diff --git a/master-libvirt/master.cfg b/master-libvirt/master.cfg
index 2d1a2592..455a2926 100644
--- a/master-libvirt/master.cfg
+++ b/master-libvirt/master.cfg
@@ -119,50 +119,6 @@ def getRpmInstallStep():
         command=["./rpm-install.sh"],
     )
 
-def getDebGaleraStep(port):
-    def if_run_galera_test(step):
-        if step.getProperty("sst_mode") == "off":
-            return False
-        return True
-
-    return Test(
-        name="galera",
-        warningPattern="Test warning:.*",
-        description=["testing", "galera", "SST"],
-        descriptionDone=["galera", "SST"],
-        timeout=300,
-        lazylogfiles=True,
-        logfiles={
-            "daemon": "/home/buildbot/logs/daemon.log",
-            "syslog": "/home/buildbot/logs/syslog",
-            "node1": "/home/buildbot/logs/node1.err",
-            "node2": "/home/buildbot/logs/node2.err",
-            "node3": "/home/buildbot/logs/node3.err",
-            "node1.mariabackup.prepare": "/home/buildbot/logs/node1.mariabackup.prepare.log",
-            "node2.mariabackup.prepare": "/home/buildbot/logs/node2.mariabackup.prepare.log",
-            "node3.mariabackup.prepare": "/home/buildbot/logs/node3.mariabackup.prepare.log",
-            "node1.mariabackup.move": "/home/buildbot/logs/node1.mariabackup.move.log",
-            "node2.mariabackup.move": "/home/buildbot/logs/node2.mariabackup.move.log",
-            "node3.mariabackup.move": "/home/buildbot/logs/node3.mariabackup.move.log",
-            "node1.mariabackup.backup": "/home/buildbot/logs/node1.mariabackup.backup.log",
-            "node2.mariabackup.backup": "/home/buildbot/logs/node2.mariabackup.backup.log",
-            "node4.mariabackup.backup": "/home/buildbot/logs/node4.mariabackup.backup.log",
-        },
-        doStepIf=if_run_galera_test,
-        env=envFromProperties(
-            [
-                "BB_CI",
-                "arch",
-                "artifactsURL",
-                "master_branch",
-                "sst_mode",
-                "version_name",
-            ]
-        ),
-        command=["./deb-galera.sh"],
-    )
-
-
 def getDebUpgradeStep():
     return Test(
         name="upgrade",
@@ -235,7 +191,6 @@ def getMajorVersionStep():
 f_deb_install = util.BuildFactory()
 f_deb_install.addStep(getScript("deb-install.sh"))
 f_deb_install.addStep(getDebInstallStep())
-f_deb_install.addStep(getScript("deb-galera.sh"))
 
 ## f_deb_upgrade
 f_deb_upgrade = util.BuildFactory()
diff --git a/master.cfg b/master.cfg
index 770f1cab..6337e48b 100644
--- a/master.cfg
+++ b/master.cfg
@@ -248,55 +248,6 @@ f_deb_autobake.addStep(
             "mariadb_version": Property("mariadb_version"),
             "master_branch": Property("master_branch"),
             "parentbuildername": Property("buildername"),
-            "sst_mode": "off",
-        },
-        doStepIf=lambda step: hasInstall(step) and savePackage(step) and hasFiles(step),
-    )
-)
-f_deb_autobake.addStep(
-    steps.Trigger(
-        name="galera-sst-mariabackup",
-        schedulerNames=["s_install"],
-        waitForFinish=False,
-        updateSourceStamp=False,
-        set_properties={
-            "tarbuildnum": Property("tarbuildnum"),
-            "mariadb_version": Property("mariadb_version"),
-            "master_branch": Property("master_branch"),
-            "parentbuildername": Property("buildername"),
-            "sst_mode": "mariabackup",
-        },
-        doStepIf=lambda step: hasInstall(step) and savePackage(step) and hasFiles(step),
-    )
-)
-f_deb_autobake.addStep(
-    steps.Trigger(
-        name="galera-sst-mysqldump",
-        schedulerNames=["s_install"],
-        waitForFinish=False,
-        updateSourceStamp=False,
-        set_properties={
-            "tarbuildnum": Property("tarbuildnum"),
-            "mariadb_version": Property("mariadb_version"),
