diff --git a/providers/os/id/ids/ids.go b/providers/os/id/ids/ids.go
index 3970942ba5..94f14597c1 100644
--- a/providers/os/id/ids/ids.go
+++ b/providers/os/id/ids/ids.go
@@ -10,10 +10,5 @@ const (
 	IdDetector_SshHostkey  = "ssh-host-key"
 	IdDetector_AwsEcs      = "aws-ecs"
 
-	// FIXME: DEPRECATED, remove in v9.0 vv
-	// this is now cloud-detect
-	IdDetector_AwsEc2 = "aws-ec2"
-	// ^^
-
 	// IdDetector_PlatformID = "transport-platform-id" // TODO: how does this work?
 )
diff --git a/providers/os/provider/detector.go b/providers/os/provider/detector.go
index 7465953be5..6b46907efe 100644
--- a/providers/os/provider/detector.go
+++ b/providers/os/provider/detector.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (s *Service) detect(asset *inventory.Asset, conn shared.Connection) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if hasDetector(detectors, ids.IdDetector_CloudDetect, ids.IdDetector_AwsEc2) {
+	if hasDetector(detectors, ids.IdDetector_CloudDetect) {
 		if id, name, related := aws.Detect(conn, asset.Platform); id != "" {
 			asset.PlatformIds = append(asset.PlatformIds, id)
 			asset.Platform.Name = name
diff --git a/providers/os/provider/platform.go b/providers/os/provider/platform.go
index 893ac5f337..86344b2114 100644
--- a/providers/os/provider/platform.go
+++ b/providers/os/provider/platform.go
@@ -147,23 +147,6 @@ func GatherPlatformInfo(conn shared.Connection, pf *inventory.Platform, idDetect
 			}, hostErr
 		}
 		return &PlatformInfo{}, nil
-	case idDetector == ids.IdDetector_AwsEc2:
-		metadata, err := awsec2.Resolve(conn, pf)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		ident, err := metadata.Identify()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if ident.InstanceID != "" {
-			return &PlatformInfo{
-				IDs:                []string{ident.InstanceID},
-				Name:               ident.InstanceName,
-				RelatedPlatformIDs: []string{ident.AccountID},
-			}, nil
-		}
-		return &PlatformInfo{}, nil
 	case idDetector == ids.IdDetector_AwsEcs:
 		metadata, err := awsecs.Resolve(conn, pf)
 		if err != nil {