diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/alpine/imds b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/alpine/imds
deleted file mode 120000
index 104b5ca..0000000
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/alpine/imds
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../nocloud/imds
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/alpine/init b/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/nocloud/init
similarity index 100%
rename from lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/alpine/init
rename to lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/nocloud/init
diff --git a/lib/tiny-cloud/init b/lib/tiny-cloud/init
index c257cda..b874497 100644
--- a/lib/tiny-cloud/init
+++ b/lib/tiny-cloud/init
@@ -295,6 +295,11 @@ init__set_ssh_keys() {
 
 ### load cloud-specific init functions / vars (potentially overriding)
 
+if [ "$CLOUD" = "alpine" ]; then
+	log -i -t "$phase" warn "CLOUD provider alpine is deprecated. Use nocloud"
+	CLOUD="nocloud"
+fi
+
 if [ -f "$LIBDIR/tiny-cloud/cloud/$CLOUD/init" ]; then
 	. "$LIBDIR/tiny-cloud/cloud/$CLOUD/init"
 fi
diff --git a/tests/imds.test b/tests/imds.test
index 366e763..47e8a7a 100755
--- a/tests/imds.test
+++ b/tests/imds.test
@@ -5,13 +5,12 @@
 . $(atf_get_srcdir)/test_env.sh
 
 export PREFIX="$srcdir"
-PROVIDERS="alpine aws azure gcp nocloud scaleway"
+PROVIDERS="aws azure gcp nocloud scaleway"
 
 init_tests \
 	imds_help \
 	imds_space \
 	\
-	imds_hostname_alpine \
 	imds_hostname_aws \
 	imds_hostname_azure \
 	imds_hostname_gcp \
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ init_tests \
 	imds_hostname_scaleway \
 	imds_hostname_hetzner \
 	\
-	imds_local_hostname_alpine \
 	imds_local_hostname_aws \
 	imds_local_hostname_azure \
 	imds_local_hostname_gcp \
@@ -29,7 +27,6 @@ init_tests \
 	imds_local_hostname_scaleway \
 	imds_local_hostname_hetzner \
 	\
-	imds_ssh_keys_alpine \
 	imds_ssh_keys_aws \
 	imds_ssh_keys_azure \
 	imds_ssh_keys_gcp \
@@ -68,7 +65,6 @@ check_hostname() {
 	EOF
 	CLOUD="$1" atf_check -o match:"myhostname" imds @hostname
 }
-imds_hostname_alpine_body()	{ check_hostname alpine; }
 imds_hostname_aws_body()	{ check_hostname aws; }
 imds_hostname_azure_body()	{ check_hostname azure; }
 imds_hostname_gcp_body()	{ check_hostname gcp; }
@@ -97,7 +93,6 @@ check_local_hostname() {
 	EOF
 	CLOUD="$1" atf_check -o match:"myhostname" imds @local-hostname
 }
-imds_local_hostname_alpine_body()	{ check_local_hostname alpine; }
 imds_local_hostname_aws_body()		{ check_local_hostname aws; }
 imds_local_hostname_azure_body()	{ check_local_hostname azure; }
 imds_local_hostname_gcp_body()		{ check_local_hostname gcp; }
@@ -135,7 +130,6 @@ check_ssh_keys() {
 	EOF
 	CLOUD="$1" atf_check -o match:"$key" imds @ssh-keys
 }
-imds_ssh_keys_alpine_body()	{ check_ssh_keys alpine; }
 imds_ssh_keys_aws_body()	{ check_ssh_keys aws; }
 imds_ssh_keys_azure_body()	{ check_ssh_keys azure; }
 imds_ssh_keys_gcp_body()	{ check_ssh_keys gcp; }
diff --git a/tests/init.test b/tests/init.test
index 21a42ea..5ebfa8e 100755
--- a/tests/init.test
+++ b/tests/init.test
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ init_tests \
 	userdata_type \
 	run_userdata
 
-PROVIDERS="alpine aws azure gcp nocloud oci scaleway hetzner"
+PROVIDERS="aws azure gcp nocloud oci scaleway hetzner"
 
 expand_root_body() {
 	mkdir proc
diff --git a/tests/tiny-cloud-alpine.test b/tests/tiny-cloud-alpine.test
index e0a1866..0dba727 100755
--- a/tests/tiny-cloud-alpine.test
+++ b/tests/tiny-cloud-alpine.test
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@
 
 export PREFIX="$srcdir"
 export MOCK=echo
-export CLOUD=alpine
-lib="$srcdir"/lib/tiny-cloud/cloud/alpine/init
+export CLOUD=nocloud
 
 init_tests \
 	set_ephemeral_network_cmdline \