-            "master_branch": Property("master_branch"),
-            "parentbuildername": Property("buildername"),
-            "sst_mode": "mysqldump",
-        },
-        doStepIf=lambda step: hasInstall(step) and savePackage(step) and hasFiles(step),
-    )
-)
-f_deb_autobake.addStep(
-    steps.Trigger(
-        name="galera-sst-rsync",
-        schedulerNames=["s_install"],
-        waitForFinish=False,
-        updateSourceStamp=False,
-        set_properties={
-            "tarbuildnum": Property("tarbuildnum"),
-            "mariadb_version": Property("mariadb_version"),
-            "master_branch": Property("master_branch"),
-            "parentbuildername": Property("buildername"),
-            "sst_mode": "rsync",
         },
         doStepIf=lambda step: hasInstall(step) and savePackage(step) and hasFiles(step),
     )
diff --git a/scripts/deb-galera.sh b/scripts/deb-galera.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index e9d0e0db..00000000
--- a/scripts/deb-galera.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,300 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# shellcheck disable=SC2154
-
-set -e
-
-# Buildbot installation test script
-# this script can be called manually by providing the build URL as argument:
-# ./script.sh "https://buildbot.mariadb.org/#/builders/171/builds/7351"
-
-# load common functions
-# shellcheck disable=SC1091
-. ./bash_lib.sh
-
-store_logs() {
-  # Make sure we store all existing logs, whenever we decide to exit game
-  set +e
-  mkdir /home/buildbot/logs
-  for log in /var/log/daemon.log /var/log/syslog; do
-    [[ -f $log ]] && sudo cp $log /home/buildbot/logs
-  done
-  # It looks like buildbot may be enveloping the path into single quotes
-  # if it has wildcards, as in '/var/lib/node*/node*.err'.
-  # Trying to get rid of the wildcards
-  for node in 1 2 3; do
-    sudo cp /var/lib/node${node}/node${node}.err /home/buildbot/logs
-  done
-  if [[ $sst_mode == "mariabackup" ]]; then
-    for node in 1 2 3; do
-      for log in prepare move backup; do
-        if [[ -f /var/lib/node${node}/mariabackup.${log}.log ]]; then
-          sudo cp /var/lib/node${node}/mariabackup.${log}.log /home/buildbot/logs/node${node}.mariabackup.${log}.log
-        fi
-      done
-    done
-    sudo chown -R buildbot:buildbot /home/buildbot/logs
-  fi
-  sudo chmod -R +r /home/buildbot/logs
-  ls -l /home/buildbot/logs
-}
-
-# function to be able to run the script manually (see bash_lib.sh)
-manual_run_switch "$1"
-
-# Mandatory variables
-for var in arch master_branch version_name sst_mode; do
-  if [[ -z $var ]]; then
-    bb_log_err "$var is not defined"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
-
-# Limitations coming from Percona
-if [[ $sst_mode == "xtrabackup-v2" ]]; then
-  case $version_name in
-    "bionic" | "focal" | "groovy" | "hirsute" | "bullseye")
-      xtrabackup_version="0.1-5"
-      ;;
-    *)
-      xtrabackup_version="0.1-4"
-      ;;
-  esac
-fi
-
-# //TEMP probably need to remove mysqld in the future
-bb_log_info "make sure mariadb is not running"
-for process in mariadbd mysqld; do
-  if pgrep $process >/dev/null; then
-    sudo killall $process >/dev/null || true
-  fi
-done
-
-# give mariadb the time to shutdown
-for i in {1..10}; do
-  if pgrep 'mysqld|mariadbd'; then
-    bb_log_info "give mariadb the time to shutdown ($i)"
-    sleep 3
-  else
-    break
-  fi
-done
-
-# We don't want crash recovery, but if mariadb hasn't stopped, we'll have to
-# deal with it
-for process in mariadbd mysqld; do
-  if pgrep $process >/dev/null; then
-    sudo killall -s 9 $process >/dev/null || true
-  fi
-done
-
-if [[ $sst_mode == "mariabackup" ]]; then
-  # Starting from 10.3.6, MariaBackup packages have a generic name mariadb-backup.
-  # Before 10.3, MariaBackup packages have a version number in them, e.g. mariadb-backup-10.2 etc.
