diff --git a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
index a9f3e4fe9..245fcfcf5 100644
--- a/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/download/defaults/main.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,6 @@ kubeadm_download_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release
 etcd_download_url: "https://github.com/etcd-io/etcd/releases/download/{{ etcd_version }}/etcd-{{ etcd_version }}-linux-{{ image_arch }}.tar.gz"
 cni_download_url: "https://github.com/containernetworking/plugins/releases/download/{{ cni_version }}/cni-plugins-linux-{{ image_arch }}-{{ cni_version }}.tgz"
 calicoctl_download_url: "https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/releases/download/{{ calico_ctl_version }}/calicoctl-linux-{{ image_arch }}"
-calicoctl_alternate_download_url: "https://github.com/projectcalico/calicoctl/releases/download/{{ calico_ctl_version }}/calicoctl-linux-{{ image_arch }}"
 calico_crds_download_url: "https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/archive/{{ calico_version }}.tar.gz"
 ciliumcli_download_url: "https://github.com/cilium/cilium-cli/releases/download/{{ cilium_cli_version }}/cilium-linux-{{ image_arch }}.tar.gz"
 crictl_download_url: "https://github.com/kubernetes-sigs/cri-tools/releases/download/{{ crictl_version }}/crictl-{{ crictl_version }}-{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ image_arch }}.tar.gz"
@@ -647,7 +646,6 @@ ciliumcli_binary_checksums:
 calico_crds_archive_checksums:
   v3.23.3: d25f5c9a3adeba63219f3c8425a8475ebfbca485376a78193ec1e4c74e7a6115
   v3.22.4: e72e7b8b26256950c1ce0042ac85fa83700154dae9723c8d007de88343f6a7e5
-  v3.21.6: db4fa80b79b39853f0b1a04d875c110b637dd8754bf7b4cec06ae510fb8a2acd
 
 krew_archive_checksums:
   linux:
@@ -1480,7 +1478,6 @@ downloads:
     sha256: "{{ calicoctl_binary_checksum }}"
     url: "{{ calicoctl_download_url }}"
     mirrors:
-    - "{{ calicoctl_alternate_download_url }}"
     - "{{ calicoctl_download_url }}"
     unarchive: false
     owner: "root"