diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
index 502dfd612c..1507c928e5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus.yml
@@ -44,19 +44,6 @@
   variables:
     QEMU_JOB_CIRRUS: 1
 
-x64-freebsd-12-build:
-  extends: .cirrus_build_job
-  variables:
-    NAME: freebsd-12
-    CIRRUS_VM_INSTANCE_TYPE: freebsd_instance
-    CIRRUS_VM_IMAGE_SELECTOR: image_family
-    CIRRUS_VM_IMAGE_NAME: freebsd-12-4
-    CIRRUS_VM_CPUS: 8
-    CIRRUS_VM_RAM: 8G
-    UPDATE_COMMAND: pkg update; pkg upgrade -y
-    INSTALL_COMMAND: pkg install -y
-    TEST_TARGETS: check
-
 x64-freebsd-13-build:
   extends: .cirrus_build_job
   variables:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars b/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
deleted file mode 100644
index 44d8a2a511..0000000000
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/cirrus/freebsd-12.vars
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# THIS FILE WAS AUTO-GENERATED
-#
-#  $ lcitool variables freebsd-12 qemu
-#
-# https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt-ci
-
-CCACHE='/usr/local/bin/ccache'
-CPAN_PKGS=''
-CROSS_PKGS=''
-MAKE='/usr/local/bin/gmake'
-NINJA='/usr/local/bin/ninja'
-PACKAGING_COMMAND='pkg'
-PIP3='/usr/local/bin/pip-3.8'
-PKGS='alsa-lib bash bison bzip2 ca_root_nss capstone4 ccache cdrkit-genisoimage cmocka ctags curl cyrus-sasl dbus diffutils dtc flex fusefs-libs3 gettext git glib gmake gnutls gsed gtk3 json-c libepoxy libffi libgcrypt libjpeg-turbo libnfs libslirp libspice-server libssh libtasn1 llvm lzo2 meson ncurses nettle ninja opencv pixman pkgconf png py39-numpy py39-pillow py39-pip py39-sphinx py39-sphinx_rtd_theme py39-yaml python3 rpm2cpio sdl2 sdl2_image snappy sndio socat spice-protocol tesseract usbredir virglrenderer vte3 zstd'
-PYPI_PKGS=''
-PYTHON='/usr/local/bin/python3'
diff --git a/tests/lcitool/refresh b/tests/lcitool/refresh
index 33ef1282da..f1570b54df 100755
--- a/tests/lcitool/refresh
+++ b/tests/lcitool/refresh
@@ -182,7 +182,6 @@ try:
     #
     # Cirrus packages lists for GitLab
     #
-    generate_cirrus("freebsd-12")
     generate_cirrus("freebsd-13")
     generate_cirrus("macos-12")