-  # First, try to find the generic package, if can't, then the name with the number
-
-  if [ "$master_branch" != 10.3 ]; then
-    mbackup="mariadb-backup"
-  else
-    #//TEMP to be tested !!
-    mbackup=$(apt-cache search mariadb-backup | grep -v dbgsym | awk '{print $1}' | uniq)
-    if [[ -z $mbackup ]]; then
-      bb_log_warn "mariabackup is not available for installing?"
-      exit 1
-    fi
-  fi
-  bb_log_info "installing $mbackup"
-  if ! sudo sh -c "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive MYSQLD_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=180 apt-get install --allow-unauthenticated -y $mbackup socat"; then
-    bb_log_warn "failed to install MariaBackup"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-elif [[ $sst_mode == "xtrabackup-v2" ]]; then
-  wget "https://repo.percona.com/apt/percona-release_${xtrabackup_version}.${version_name}_all.deb"
-  sudo dpkg -i "percona-release_${xtrabackup_version}.${version_name}_all.deb"
-  apt_get_update
-  if ! sudo sh -c "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive MYSQLD_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=180 apt-get install --allow-unauthenticated -y percona-xtrabackup-24 socat"; then
-    bb_log_warn "could not install XtraBackup, check if it's available for this version/architecture"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-fi
-
-# # //TEMP not done by corp, should we?
-# bb_log_info "run MTR tests for the corresponding SST method ($sst_mode)"
-# sudo sh -c "DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive MYSQLD_STARTUP_TIMEOUT=180 apt-get install --allow-unauthenticated $allow_downgrades -y mariadb-test"
-# cd /usr/share/mysql/mysql-test
-# perl mysql-test-run.pl --vardir="$(readlink -f /dev/shm/var)" --force --max-save-core=0 --max-save-datadir=0 --big-test --suite=galera --do-test="galera_sst_${sst_mode}*"
-# res=$?
-# rm -rf /home/buildbot/var
-# cp -r /dev/shm/var /home/buildbot
-# if ((res != 0)); then
-#   bb_log_err "MTR tests failed"
-#   exit $res
-# fi
-
-sudo cp -r /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/node1
-sudo cp -r /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/node2
-sudo cp -r /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/node3
-sudo chown -R mysql:mysql /var/lib/node1 /var/lib/node2 /var/lib/node3
-# To make sure that xtrabackup / mariabackup works with the right datadir
-sudo mv /var/lib/mysql /var/lib/mysql.save
-
-cat >/home/buildbot/galera.cnf <<EOF
-[galera]
-wsrep-on
-binlog-format=ROW
-wsrep_sst_method=$sst_mode
-wsrep_provider=libgalera_smm.so
-EOF
-sudo cp /home/buildbot/galera.cnf /etc/mysql/conf.d/galera.cnf
-
-if [[ $sst_mode == "mysqldump" ]]; then
-  sudo sh -c "echo 'bind-address=0.0.0.0' >> /etc/mysql/conf.d/galera.cnf"
-fi
-
-if [[ $sst_mode != "rsync" ]]; then
-  sudo sh -c "echo 'wsrep_sst_auth=galera:gal3ra123' >> /etc/mysql/conf.d/galera.cnf"
-fi
-
-cat >/home/buildbot/node1.cnf <<EOF
-[mysqld]
-port=8301
-socket=/tmp/node1.sock
-pid-file=/tmp/node1.pid
-datadir=/var/lib/node1
-server-id=1
-log-error=node1.err
-wsrep_cluster_address=gcomm://127.0.0.1:4566,127.0.0.1:4567?gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://127.0.0.1:4565
-wsrep_node_address=127.0.0.1:4565
-
-[mysqld_safe]
-socket=/tmp/node1.sock
-pid-file=/tmp/node1.pid
-log-error=/var/lib/node1/node1.err
-skip-syslog
-EOF
-
-cat >/home/buildbot/node2.cnf <<EOF
-[mysqld]
-port=8302
-socket=/tmp/node2.sock
-pid-file=/tmp/node2.pid
-datadir=/var/lib/node2
-server-id=2
-log-error=node2.err
-wsrep_cluster_address=gcomm://127.0.0.1:4565?gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://127.0.0.1:4566
-wsrep_node_address=127.0.0.1:4566
-
-[mysqld_safe]
-socket=/tmp/node2.sock
-pid-file=/tmp/node2.pid
-log-error=/var/lib/node2/node2.err
-skip-syslog
-EOF
-
-cat >/home/buildbot/node3.cnf <<EOF
-[mysqld]
-port=8303
-socket=/tmp/node3.sock
-pid-file=/tmp/node3.pid
-datadir=/var/lib/node3
-server-id=3
-log-error=node3.err
-wsrep_cluster_address=gcomm://127.0.0.1:4565?gmcast.listen_addr=tcp://127.0.0.1:4567
-wsrep_node_address=127.0.0.1:4567
-
-[mysqld_safe]
-socket=/tmp/node3.sock
-pid-file=/tmp/node3.pid
-log-error=/var/lib/node3/node3.err
-skip-syslog
-EOF
-
-chmod uga+r /home/buildbot/node*.cnf
-
-sudo mysqld_safe --defaults-extra-file=/home/buildbot/node1.cnf --user=mysql --wsrep-new-cluster &
-res=1
-set +x
-bb_log_info "waiting till the first node comes up..."
