diff --git a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/addons.go b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/addons.go
index 57a5b9c3ee..018653eef4 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/addons.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/addons.go
@@ -470,7 +470,10 @@ func (addon Addon) Apply(client clientset.Interface, addonConfiguration AddonCon
 func (addon Addon) Images(imageTag string) []string {
 	images := []string{}
 	for _, cb := range addon.getImageCallbacks {
-		images = append(images, cb(imageTag))
+		image := cb(imageTag)
+		if image != "" {
+			images = append(images, image)
+		}
 	}
 	return images
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go
index 3e0b6cffcf..a2ba90b754 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/SUSE/skuba/internal/pkg/skuba/cni"
 	"github.com/SUSE/skuba/internal/pkg/skuba/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/SUSE/skuba/internal/pkg/skuba/skuba"
+	"github.com/SUSE/skuba/internal/pkg/skuba/util"
 	skubaconstants "github.com/SUSE/skuba/pkg/skuba"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	clientset "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -35,6 +36,10 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 func GetCiliumInitImage(imageTag string) string {
+	// A separate cilium-init image exists only for Cilium < 1.6.
+	if util.VersionCompare(imageTag, ">=1.6.0") {
+		return ""
+	}
 	return images.GetGenericImage(skubaconstants.ImageRepository, "cilium-init", imageTag)
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go
index f67f5ca892..f90626e9b1 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/skuba/addons/cilium_test.go
@@ -36,13 +36,18 @@ func TestGetCiliumInitImage(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:     "get cilium init image without revision",
-			imageTag: "1.6.6",
-			want:     img.ImageRepository + "/cilium-init:1.6.6",
+			imageTag: "1.5.3",
+			want:     img.ImageRepository + "/cilium-init:1.5.3",
 		},
 		{
 			name:     "get cilium init image with revision",
-			imageTag: "1.6.6-rev2",
-			want:     img.ImageRepository + "/cilium-init:1.6.6-rev2",
+			imageTag: "1.5.3-rev1",
+			want:     img.ImageRepository + "/cilium-init:1.5.3-rev1",
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "get newer cilium version which does not ship cilium-init image",
+			imageTag: "1.6.6",
+			want:     "",
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
@@ -129,6 +134,11 @@ func Test_renderContext_CiliumInitImage(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			got := tt.renderContext.CiliumInitImage()
+			// Skip empty results, which mean that Cilium >= 1.6 is checked and thus
+			// the cilium-init image is not shipped.
+			if got == "" {
+				return
+			}
 			matched, err := regexp.Match(tt.want, []byte(got))
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Error(err)
diff --git a/internal/pkg/skuba/util/versioncheck_test.go b/internal/pkg/skuba/util/versioncheck_test.go
index 8730c2729c..cf05712fe8 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/skuba/util/versioncheck_test.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/skuba/util/versioncheck_test.go
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ func TestVersionCompare(t *testing.T) {
 			constraint: "<=1.5.0",
 			exp:        false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "greater, with rev",
+			version:    "1.6.6-rev5",
+			constraint: ">1.6.0",
+			exp:        true,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		tt := tt