diff --git a/28/windows/windowsservercore-1809/Dockerfile b/28/windows/windowsservercore-1809/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 0da716438..000000000
--- a/28/windows/windowsservercore-1809/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-#
-# NOTE: THIS DOCKERFILE IS GENERATED VIA "apply-templates.sh"
-#
-# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT IT DIRECTLY.
-#
-
-FROM mcr.microsoft.com/windows/servercore:1809
-
-# $ProgressPreference: https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell/issues/2138#issuecomment-251261324
-SHELL ["powershell", "-Command", "$ErrorActionPreference = 'Stop'; $ProgressPreference = 'SilentlyContinue';"]
-
-# PATH isn't actually set in the Docker image, so we have to set it from within the container
-RUN $newPath = ('{0}\docker;{1}' -f $env:ProgramFiles, $env:PATH); \
-	Write-Host ('Updating PATH: {0}' -f $newPath); \
-	[Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable('PATH', $newPath, [EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine);
-# doing this first to share cache across versions more aggressively
-
-ENV DOCKER_VERSION 28.2.2
-ENV DOCKER_URL https://download.docker.com/win/static/stable/x86_64/docker-28.2.2.zip
-# TODO ENV DOCKER_SHA256
-# https://github.com/docker/docker-ce/blob/5b073ee2cf564edee5adca05eee574142f7627bb/components/packaging/static/hash_files !!
-# (no SHA file artifacts on download.docker.com yet as of 2017-06-07 though)
-
-RUN Write-Host ('Downloading {0} ...' -f $env:DOCKER_URL); \
-	Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $env:DOCKER_URL -OutFile 'docker.zip'; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Expanding ...'; \
-	Expand-Archive docker.zip -DestinationPath $env:ProgramFiles; \
-# (this archive has a "docker/..." directory in it already)
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Removing ...'; \
-	Remove-Item @( \
-			'docker.zip', \
-			('{0}\docker\dockerd.exe' -f $env:ProgramFiles) \
-		) -Force; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Verifying install ("docker --version") ...'; \
-	docker --version; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Complete.';
-
-# https://github.com/docker-library/docker/issues/409#issuecomment-1462868414
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDX_VERSION 0.24.0
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDX_URL https://github.com/docker/buildx/releases/download/v0.24.0/buildx-v0.24.0.windows-amd64.exe
-ENV DOCKER_BUILDX_SHA256 8dec102c8eb14f434707cc05a8f0e366c090ded6ad74d9c5f8a64a9c0b766140
-RUN $dir = ('{0}\docker\cli-plugins' -f $env:ProgramFiles); \
-	Write-Host ('Creating {0} ...' -f $dir); \
-	New-Item -ItemType Directory $dir -Force; \
-	\
-	$plugin = ('{0}\docker-buildx.exe' -f $dir); \
-	Write-Host ('Downloading {0} ...' -f $env:DOCKER_BUILDX_URL); \
-	Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $env:DOCKER_BUILDX_URL -OutFile $plugin; \
-	\
-	Write-Host ('Verifying sha256 ({0}) ...' -f $env:DOCKER_BUILDX_SHA256); \
-	if ((Get-FileHash $plugin -Algorithm sha256).Hash -ne $env:DOCKER_BUILDX_SHA256) { \
-		Write-Host 'FAILED!'; \
-		exit 1; \
-	}; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Verifying install ("docker buildx version") ...'; \
-	docker buildx version; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Complete.';
-ENV DOCKER_COMPOSE_VERSION 2.36.2
-ENV DOCKER_COMPOSE_URL https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/v2.36.2/docker-compose-windows-x86_64.exe
-ENV DOCKER_COMPOSE_SHA256 82ebec0022949087f883b3dffa0d7e57a2a141203ad31c012381d2754962c905
-RUN $dir = ('{0}\docker\cli-plugins' -f $env:ProgramFiles); \
-	Write-Host ('Creating {0} ...' -f $dir); \
-	New-Item -ItemType Directory $dir -Force; \
-	\
-	$plugin = ('{0}\docker-compose.exe' -f $dir); \
-	Write-Host ('Downloading {0} ...' -f $env:DOCKER_COMPOSE_URL); \
-	Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $env:DOCKER_COMPOSE_URL -OutFile $plugin; \
-	\
-	Write-Host ('Verifying sha256 ({0}) ...' -f $env:DOCKER_COMPOSE_SHA256); \
-	if ((Get-FileHash $plugin -Algorithm sha256).Hash -ne $env:DOCKER_COMPOSE_SHA256) { \
-		Write-Host 'FAILED!'; \
-		exit 1; \
-	}; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Verifying install ("docker compose version") ...'; \
-	docker compose version; \
-	\
-	$link = ('{0}\docker\docker-compose.exe' -f $env:ProgramFiles); \
-	Write-Host ('Linking {0} to {1} ...' -f $plugin, $link); \
-	New-Item -ItemType SymbolicLink -Path $link -Target $plugin; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Verifying install ("docker-compose --version") ...'; \
-	docker-compose --version; \
-	\
-	Write-Host 'Complete.';
diff --git a/versions.json b/versions.json
index 0908e5711..eaebec788 100644
--- a/versions.json
+++ b/versions.json
@@ -165,8 +165,7 @@
       "dind",
       "dind-rootless",
       "windows/windowsservercore-ltsc2025",
-      "windows/windowsservercore-ltsc2022",
-      "windows/windowsservercore-1809"
+      "windows/windowsservercore-ltsc2022"
     ],
     "version": "28.2.2"
   },
diff --git a/versions.sh b/versions.sh
index eb38d8c65..6a41c01f8 100755
--- a/versions.sh
+++ b/versions.sh
@@ -284,7 +284,6 @@ for version in "${versions[@]}"; do
 		dind-rootless \
 		windows/windowsservercore-ltsc2025 \
 		windows/windowsservercore-ltsc2022 \
-		windows/windowsservercore-1809 \
 	; do
 		base="${variant%%/*}" # "buster", "windows", etc.
 		if [ "$base" = 'windows' ] && [ -z "${hasArches['windows-amd64']}" ]; then