diff --git a/config/openshift/v4_16/translate.go b/config/openshift/v4_16/translate.go
index edcffd9a..b66b2a3f 100644
--- a/config/openshift/v4_16/translate.go
+++ b/config/openshift/v4_16/translate.go
@@ -117,7 +117,6 @@ func (c Config) ToMachineConfig4_16Unvalidated(options common.TranslateOptions)
 	if r.IsFatal() {
 		return result.MachineConfig{}, ts, r
 	}
-	ts = translateUserGrubCfg(&cfg, &ts)
 
 	// wrap
 	ts = ts.PrefixPaths(path.New("yaml"), path.New("json", "spec", "config"))
@@ -302,26 +301,3 @@ func validateMCOSupport(mc result.MachineConfig) report.Report {
 	}
 	return r
 }
-
-// fcos config generates a user.cfg file using append; however, OpenShift config
-// does not support append (since MCO does not support it). Let change the file to use contents
-func translateUserGrubCfg(config *types.Config, ts *translate.TranslationSet) translate.TranslationSet {
-	newMappings := translate.NewTranslationSet("json", "json")
-	for i, file := range config.Storage.Files {
-		if file.Path == "/boot/grub2/user.cfg" {
-			if len(file.Append) != 1 {
-				// The number of append objects was different from expected, this file
-				// was created by the user and not via butane GRUB sugar
-				return *ts
-			}
-			fromPath := path.New("json", "storage", "files", i, "append", 0)
-			translatedPath := path.New("json", "storage", "files", i, "contents")
-			config.Storage.Files[i].FileEmbedded1.Contents = file.Append[0]
-			config.Storage.Files[i].FileEmbedded1.Append = nil
-			newMappings.AddFromCommonObject(fromPath, translatedPath, config.Storage.Files[i].FileEmbedded1.Contents)
-
-			return ts.Map(newMappings)
-		}
-	}
-	return *ts
-}
diff --git a/config/openshift/v4_16/translate_test.go b/config/openshift/v4_16/translate_test.go
index eed71140..496eb06c 100644
--- a/config/openshift/v4_16/translate_test.go
+++ b/config/openshift/v4_16/translate_test.go
@@ -272,89 +272,6 @@ func TestTranslateConfig(t *testing.T) {
 				{From: path.New("yaml", "openshift", "fips"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "fips")},
 			},
 		},
-		// Test Grub config
-		{
-			Config{
-				Metadata: Metadata{
-					Name: "z",
-					Labels: map[string]string{
-						ROLE_LABEL_KEY: "z",
-					},
-				},
-				Config: fcos.Config{
-					Grub: fcos.Grub{
-						Users: []fcos.GrubUser{
-							{
-								Name:         "root",
-								PasswordHash: util.StrToPtr("grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.874A958E526409..."),
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			result.MachineConfig{
-				ApiVersion: result.MC_API_VERSION,
-				Kind:       result.MC_KIND,
-				Metadata: result.Metadata{
-					Name: "z",
-					Labels: map[string]string{
-						ROLE_LABEL_KEY: "z",
-					},
-				},
-				Spec: result.Spec{
-					Config: types.Config{
-						Ignition: types.Ignition{
-							Version: "3.4.0",
-						},
-						Storage: types.Storage{
-							Filesystems: []types.Filesystem{
-								{
-									Device: "/dev/disk/by-label/boot",
-									Format: util.StrToPtr("ext4"),
-									Path:   util.StrToPtr("/boot"),
-								},
-							},
-							Files: []types.File{
-								{
-									Node: types.Node{
-										Path: "/boot/grub2/user.cfg",
-									},
-									FileEmbedded1: types.FileEmbedded1{
-										Contents: types.Resource{
-											Source:      util.StrToPtr("data:,%23%20Generated%20by%20Butane%0A%0Aset%20superusers%3D%22root%22%0Apassword_pbkdf2%20root%20grub.pbkdf2.sha512.10000.874A958E526409...%0A"),
-											Compression: util.StrToPtr(""),
-										},
-									},
-								},
-							},
-						},
-					},
-				},
-			},
-			[]translate.Translation{
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "version"), To: path.New("json", "apiVersion")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "version"), To: path.New("json", "kind")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "version"), To: path.New("json", "spec")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "ignition"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "ignition")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "version"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "ignition", "version")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "filesystems")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "filesystems", 0)},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "filesystems", 0, "path")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "filesystems", 0, "device")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "filesystems", 0, "format")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "files")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "files", 0)},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "files", 0, "path")},
-				// "append" field is a remnant of translations performed in fcos config
-				// TODO: add a delete function to translation.TranslationSet and delete "append" translation
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "files", 0, "append")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "files", 0, "contents")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "files", 0, "contents", "source")},
-				{From: path.New("yaml", "grub", "users"), To: path.New("json", "spec", "config", "storage", "files", 0, "contents", "compression")},
-			},
-		},
 	}
 
 	for i, test := range tests {