diff --git a/base/tzdata/debian/meta_data.yaml b/base/tzdata/debian/meta_data.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index d02bd6e65..000000000
--- a/base/tzdata/debian/meta_data.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
----
-debver: 2023c-10
-debname: tzdata
-archive: https://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20231001T025741Z/pool/main/t/tzdata/
-revision:
-  dist: $STX_DIST
-  PKG_GITREVCOUNT: true
diff --git a/base/tzdata/debian/patches/0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch b/base/tzdata/debian/patches/0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 0551f2126..000000000
--- a/base/tzdata/debian/patches/0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-From a988607febfcb518857b5120a1bbcfe2ac68b838 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: Scott Little <scott.little@windriver.com>
-Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:40:42 -0400
-Subject: [PATCH] No leap second on 2023-12-31
-
-Per IERS Bulletin C 66 (2023-07-04).
-https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.66
-
-* leap-seconds.list: Update file from NIST, retrieved from
-ftp://ftp.boulder.nist.gov/pub/time/leap-seconds.list
-
-Signed-off-by: Scott Little <scott.little@windriver.com>
----
- leap-seconds.list | 8 ++++----
- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/leap-seconds.list b/leap-seconds.list
-index 17e3a10..3fe9a12 100644
---- a/leap-seconds.list
-+++ b/leap-seconds.list
-@@ -204,10 +204,10 @@
- #	current -- the update time stamp, the data and the name of the file
- #	will not change.
- #
--#	Updated through IERS Bulletin C65
--#	File expires on:  28 December 2023
-+#	Updated through IERS Bulletin C66
-+#	File expires on:  28 June 2024
- #
--#@	3912710400
-+#@	3928521600
- #
- 2272060800	10	# 1 Jan 1972
- 2287785600	11	# 1 Jul 1972
-@@ -252,4 +252,4 @@
- #	the hash line is also ignored in the
- #	computation.
- #
--#h 	e76a99dc 65f15cc7 e613e040 f5078b5e b23834fe
-+#h 	16edd0f0 3666784f 37db6bdd e74ced87 59af48f1
--- 
-2.7.4
-
diff --git a/base/tzdata/debian/patches/series b/base/tzdata/debian/patches/series
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f2cac93e..000000000
--- a/base/tzdata/debian/patches/series
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-0001-No-leap-second-on-2023-12-31.patch
diff --git a/debian_iso_image.inc b/debian_iso_image.inc
index 8029b9e27..8925bfbf4 100644
--- a/debian_iso_image.inc
+++ b/debian_iso_image.inc
@@ -420,8 +420,5 @@ systemd-presets
 #trident-installer
 trident-installer
 
-#tzdata
-tzdata
-
 #watchdog
 watchdog
diff --git a/debian_pkg_dirs b/debian_pkg_dirs
index 3c334920b..b8759194d 100644
--- a/debian_pkg_dirs
+++ b/debian_pkg_dirs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ base/pf-bb-config
 base/synce4l
 base/systemd
 base/systemd-presets
-base/tzdata
 base/watchdog
 centos-debian-compat
 ceph/ceph