-for i in {1..10}; do
-  bb_log_info "still waiting for first node comes up ($i)..."
-  sleep 5
-  if mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=8301 --protocol=tcp -e "create database mgc; create table mgc.t1 (i int); insert into mgc.t1 values (1)"; then
-    res=0
-    break
-  fi
-  date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z'
-  sudo tail -n 25 /var/lib/node1/node1.err || true
-done
-set -x
-if [ "$res" != "0" ]; then
-  bb_log_err "failed to start the first node or to create the table"
-  store_logs
-  exit 1
-fi
-mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=8301 --protocol=tcp -e "select * from mgc.t1\G"
-
-# We can't start both nodes at once, because it causes rsync port conflict
-# (and maybe some other SST methods will have problems too)
-for node in 2 3; do
-  if [[ $sst_mode == "rsync" ]]; then
-    if pgrep rsync >/dev/null; then
-      sudo killall rsync >/dev/null || true
-    fi
-  fi
-  sudo mysqld_safe --defaults-extra-file=/home/buildbot/node$node.cnf --user=mysql &
-  res=1
-  set +x
-  bb_log_info "waiting till node $node comes up..."
-  for i in {1..20}; do
-    sleep 5
-    # echoing to 2>/dev/null because we do not want mysql connection error to
-    # be printed ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to MySQL server on 'localhost'
-    if mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=830$node --protocol=tcp -e "select * from mgc.t1\G" 2>/dev/null; then
-      res=0
-      break
-    fi
-    if [ ! -f /tmp/node${node}.pid ]; then
-       bb_log_info "missing pid file"
-    fi
-    bb_log_info "still waiting for node $node to come up ($i)..."
-    date +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z'
-    sudo tail -n 5 /var/lib/node${node}/node${node}.err || true
-  done
-  set -x
-  if [ "$res" != "0" ]; then
-    bb_log_err "failed to start node $node or to connect to it after the start"
-    sudo tail -n 50 /var/lib/node${node}/node${node}.err || true
-    store_logs
-    exit 1
-  fi
-  mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=830$node --protocol=tcp -e "select * from mgc.t1\G"
-done
-
-mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=8301 --protocol=tcp -e "show status like 'wsrep_cluster_size'"
-
-store_logs
-
-set -e
-mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=8301 --protocol=tcp -e "show status like 'wsrep_cluster_size'" | grep 3
-
-for node in 2 3; do
-  mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=830${node} --protocol=tcp -e "select * from mgc.t1\G"
-done
-
-mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=8303 --protocol=tcp -e "drop table mgc.t1"
-# check that previous drop was replicated to other nodes
-for node in 2 1; do
-  if mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=830${node} --protocol=tcp -e "set wsrep_sync_wait=15; use mgc; show tables" | grep -q t1; then
-    bb_log_err "modification on node 3 was not replicated on node ${node}"
-    mysql -uroot -prootpass --port=830${node} --protocol=tcp -e "use mgc; show tables"
-    exit 1
-  fi
-done
-
-bb_log_info "stop cluster"
-for process in mariadbd mysqld mysqld_safe; do
-  if pgrep $process >/dev/null; then
-    sudo killall -s 9 $process >/dev/null || true
-  fi
-done
-
-bb_log_ok "all done"