diff --git a/examples/rpm/main.tf b/examples/rpm/main.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b5fe22..0000000
--- a/examples/rpm/main.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-locals {
-  version = var.release
-  path    = var.path
-}
-module "download_rpm" {
-  source  = "../../"
-  release = local.version
-  path    = local.path
-  rpm     = true
-  # default: os         = "rhel"
-  # default: os_version = "8"
-  # default: arch       = "amd64"
-}
diff --git a/examples/rpm/output.tf b/examples/rpm/output.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index c6d5d24..0000000
--- a/examples/rpm/output.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-output "tag" {
-  value = module.download_rpm.tag
-}
-output "path" {
-  value = module.download_rpm.path
-}
-output "files" {
-  value = module.download_rpm.files
-}
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diff --git a/examples/rpm/variables.tf b/examples/rpm/variables.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 9838307..0000000
--- a/examples/rpm/variables.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-variable "release" {
-  type        = string
-  description = <<-EOT
-    The value of the git tag associated with the release to find.
-  EOT
-}
-variable "path" {
-  type        = string
-  description = <<-EOT
-    The path to download the files to.
-  EOT
-}
diff --git a/examples/rpm/versions.tf b/examples/rpm/versions.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a910d9..0000000
--- a/examples/rpm/versions.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-terraform {
-  required_version = ">= 1.2.0, < 1.6"
-  required_providers {
-    github = {
-      source  = "integrations/github"
-      version = ">= 5.32"
-    }
-    local = {
-      source  = "hashicorp/local"
-      version = ">= 2.4"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index ab20f95..a60c29f 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -1,35 +1,21 @@
 locals {
-  system          = var.system
-  rpm             = var.rpm
-  release         = var.release
-  latest          = (var.release == "latest" ? true : false)
-  release_tag     = (local.latest ? data.github_release.latest.release_tag : var.release)
-  sem             = regex("v([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)\\.([0-9]+)", local.release_tag) # extracts the semver from the release string
-  kube            = "${local.sem[0]}.${local.sem[1]}"                           # build the major.minor version of kubernetes
-  arch            = var.arch
-  os              = (local.rpm ? var.os : "")         # should be rhel, but should only be used when downloading RPMs
-  os_version      = (local.rpm ? var.os_version : "") # should only be used when downloading RPMs
-  install_url     = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/rke2/master/install.sh"
-  rpm_os          = (local.os == "rhel" ? "centos" : local.os)
-  rpm_arch        = (local.arch == "amd64" ? "x86_64" : local.arch)
-  rpm_url         = "https://rpm.rancher.io/rke2/stable/${local.kube}/${local.rpm_os}/${local.os_version}"
-  rpm_release     = "${local.sem[0]}.${local.sem[1]}.${local.sem[2]}~rke2r1-0.el${local.os_version}.${local.arch}"
+  system      = var.system
+  arch        = var.arch
+  release     = var.release
+  latest      = (var.release == "latest" ? true : false)
+  release_tag = (local.latest ? data.github_release.latest.release_tag : var.release)
+  install_url = "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rancher/rke2/master/install.sh"
+  path        = abspath(var.path)
+
   selected_assets = (can(data.github_release.selected[0].assets) ? { for a in data.github_release.selected[0].assets : a.name => a.browser_download_url } : {})
   latest_assets   = (can(data.github_release.latest.assets) ? { for a in data.github_release.latest.assets : a.name => a.browser_download_url } : {})
   assets          = (local.latest ? local.latest_assets : local.selected_assets)
-  base_files = {
+  files = {
     "rke2-images.${local.system}-${local.arch}.tar.gz" = local.assets["rke2-images.${local.system}-${local.arch}.tar.gz"],
     "rke2.${local.system}-${local.arch}.tar.gz"        = local.assets["rke2.${local.system}-${local.arch}.tar.gz"],
     "sha256sum-${local.arch}.txt"                      = local.assets["sha256sum-${local.arch}.txt"],
     "install.sh"                                       = local.install_url,
   }
-  files = (local.rpm ? merge(local.base_files, {
-    "rke2-common.rpm"  = "${local.rpm_url}/${local.rpm_arch}/rke2-common-${local.rpm_release}.rpm",
-    "rke2-server.rpm"  = "${local.rpm_url}/${local.rpm_arch}/rke2-server-${local.rpm_release}.rpm",
-    "rke2-agent.rpm"   = "${local.rpm_url}/${local.rpm_arch}/rke2-agent-${local.rpm_release}.rpm",
-    "rke2-selinux.rpm" = "${local.rpm_url}/noarch/rke2-selinux-0.15-1.el${local.os_version}.noarch.rpm",
-  }) : local.base_files)
-  path = abspath(var.path)
 }
 
 data "github_release" "selected" {
diff --git a/variables.tf b/variables.tf
index ad493c1..03d43c9 100644
--- a/variables.tf
+++ b/variables.tf
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ variable "release" {
   description = <<-EOT
     The value of the git tag associated with the release to find.
     Specify "latest" to find the latest release (default).
-    When downloading RPMs, this must be a specific release, not "latest".
   EOT
   default     = "latest"
 }
@@ -23,41 +22,11 @@ variable "system" {
   EOT
   default     = "linux"
 }
-variable "os" {
-  type        = string
-  description = <<-EOT
-    The OS to download RPMs for.
-    This is only used for RPM downloads.
-    This is ignored when rpm is false.
-  EOT
-  default     = "rhel"
-}
-variable "os_version" {
-  type        = string
-  description = <<-EOT
-    The version of RHEL to download RPMs for.
-    This is only used for RPM downloads.
-    This is ignored when rpm is false.
-  EOT
-  default     = "8"
-}
-
 variable "path" {
   type        = string
   description = <<-EOT
     The path to download the files to.
-    If not specified, the files will be downloaded to a directory named "rke2" in the root of the module.
+    If not specified, the files will be downloaded to a directory named "rke2" in the root module.
   EOT
   default     = "./rke2"
 }
-variable "rpm" {
-  type        = bool
-  description = <<-EOT
-    Whether or not to download the RPMs.
-    Defaults to false.
-    This option requires that the system is linux (specifically RHEL based) and the architecture is amd64(x86_64).
-    This option requires the computer running terraform to have curl installed.
-    When using this option, the "release" variable must be set to a specific release, not "latest".
-  EOT
-  default     = false
-}
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