diff --git a/job_groups.yaml b/job_groups.yaml
index 4c2e2549..95ee2060 100644
--- a/job_groups.yaml
+++ b/job_groups.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 19: opensuse_leap_42.2
 22: windows_10
 23: opensuse_krypton
-24: openqa
 25: opensuse_argon
 26: opensuse_leap_42.2_updates
 27: opensuse_leap_42.2_maintenance
diff --git a/job_groups/openqa.yaml b/job_groups/openqa.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7aeb1e0e..00000000
--- a/job_groups/openqa.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,61 +0,0 @@
-############################################################
-#                         WARNING                          #
-#                                                          #
-#               This file is managed in GIT!               #
-#  Any changes via the openQA WebUI will get overwritten!  #
-#                                                          #
-#    https://github.com/os-autoinst/opensuse-jobgroups     #
-#                  job_groups/openqa.yaml                  #
-############################################################
----
-defaults:
-  x86_64:
-    machine: 64bit-2G
-    priority: 50
-    settings:
-      MODE: 'install'
-      INSTALL_ONLY: '1'
-      QEMUCPU: host
-
-products:
-  openqa-*-dev-x86_64:
-    distri: openqa
-    flavor: dev
-    version: '*'
-scenarios:
-  x86_64:
-    openqa-*-dev-x86_64:
-      - openqa_install+publish:
-          testsuite: null
-          settings:
-            PUBLISH_HDD_1: 'opensuse-Tumbleweed-%ARCH%@%MACHINE%-%BUILD%.qcow2'
-            PUBLISH_PFLASH_VARS: 'opensuse-Tumbleweed-%ARCH%@%MACHINE%-%BUILD%-uefi-vars.qcow2'
-          description: >-
-            Maintainer: okurz@suse.de Test for installation of openQA itself.
-            To be used with "openqa" distri. Publishes an qcow2 image including the openQA installation
-            ready to run as an appliance.
-      - openqa_install_nginx:
-          testsuite: null
-          settings:
-            OPENQA_WEB_PROXY: 'nginx'
-          description: >-
-            Maintainer: okurz@suse.de Test for installation of openQA itself.
-            To be used with "openqa" distri. This uses nginx instead of apache2.
-      - openqa_from_git:
-          testsuite: null
-          settings:
-            OPENQA_FROM_GIT: '1'
-          description: >-
-            Maintainer: okurz@suse.de Test for running openQA itself from git. To be used with "openqa"
-            distri.
-      - openqa_from_containers:
-          testsuite: null
-          settings:
-            OPENQA_CONTAINERS: '1'
-            OPENQA_FROM_GIT: '1'  # see: main.pm, avoid load_osautoinst_tests
-            LOAD_PYTHON_TEST_MODULES: '0'
-          description: >-
-            Maintainer: okurz@suse.de Test for running openQA itself from containers.
-            To be used with "openqa" distri.
-            Introduced retry on the job level due to https://progress.opensuse.org/issues/108665
-            as there can still be sporadic network issues sometimes.