diff --git a/infra/gcp/terraform/k8s-infra-prow-build/main.tf b/infra/gcp/terraform/k8s-infra-prow-build/main.tf
index e4b1aecb9c9..670eb639c33 100644
--- a/infra/gcp/terraform/k8s-infra-prow-build/main.tf
+++ b/infra/gcp/terraform/k8s-infra-prow-build/main.tf
@@ -83,22 +83,6 @@ module "prow_build_cluster" {
 # Why use UBUNTU_CONTAINERD for image_type?
 # - ipv6 jobs need an ipv6 stack; COS lacks one, so use UBUNTU
 # - k8s-prow-builds/prow cluster uses _CONTAINERD variant, keep parity
-module "prow_build_nodepool_n1_highmem_8_localssd" {
-  source                    = "../modules/gke-nodepool"
-  project_name              = module.project.project_id
-  cluster_name              = module.prow_build_cluster.cluster.name
-  location                  = module.prow_build_cluster.cluster.location
-  name                      = "pool5"
-  initial_count             = 1
-  min_count                 = 1
-  max_count                 = 80
-  image_type                = "UBUNTU_CONTAINERD"
-  machine_type              = "n1-highmem-8"
-  disk_size_gb              = 100
-  disk_type                 = "pd-standard"
-  ephemeral_local_ssd_count = 2 # each is 375GB
-  service_account           = module.prow_build_cluster.cluster_node_sa.email
-}
 
 module "prow_build_nodepool_c3_standard_8_lssd" {
   source          = "../modules/gke-nodepool"