diff --git a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
index 5913e9cd92..c0fcb4e49e 100644
--- a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -303,9 +303,6 @@ func fromConfig(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) ([]api.Step, []api.Step, error
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot promote images, no promotion configuration defined")
 		}
 
-		if !api.ConsolidatedQuayPromotion(cfg.CIConfig) {
-			promotionSteps = append(promotionSteps, releasesteps.PromotionStep(api.PromotionStepName, cfg.CIConfig, requiredNames, cfg.SkippedImages, cfg.JobSpec, cfg.podClient, cfg.PushSecret, registryDomain(cfg.CIConfig.PromotionConfiguration), api.DefaultMirrorFunc, api.DefaultTargetNameFunc, cfg.NodeArchitectures))
-		}
 		// Used primarily (only?) by the ci-chat-bot
 		if cfg.CIConfig.PromotionConfiguration.RegistryOverride != "" {
 			logrus.Info("No images to promote to quay.io if the registry is overridden")
diff --git a/pkg/defaults/defaults_test.go b/pkg/defaults/defaults_test.go
index af8c51adce..ebbcd95936 100644
--- a/pkg/defaults/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/defaults/defaults_test.go
@@ -1715,7 +1715,7 @@ func TestFromConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		promote:       true,
 		expectedSteps: []string{"[output-images]", "[images]"},
-		expectedPost:  []string{"[promotion]", "[promotion-quay]"},
+		expectedPost:  []string{"[promotion-quay]"},
 	}, {
 		name: "promote 4.12 consolidated quay",
 		config: api.ReleaseBuildConfiguration{
@@ -1743,7 +1743,7 @@ func TestFromConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		promote:       true,
 		expectedSteps: []string{"[output-images]", "[images]"},
-		expectedPost:  []string{"[promotion]", "[promotion-quay]"},
+		expectedPost:  []string{"[promotion-quay]"},
 	}, {
 		name: "promote 5.0 legacy quay",
 		config: api.ReleaseBuildConfiguration{
@@ -1757,7 +1757,7 @@ func TestFromConfig(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		promote:       true,
 		expectedSteps: []string{"[output-images]", "[images]"},
-		expectedPost:  []string{"[promotion]", "[promotion-quay]"},
+		expectedPost:  []string{"[promotion-quay]"},
 	}, {
 		name: "duplicate input images",
 		config: api.ReleaseBuildConfiguration{