diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 965f0d6f8..b1ee21b99 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -570,15 +570,6 @@ dist:
 	+ $(MAKE) dist-macos
 	+ $(MAKE) dist-macos-arm64
 
-#- this simple test will show any missing dynamically-linked Glibc symbols in the target distro
-dist-test:
-	docker rm nimbus-eth2-dist-test $(HANDLE_OUTPUT) || true
-	cd docker/dist && \
-		for DISTRO in debian-bullseye; do \
-			DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -f Dockerfile.$${DISTRO} -t nimbus-eth2-dist-test --progress=plain --build-arg USER_ID=$$(id -u) --build-arg GROUP_ID=$$(id -g) . && \
-			docker run --rm --name nimbus-eth2-dist-test -v $(CURDIR):/home/user/nimbus-eth2 nimbus-eth2-dist-test; \
-		done
-
 #- Build and run benchmarks using an external repo (which can be used easily on
 #  older commits, before this Make target was added).
 #- It's up to the user to create a benchmarking environment that minimises the
diff --git a/docker/dist/Dockerfile.debian-bullseye b/docker/dist/Dockerfile.debian-bullseye
deleted file mode 100644
index e8722f815..000000000
--- a/docker/dist/Dockerfile.debian-bullseye
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-FROM debian:bullseye-slim
-
-SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-c"]
-
-ARG USER_ID
-ARG GROUP_ID
-
-RUN addgroup --gid ${GROUP_ID} user; \
-	adduser --disabled-password --gecos '' --uid ${USER_ID} --gid ${GROUP_ID} user;
-
-USER user
-
-STOPSIGNAL SIGINT
-
-COPY "entry_point_test.sh" "/home/user/"
-ENTRYPOINT ["/home/user/entry_point_test.sh"]
-
diff --git a/docker/dist/entry_point_test.sh b/docker/dist/entry_point_test.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 6b982884f..000000000
--- a/docker/dist/entry_point_test.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-set -e
-
-cd /home/user/nimbus-eth2
-
-PREFIX="nimbus-eth2_Linux_amd64_"
-
-NUM_ARCHIVES=$(ls "dist/${PREFIX}"*.tar.gz 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
-if [[ $NUM_ARCHIVES -eq 0 ]]; then
-  echo "No archive found matching \"dist/${PREFIX}*.tar.gz\". Aborting."
-  exit 1
-elif [[ $NUM_ARCHIVES -gt 1 ]]; then
-  echo "More than one archive found matching \"dist/${PREFIX}*.tar.gz\". Aborting."
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-cd dist
-ARCHIVE=$(echo ${PREFIX}*.tar.gz)
-ARCHIVE_DIR="${ARCHIVE%.tar.gz}"
-rm -rf ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
-tar xzf "${ARCHIVE}"
-cd "${ARCHIVE_DIR}"
-./nimbus_beacon_node --help
-cd ..
-rm -rf ${ARCHIVE_DIR}
-