diff --git a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/init.go b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/init.go
index 3681905beb3c..9d6eafbdbf9d 100644
--- a/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/init.go
+++ b/cmd/clusterctl/cmd/init.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ type initOptions struct {
 	ipamProviders             []string
 	runtimeExtensionProviders []string
 	targetNamespace           string
-	listImages                bool
 	validate                  bool
 	waitProviders             bool
 	waitProviderTimeout       int
@@ -114,10 +112,6 @@ func init() {
 	initCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&initOpts.validate, "validate", true,
 		"If true, clusterctl will validate that the deployments will succeed on the management cluster.")
 
-	initCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&initOpts.listImages, "list-images", false,
-		"Lists the container images required for initializing the management cluster (without actually installing the providers)")
-	_ = initCmd.Flags().MarkDeprecated("list-images", "use 'clusterctl init list-images' instead.")
-
 	initCmd.AddCommand(initListImagesCmd)
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(initCmd)
 }
@@ -143,18 +137,6 @@ func runInit() error {
 		IgnoreValidationErrors:    !initOpts.validate,
 	}
 
-	if initOpts.listImages {
-		images, err := c.InitImages(options)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		for _, i := range images {
-			fmt.Println(i)
-		}
-		return nil
-	}
-
 	if _, err := c.Init(options); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/docs/book/src/developer/providers/v1.3-to-v1.4.md b/docs/book/src/developer/providers/v1.3-to-v1.4.md
index 90c4262780cb..f4ff350bc7aa 100644
--- a/docs/book/src/developer/providers/v1.3-to-v1.4.md
+++ b/docs/book/src/developer/providers/v1.3-to-v1.4.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ maintainers of providers and consumers of our Go API.
 - `clusterctl backup` has been removed.
 - `MachineHealthCheckSuccededCondition` condition type has been removed.
 - `CloneTemplate` and `CloneTemplateInput` has been removed.
+- The option `--list-images` from `init` subcommand has been removed.
 
 ### API Changes