diff --git a/packer/scripts/generalize.sh b/packer/scripts/generalize.sh
index 596ba05..9be2b3a 100644
--- a/packer/scripts/generalize.sh
+++ b/packer/scripts/generalize.sh
@@ -23,13 +23,6 @@ sudo sh -c 'if [ -f /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules ]; then
   rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
   fi'
 
-# check for only RHEL releases
-if [[ $(awk -F= '/^ID=/{print $2}' /etc/os-release | grep rhel) ]]; then
-  echo '>> Clearing RHSM subscription...'
-  sudo subscription-manager unregister
-  sudo subscription-manager clean
-fi
-
 echo '>> Clearing temp dirs...'
 sudo rm -rf /tmp/*
 sudo rm -rf /var/tmp/*
diff --git a/packer/scripts/install-k8s.sh b/packer/scripts/install-k8s.sh
index 7ac9e7e..0bb05d4 100644
--- a/packer/scripts/install-k8s.sh
+++ b/packer/scripts/install-k8s.sh
@@ -39,5 +39,5 @@ sudo swapoff -a
 echo ".. install kubernetes version ${KUBEVERSION}"
 sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg
 echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
-sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y kubelet=${KUBEVERSION}-00 kubeadm=${KUBEVERSION}-00 kubectl=${KUBEVERSION}-00
+sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y kubelet="${KUBEVERSION}"-00 kubeadm="${KUBEVERSION}"-00 kubectl="${KUBEVERSION}"-00
 sudo apt-mark hold kubelet kubeadm kubectl