diff --git a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
index 1202e2e27..692f73f62 100755
--- a/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
+++ b/xCAT-server/share/xcat/netboot/rh/genimage
@@ -500,7 +500,6 @@ if ($internal) {
 	$updates_os{'provmethod'} = 'netboot';
 	$updates_os{'osname'} = 'Linux';
 	$updates_os{'osvers'} = $osver;
-	$updates_os{'osdistro'} = 'sles'; # not used currently
 	$updates_os{'osarch'} = $arch;
 	# update the imagename for stateless 
 	print "The output for table updates starts here\n";