diff --git a/grype/presenter/cyclonedx/presenter.go b/grype/presenter/cyclonedx/presenter.go
index 61b1c317c75..78565428cc6 100644
--- a/grype/presenter/cyclonedx/presenter.go
+++ b/grype/presenter/cyclonedx/presenter.go
@@ -24,14 +24,14 @@ type Presenter struct {
 }
 
 // NewPresenter is a *Presenter constructor
-func NewPresenter(pb models.PresenterBundle) *Presenter {
+func NewPresenter(pb models.PresenterBundle, format cyclonedx.BOMFileFormat) *Presenter {
 	return &Presenter{
 		results:          pb.Matches,
 		packages:         pb.Packages,
 		metadataProvider: pb.MetadataProvider,
 		srcMetadata:      pb.Context.Source,
 		sbom:             pb.SBOM,
-		format:           cyclonedx.BOMFileFormatJSON,
+		format:           format,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/grype/presenter/cyclonedxvex/presenter.go b/grype/presenter/cyclonedxvex/presenter.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 430415d4f6d..00000000000
--- a/grype/presenter/cyclonedxvex/presenter.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-package cyclonedxvex
-
-import (
-	"io"
-
-	"github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-go"
-	"github.com/anchore/grype/grype/match"
-	"github.com/anchore/grype/grype/pkg"
-	"github.com/anchore/grype/grype/presenter/models"
-	"github.com/anchore/grype/grype/vulnerability"
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/sbom"
-	"github.com/anchore/syft/syft/source"
-)
-
-// Presenter writes a CycloneDX report from the given Matches and Scope contents
-type Presenter struct {
-	results          match.Matches
-	packages         []pkg.Package
-	metadataProvider vulnerability.MetadataProvider
-	srcMetadata      *source.Metadata
-	sbom             *sbom.SBOM
-	format           cyclonedx.BOMFileFormat
-}
-
-func NewPresenter(pb models.PresenterBundle, format cyclonedx.BOMFileFormat) *Presenter {
-	return &Presenter{
-		results:          pb.Matches,
-		packages:         pb.Packages,
-		metadataProvider: pb.MetadataProvider,
-		srcMetadata:      pb.Context.Source,
-		sbom:             pb.SBOM,
-		format:           format,
-	}
-}
-
-// Present creates a CycloneDX-based reporting
-func (pres *Presenter) Present(output io.Writer) error {
-	// update to use syft library
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/grype/presenter/format.go b/grype/presenter/format.go
index 8613c7fff62..9f74b073e3d 100644
--- a/grype/presenter/format.go
+++ b/grype/presenter/format.go
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ func parse(userInput string) format {
 		return jsonFormat
 	case strings.ToLower(tableFormat.String()):
 		return tableFormat
-	case strings.ToLower(cycloneDXFormat.String()):
-		return cycloneDXFormat
 	case strings.ToLower(sarifFormat.String()):
 		return sarifFormat
 	case strings.ToLower(templateFormat.String()):
 		return templateFormat
+	case strings.ToLower(cycloneDXFormat.String()):
+		return cycloneDXFormat
 	case strings.ToLower(embeddedVEXJSON.String()):
 		return embeddedVEXJSON
 	case strings.ToLower(embeddedVEXXML.String()):
diff --git a/grype/presenter/presenter.go b/grype/presenter/presenter.go
index f8b52efce74..e3575a4d58f 100644
--- a/grype/presenter/presenter.go
+++ b/grype/presenter/presenter.go
@@ -29,12 +29,14 @@ func GetPresenter(c Config, pb models.PresenterBundle) Presenter {
 			return table.NewPresenter(pb)
 		}
 		return table.NewPresenter(pb)
+	// NOTE: cyclonedx is identical to embeddedVEXJSON
+	// The cyclonedx library only provides two BOM formats: JSON and XML
 	case cycloneDXFormat:
-		return cyclonedx.NewPresenter(pb)
+		return cyclonedx.NewPresenter(pb, cyclonedxLib.BOMFileFormatJSON)
 	case embeddedVEXJSON:
 		return cyclonedxvex.NewPresenter(pb, cyclonedxLib.BOMFileFormatJSON)
 	case embeddedVEXXML:
-		return cyclonedxvex.NewPresenter(pb, cyclonedxLib.BOMFileFormatXML)
+		return cyclonedx.NewPresenter(pb, cyclonedxLib.BOMFileFormatXML)
 	case sarifFormat:
 		return sarif.NewPresenter(pb)
 	case templateFormat: