diff --git a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
index d998ed4cfd..06ffe2023e 100644
--- a/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
+++ b/pkg/defaults/defaults.go
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ func fromConfig(
 			return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot promote images, no promotion configuration defined")
 		}
 
-		promotionSteps = append(promotionSteps, releasesteps.PromotionStep(api.PromotionStepName, config, requiredNames, jobSpec, podClient, pushSecret, registryDomain(config.PromotionConfiguration), api.DefaultMirrorFunc, api.DefaultTargetNameFunc, nodeArchitectures))
 		// Used primarily (only?) by the ci-chat-bot
 		if config.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 42647a4cab..dd1445709c 100644
--- a/pkg/defaults/defaults_test.go
+++ b/pkg/defaults/defaults_test.go
@@ -1733,7 +1733,7 @@ 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{