diff --git a/debian_iso_image.inc b/debian_iso_image.inc
index f9de889e3..485a05541 100644
--- a/debian_iso_image.inc
+++ b/debian_iso_image.inc
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ facter
 libfacter3.14.12
 
 #gpu-operator
-gpu-operator
+#gpu-operator
 
 #grub-efi
 #grub-efi-amd64-bin  # not used
diff --git a/debian_pkg_dirs b/debian_pkg_dirs
index 9f3d24d04..e514b5ffa 100644
--- a/debian_pkg_dirs
+++ b/debian_pkg_dirs
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ golang-github-dev/golang-github-coreos-go-systemd-dev
 golang-github-dev/golang-github-opencontainers-specs-dev
 golang-github-dev/golang-github-vishvananda-netlink
 golang-github-dev/golang-github-networkplumbing-go-nft-dev
-gpu/gpu-operator
 grub/grub-efi
 grub/grub2
 grub/grubby