diff --git a/tools/init-runonce b/tools/init-runonce
index 40ca32d6e5..edbb490b5e 100755
--- a/tools/init-runonce
+++ b/tools/init-runonce
@@ -59,14 +59,9 @@ else
     echo Using cached cirros image from the nodepool node.
 fi
 
-EXTRA_PROPERTIES=
-if [ ${ARCH} == aarch64 ]; then
-    EXTRA_PROPERTIES="--property hw_firmware_type=uefi"
-fi
-
 echo Creating glance image.
 openstack image create --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare --public \
-    --property os_type=${IMAGE_TYPE} ${EXTRA_PROPERTIES} --file ${IMAGE_PATH}/${IMAGE} ${IMAGE_NAME}
+    --property os_type=${IMAGE_TYPE} --file ${IMAGE_PATH}/${IMAGE} ${IMAGE_NAME}
 
 echo Configuring neutron.
 openstack network create --external --provider-physical-network physnet1 \