diff --git a/bare-metal/fedora-coreos/kubernetes/variables.tf b/bare-metal/fedora-coreos/kubernetes/variables.tf
index 5cae2d30..30411c9e 100644
--- a/bare-metal/fedora-coreos/kubernetes/variables.tf
+++ b/bare-metal/fedora-coreos/kubernetes/variables.tf
@@ -120,12 +120,6 @@ variable "cluster_domain_suffix" {
   default = "cluster.local"
 }
 
-variable "download_protocol" {
-  type = string
-  default = "https"
-  description = "Protocol iPXE should use to download the kernel and initrd. Defaults to https, which requires iPXE compiled with crypto support. Unused if cached_install is true."
-}
-
 variable "cached_install" {
   type = string
   default = "false"
diff --git a/docs/fedora-coreos/bare-metal.md b/docs/fedora-coreos/bare-metal.md
index 816fec3b..5401130e 100644
--- a/docs/fedora-coreos/bare-metal.md
+++ b/docs/fedora-coreos/bare-metal.md
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ Read about the [many ways](https://coreos.com/matchbox/docs/latest/network-setup
     TFTP chainloading to modern boot firmware, like iPXE, avoids issues with old NICs and allows faster transfer protocols like HTTP to be used.
 
 !!! warning
-    Compile iPXE from [source](https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe) with support for [HTTPS downloads](https://ipxe.org/crypto). iPXE's pre-built firmware binaries do not enable this. If you cannot enable HTTPS downloads, set `download_protocol = "http"` (discouraged).
+    Compile iPXE from [source](https://github.com/ipxe/ipxe) with support for [HTTPS downloads](https://ipxe.org/crypto). iPXE's pre-built firmware binaries do not enable this. Fedora does not provide images over HTTP.
 
 ## Terraform Setup