diff --git a/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/prometheus/prometheus-blackbox-exporter.yml b/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/prometheus/prometheus-blackbox-exporter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f4cf32737..000000000
--- a/etc/kayobe/kolla/config/prometheus/prometheus-blackbox-exporter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-# yamllint disable-file
-modules:
-  http_2xx:
-    prober: http
-  os_endpoint:
-    prober: http
-    http:
-      valid_status_codes: [200,300]
-      headers:
-        Content-Type: application/json
-      fail_if_body_not_matches_regexp:
-        - "versions"
-  http_post_2xx:
-    prober: http
-    http:
-      method: POST
-  tcp_connect:
-    prober: tcp
-  tls_connect:
-    prober: tcp
-    tcp:
-      tls: true
-  ssh_banner:
-    prober: tcp
-    tcp:
-      query_response:
-      - expect: "^SSH-2.0-"
-  icmp:
-    prober: icmp
-  http_2xx_opensearch_dashboards:
-    prober: http
-    timeout: 5s
-    http:
-      basic_auth:
-{% raw %}
-        username: {{ opensearch_dashboards_user }}
-        password: {{ opensearch_dashboards_password }}
-{% endraw %}
-  http_2xx_prometheus:
-    prober: http
-    timeout: 5s
-    http:
-      basic_auth:
-{% raw %}
-        username: admin
-        password: {{ prometheus_password }}
-{% endraw %}
-  http_2xx_alertmanager:
-    prober: http
-    timeout: 5s
-    http:
-      basic_auth:
-{% raw %}
-        username: {{ prometheus_alertmanager_user }}
-        password: {{ prometheus_alertmanager_password }}
-{% endraw %}
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/remove-custom-prometheus-blackbox-exporter-c3a843ad068164ab.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/remove-custom-prometheus-blackbox-exporter-c3a843ad068164ab.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..454a25a27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/remove-custom-prometheus-blackbox-exporter-c3a843ad068164ab.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+other:
+  - |
+    Remove the custom prometheus-blackbox-exporter.yml from SKC in favour of
+    using the upstream Kolla Ansible one.