diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9574054762..75f44a093e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ ETCDIR ?= /etc
 LIBDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/lib
 TMPFILESDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/tmpfiles.d
 USERTMPFILESDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/user-tmpfiles.d
-MODULESLOADDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/modules-load.d
 SYSTEMDDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/systemd/system
 USERSYSTEMDDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/systemd/user
 SYSTEMDGENERATORSDIR ?= ${LIBDIR}/systemd/system-generators
@@ -921,11 +920,6 @@ install.testing:
 	install ${SELINUXOPT} -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)
 	install ${SELINUXOPT} -m 755 bin/podman-testing $(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/podman-testing
 
-.PHONY: install.modules-load
-install.modules-load: # This should only be used by distros which might use iptables-legacy, this is not needed on RHEL
-	install ${SELINUXOPT} -m 755 -d $(DESTDIR)${MODULESLOADDIR}
-	install ${SELINUXOPT} -m 644 contrib/modules-load.d/podman-iptables.conf $(DESTDIR)${MODULESLOADDIR}/podman-iptables.conf
-
 .PHONY: install.man
 install.man:
 	install ${SELINUXOPT} -d -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(MANDIR)/man1
diff --git a/contrib/modules-load.d/podman-iptables.conf b/contrib/modules-load.d/podman-iptables.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 001ef8af84..0000000000
--- a/contrib/modules-load.d/podman-iptables.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-# On fedora 36 ip_tables is no longer auto loaded and rootless user have no permsissions to load it.
-# When we have actual nftables support in the future we might want to revisit this.
-# If you use iptables-nft this is not needed.
-ip_tables
-ip6_tables
diff --git a/rpm/podman.spec b/rpm/podman.spec
index fd89e342f4..e0f0021bc2 100644
--- a/rpm/podman.spec
+++ b/rpm/podman.spec
@@ -296,11 +296,6 @@ PODMAN_VERSION=%{version} %{__make} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} PREFIX=%{_prefix} ETCDI
        install.remote \
        install.testing
 
-# See above for the iptables.conf declaration
-%if %{defined fedora} && 0%{?fedora} < 41
-%{__make} DESTDIR=%{buildroot} MODULESLOADDIR=%{_modulesloaddir} install.modules-load
-%endif
-
 sed -i 's;%{buildroot};;g' %{buildroot}%{_bindir}/docker
 
 # do not include docker and podman-remote man pages in main package