diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deb-package-and-integration-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deb-package-and-integration-tests.yml
index de5bbae10..803a2ac31 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deb-package-and-integration-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deb-package-and-integration-tests.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Ensure that the relevant files are present in the package
         run: |
-          dpkg --contents packaging/target/${{ matrix.artifact_name }} | grep /opt/kubo/ipfs
           dpkg --contents packaging/target/${{ matrix.artifact_name }} | grep /opt/firecracker/firecracker
           dpkg --contents packaging/target/${{ matrix.artifact_name }} | grep /opt/firecracker/jailer
           dpkg --contents packaging/target/${{ matrix.artifact_name }} | grep /opt/firecracker/vmlinux.bin
diff --git a/packaging/Makefile b/packaging/Makefile
index 24a83f662..661ced5fa 100644
--- a/packaging/Makefile
+++ b/packaging/Makefile
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ debian-package-code:
 	build_venv/bin/pip install --no-cache-dir  --progress-bar off --target ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/ 'aleph-message~=1.0.1' 'eth-account==0.10' 'sentry-sdk==1.31.0' 'qmp==1.1.0' 'aleph-superfluid~=0.2.1' 'sqlalchemy[asyncio]>=2.0' 'aiosqlite==0.19.0' 'alembic==1.13.1' 'aiohttp_cors==0.7.0' 'pydantic-settings==2.6.1' 'pyroute2==0.7.12' 'python-cpuid==0.1.0' 'solathon==1.0.2' 'protobuf==5.28.3'
 	build_venv/bin/python3 -m compileall ./aleph-vm/opt/aleph-vm/
 
-debian-package-resources: firecracker-bins vmlinux download-ipfs-kubo  target/bin/sevctl
+debian-package-resources: firecracker-bins vmlinux target/bin/sevctl
 	rm -fr ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker
 	mkdir -p ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker
 	cp -pr ./target/vmlinux.bin ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker/
 	cp -pr ./target/firecracker ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker/
 	cp -pr ./target/jailer ./aleph-vm/opt/firecracker/
-	cp -pr ./target/kubo/kubo ./aleph-vm/opt/kubo
+	# Disable Kubo installation for now
+	# cp -pr ./target/kubo/kubo ./aleph-vm/opt/kubo
 	cp -pr ./target/bin/sevctl ./aleph-vm/opt/sevctl
 
 firecracker-bins: target-dir build-dir
diff --git a/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst b/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst
index 913e8c411..7eb70dfd2 100755
--- a/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst
+++ b/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/postinst
@@ -9,18 +9,27 @@ rm -fr /srv/jailer  # Upgrade from < 0.1.11
 rm -fr /tmp/aleph   # Upgrade from < 0.1.11
 mkdir -p /var/lib/aleph/vm/jailer
 
-# Create the IPFS directory if it does not exist
-if [ ! -d "/var/lib/ipfs" ]; then
-    mkdir -p /var/lib/ipfs
-    # Set appropriate permissions if needed
-    chown ipfs:ipfs /var/lib/ipfs
+# Clean the IPFS directory if it does exist
+if [ -d "/var/lib/ipfs" ]; then
+  if ! [[ -v container ]]; then
+    # Check if service is running to stop it
+    if systemctl is-active --quiet ipfs.service; then
+      systemctl stop ipfs.service
+    fi
+
+    # Check if service is enabled to disable it
+    if systemctl is-enabled --quiet ipfs.service; then
+      systemctl disable ipfs.service
+    fi
+  fi
+
+  # Remove existing IPFS files to free some space
+  rm -rf /var/lib/ipfs
 fi
 
