diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9b1b99e..efb515c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ to loki.
 
 | Name | Description | Type | Default | Required |
 |------|-------------|------|---------|:--------:|
-| <a name="input_canary_tag"></a> [canary\_tag](#input\_canary\_tag) | The tag of the grafana/loki-canary image to use. | `string` | `"3.0.0"` | no |
 | <a name="input_cluster_name"></a> [cluster\_name](#input\_cluster\_name) | EKS cluster name name component used through out the EKS cluster describing its purpose (ex: dice-dev) | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_enterprise_logs_provisioner_tag"></a> [enterprise\_logs\_provisioner\_tag](#input\_enterprise\_logs\_provisioner\_tag) | The version of the grafana/enterprise-logs-provisioner image to use. | `string` | `"v1.7.0"` | no |
 | <a name="input_exporter_tag"></a> [exporter\_tag](#input\_exporter\_tag) | The version of prom/memcached-exporter to use for the gateway. | `string` | `"v0.14.4"` | no |
diff --git a/copy_images.tf b/copy_images.tf
index 7e8b0e4..65c3dfe 100644
--- a/copy_images.tf
+++ b/copy_images.tf
@@ -16,15 +16,6 @@ locals {
       source_tag      = var.loki_tag
       tag             = var.loki_tag
     },
-    {
-      enabled         = true
-      dest_path       = null
-      name            = "grafana/loki-canary"
-      source_image    = "grafana/loki-canary"
-      source_registry = "docker.io"
-      source_tag      = var.canary_tag
-      tag             = var.canary_tag
-    },
     {
       enabled         = true
       dest_path       = null
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index 9a1a10f..35009fe 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -53,12 +53,6 @@ variable "loki_tag" {
   default     = "3.1.1"
 }
 
-variable "canary_tag" {
-  description = "The tag of the grafana/loki-canary image to use."
-  type        = string
-  default     = "3.0.0"
-}
-
 variable "enterprise_logs_provisioner_tag" {
   description = "The version of the grafana/enterprise-logs-provisioner image to use."
   type        = string