      # verify mediacheck is installed for ISO images that requests it
+#      - check_mediacheck_installed
+
+#      # verify dracut-kiwi-live is installed for ISO images
+#      - check_dracut_module_for_live_iso_in_package_list
+
+#      # verify dracut-kiwi-overlay is installed for overlay disk images
+#      - check_dracut_module_for_disk_overlay_in_package_list
+
+#      # verify dracut-kiwi-repart is installed for OEM disk images
+#      - check_dracut_module_for_disk_oem_in_package_list
+
+#      # verify dracut-kiwi-oem-dump is installed for OEM install images
+#      - check_dracut_module_for_oem_install_in_package_list
+
+#      # verify configured firmware is compatible with host architecture
+#      - check_architecture_supports_iso_firmware_setup
+
+#      # verify WSL naming conventions
+#      - check_appx_naming_conventions_valid
+
+#      # check kiwi dracut modules compatible with kiwi builder
+#      - check_dracut_module_versions_compatible_to_kiwi
+
+#      # check for unresolved include statements in the XML description
+#      - check_include_references_unresolvable
+
+#      # validate options passed to cryptsetup via luksformat element
+#      - check_luksformat_options_valid
+
+#      # check devicepersistency compatible with partition table type
+#      - check_partuuid_persistency_type_used_with_mbr
+
+#      # check efifatimagesize does not exceed the max El Torito load size
+#      - check_efi_fat_image_has_correct_size
diff --git a/iso/empanadas/pyproject.toml b/iso/empanadas/pyproject.toml
index dcfc271..cb3732e 100644
--- a/iso/empanadas/pyproject.toml
+++ b/iso/empanadas/pyproject.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ GitPython = ">=3.1.30"
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 pytest = "~5"
-attrs = "^23.1.0"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 test-module = "empanadas.scripts.test_module:run"