 # Systemd is absent from containers
 if ! [[ -v container ]]; then
   systemctl daemon-reload
-  systemctl enable ipfs.service
-  systemctl restart ipfs.service
   systemctl enable aleph-vm-supervisor.service
   systemctl restart aleph-vm-supervisor.service
 fi
diff --git a/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/preinst b/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/preinst
index 4fb97a8be..9b74c70c6 100755
--- a/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/preinst
+++ b/packaging/aleph-vm/DEBIAN/preinst
@@ -12,6 +12,4 @@ fi
 
 set -e
 
-# We will not delete this user on uninstall since there may be files owned by that user in /var/lib/ipfs
-addgroup --system ipfs
-adduser --system --ingroup ipfs ipfs
+
diff --git a/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service b/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service
index 755d971b1..2207987c6 100644
--- a/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service
+++ b/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/aleph-vm-supervisor.service
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=Aleph.im VM execution engine
-After=network.target ipfs.service
-Wants=ipfs.service
+After=network.target
 
 [Service]
 User=0
diff --git a/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service b/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
deleted file mode 100644
index 2009361e3..000000000
--- a/packaging/aleph-vm/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-# Source: https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/blob/master/misc/systemd/ipfs-hardened.service
-
-# This file will be overwritten on package upgrades, avoid customizations here.
-#
-# To make persistent changes, create file in
-# "/etc/systemd/system/ipfs.service.d/overwrite.conf" with
-# `systemctl edit ipfs.service`. This file will be parsed after this
-# file has been parsed.
-#
-# To overwrite a variable, like ExecStart you have to specify it once
-# blank and a second time with a new value, like:
-# ExecStart=
-# ExecStart=/usr/bin/ipfs daemon --flag1 --flag2
-#
-# For more info about custom unit files see systemd.unit(5).
-
-# This service file enables systemd-hardening features compatible with IPFS,
-# while breaking compatibility with the fuse-mount function. Use this one only
-# if you don't need the fuse-mount functionality.
-
-[Unit]
-Description=InterPlanetary File System (IPFS) daemon
-Documentation=https://docs.ipfs.tech/
-After=network.target
-
-[Service]
-# hardening
-ReadOnlyPaths="/opt/kubo/" "/etc/ipfs"
-ReadWritePaths="/var/lib/ipfs/"
-NoNewPrivileges=true
-ProtectSystem=strict
-ProtectKernelTunables=true
-ProtectKernelModules=true
-ProtectKernelLogs=true
-PrivateDevices=true
-DevicePolicy=closed
-ProtectControlGroups=true
-RestrictAddressFamilies=AF_UNIX AF_INET AF_INET6 AF_NETLINK
-ProtectHostname=true
-PrivateTmp=true
-ProtectClock=true
-LockPersonality=true
-RestrictNamespaces=true
-RestrictRealtime=true
-MemoryDenyWriteExecute=true
-SystemCallArchitectures=native
-SystemCallFilter=@system-service
-SystemCallFilter=~@privileged
-ProtectHome=true
-RemoveIPC=true
-RestrictSUIDSGID=true
-CapabilityBoundingSet=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
-
-# enable for 1-1024 port listening
-#AmbientCapabilities=CAP_NET_BIND_SERVICE
-# enable to specify a custom path see docs/environment-variables.md for further documentations
-#Environment=IPFS_PATH=/custom/ipfs/path
-# enable to specify a higher limit for open files/connections
-#LimitNOFILE=1000000
-
-# Avoid a permission denier error when running `lstat /home/ipfs/.config/ipfs/denylists`
-# due to checking $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/ipfs/denylists/
-Environment=XDG_CONFIG_HOME=/etc
-
-#don't use swap
-MemorySwapMax=0
-
-# Don't timeout on startup. Opening the IPFS repo can take a long time in some cases (e.g., when
-# badger is recovering) and migrations can delay startup.
-#
-# Ideally, we'd be a bit smarter about this but there's no good way to do that without hooking
-# systemd dependencies deeper into go-ipfs.
-TimeoutStartSec=infinity
-
-Type=notify
-User=ipfs
-Group=ipfs
-Environment=IPFS_PATH="/var/lib/ipfs"
-ExecStart=/opt/kubo/ipfs daemon --init --migrate --init-profile=server --config-file /etc/ipfs/kubo.json
-Restart=on-failure
-KillSignal=SIGINT
-
-[Install]
-WantedBy=default.target