diff --git a/client/system/detect_cloud/detect.go b/client/system/detect_cloud/detect.go
index 3bbff434580..8a8de763eb2 100644
--- a/client/system/detect_cloud/detect.go
+++ b/client/system/detect_cloud/detect.go
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ func Detect(ctx context.Context) string {
 		detectDigitalOcean,
 		detectGCP,
 		detectOracle,
-		detectIBMCloud,
-		detectSoftlayer,
 		detectVultr,
 	}
 
diff --git a/client/system/detect_cloud/gcp.go b/client/system/detect_cloud/gcp.go
index c673f893739..a24c38c0c6b 100644
--- a/client/system/detect_cloud/gcp.go
+++ b/client/system/detect_cloud/gcp.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func detectGCP(ctx context.Context) string {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", "http://metadata.google.internal", nil)
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", "http://169.254.169.254", nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ""
 	}
diff --git a/client/system/detect_cloud/ibmcloud.go b/client/system/detect_cloud/ibmcloud.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 07de6a2ee11..00000000000
--- a/client/system/detect_cloud/ibmcloud.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-package detect_cloud
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-func detectIBMCloud(ctx context.Context) string {
-	v1ResultChan := make(chan bool, 1)
-	v2ResultChan := make(chan bool, 1)
-
-	go func() {
-		v1ResultChan <- detectIBMSecure(ctx)
-	}()
-
-	go func() {
-		v2ResultChan <- detectIBM(ctx)
-	}()
-
-	v1Result, v2Result := <-v1ResultChan, <-v2ResultChan
-
-	if v1Result || v2Result {
-		return "IBM Cloud"
-	}
-	return ""
-}
-
-func detectIBMSecure(ctx context.Context) bool {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "PUT", "https://api.metadata.cloud.ibm.com/instance_identity/v1/token", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	resp, err := hc.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	return resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK
-}
-
-func detectIBM(ctx context.Context) bool {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "PUT", "http://api.metadata.cloud.ibm.com/instance_identity/v1/token", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	resp, err := hc.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-	return resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK
-}
diff --git a/client/system/detect_cloud/softlayer.go b/client/system/detect_cloud/softlayer.go
deleted file mode 100644
index a09b522c454..00000000000
--- a/client/system/detect_cloud/softlayer.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package detect_cloud
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"net/http"
-)
-
-func detectSoftlayer(ctx context.Context) string {
-	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", "https://api.service.softlayer.com/rest/v3/SoftLayer_Resource_Metadata/UserMetadata.txt", nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-
-	resp, err := hc.Do(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ""
-	}
-	defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusOK {
-		// Since SoftLayer was acquired by IBM, we should return "IBM Cloud"
-		return "IBM Cloud"
-	}
-	return ""
-}