diff --git a/data/distrodefs/rhel-10/imagetypes.yaml b/data/distrodefs/rhel-10/imagetypes.yaml
index 7344118bc1..38bfbeb046 100644
--- a/data/distrodefs/rhel-10/imagetypes.yaml
+++ b/data/distrodefs/rhel-10/imagetypes.yaml
@@ -2163,6 +2163,13 @@ image_types:
     package_sets:
       os:
         - *azure_base_pkgset
+        - exclude:
+            - "grub2-common"
+            - "grub2-tools"
+            - "grub2-tools-minimal"
+            - "grubby"
+            - "vdo"
+            - "kmod-kvdo"
     blueprint:
       supported_options:
         # same as disk image types, but kernel customizations are not supported
diff --git a/data/distrodefs/rhel-9/imagetypes.yaml b/data/distrodefs/rhel-9/imagetypes.yaml
index a3e9db013a..b93a336f70 100644
--- a/data/distrodefs/rhel-9/imagetypes.yaml
+++ b/data/distrodefs/rhel-9/imagetypes.yaml
@@ -3238,6 +3238,13 @@ image_types:
     package_sets:
       os:
         - *azure_base_pkgset
+        - exclude:
+            - "grub2-common"
+            - "grub2-tools"
+            - "grub2-tools-minimal"
+            - "grubby"
+            - "vdo"
+            - "kmod-kvdo"
     blueprint:
       supported_options:
         # same as disk image types, but kernel customizations are not supported
diff --git a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.0-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.0-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
index 93b9154ffd..f829d16f59 100644
--- a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.0-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
+++ b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.0-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
@@ -1 +1 @@
-fea7c47fc1d197dbd7c78955160df1d334375369
+c37aba871aaa20e62bd82ca6a164c13df93a3103
diff --git a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.1-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.1-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
index 6ab6c94606..b686f90e7b 100644
--- a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.1-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
+++ b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.1-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
@@ -1 +1 @@
-39e4aa17c3ee4866459c03854596722c4566d725
+56f0e75ee746139fa6a80f0d53d245a181fe7b9e
diff --git a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.2-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.2-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
index 5853454478..a3dbb731bb 100644
--- a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.2-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
+++ b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_10.2-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0e235cc3d3fc1b3dec940bcfec4a43f6a24c6c38
+cd62fa66040827d14216324c2aba29cc85d7fdc5
diff --git a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.6-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.6-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
index c963bc8784..0ec4f06cc9 100644
--- a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.6-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
+++ b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.6-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
@@ -1 +1 @@
-93c052899a31fb6c822f7a07e63ff68f575e5bd7
+f53173e88a65ef849e1aefaabe9e9b20fa80026c
diff --git a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.7-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.7-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
index 7204b84b51..a32e7994fd 100644
--- a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.7-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
+++ b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.7-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1e9206ca10b6467afa895419e588f7f9b651ef30
+1192ab05130c90bb3a61e373889511831acd32c9
diff --git a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.8-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.8-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
index 23f8cb5ea8..8423618f47 100644
--- a/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.8-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
+++ b/test/data/manifest-checksums/rhel_9.8-x86_64-azure_cvm-empty
@@ -1 +1 @@
-b3f7e37023acadeed1cb55838380fb2e2df2a4e3
+cefccedf8749608577dc1a6a71efa60a8f889f85