diff --git a/acceptance/tests/base/host_prebuilt_steps/ssh_environment_test.rb b/acceptance/tests/base/host_prebuilt_steps/ssh_environment_test.rb
index 23ea5e17a..d645fcfe5 100644
--- a/acceptance/tests/base/host_prebuilt_steps/ssh_environment_test.rb
+++ b/acceptance/tests/base/host_prebuilt_steps/ssh_environment_test.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 test_name "confirm host prebuilt steps behave correctly" do
-  confine_block :except, :platform => /f5|windows/ do
+  confine_block :except, :platform => /windows/ do
     step "confirm ssh environment file existence" do
       hosts.each do |host|
         assert(host.file_exist?(host[:ssh_env_file]))
diff --git a/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb b/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb
index fa7e2b714..ca88425f5 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/host/unix.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def external_copy_base
     #   nil if it should run.
     def skip_set_env?
       case self['platform'].variant
-      when /^(f5|netscaler)$/
+      when 'netscaler'
         "no puppet-agent package for network device platform '#{self['platform'].variant}'"
       end
     end
diff --git a/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb b/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
index 4e9a84de1..350177b46 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps.rb
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ def host_packages(host)
       when /fedora/
         FEDORA_PACKAGES
       else
-        if !/aix|solaris|osx-|f5-|netscaler|cisco_/.match?(host['platform'])
+        if !/aix|solaris|osx-|netscaler|cisco_/.match?(host['platform'])
           UNIX_PACKAGES
         else
           []
@@ -376,8 +376,7 @@ def enable_root_login host, opts
         elsif host['platform'].include?('solaris-11')
           host.exec(Command.new("if grep \"root::::type=role\" /etc/user_attr; then sudo rolemod -K type=normal root; else echo \"root user already type=normal\"; fi"), { :pty => true })
           host.exec(Command.new("sudo gsed -i -e 's/PermitRootLogin no/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config"), { :pty => true })
-        elsif host['platform'].include?('f5') || host.is_powershell?
-          # interacting with f5 should using tmsh
+        elsif host.is_powershell?
           logger.warn("Attempting to enable root login non-supported platform: #{host.name}: #{host['platform']}")
         elsif host.is_cygwin?
           host.exec(Command.new("sed -ri 's/^#?PermitRootLogin /PermitRootLogin yes/' /etc/sshd_config"), { :pty => true })
diff --git a/lib/beaker/platform.rb b/lib/beaker/platform.rb
index 85232b05a..71e762ae3 100644
--- a/lib/beaker/platform.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker/platform.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ module Beaker
   class Platform < String
     # Supported platforms
     # rubocop:disable Layout/LineLength
-    PLATFORMS = /^(alpine|amazon|huaweios|cisco_nexus|cisco_ios_xr|(free|open)bsd|osx|centos|fedora|debian|oracle|redhat|redhatfips|scientific|opensuse|sles|ubuntu|windows|solaris|aix|archlinux|el|eos|cumulus|f5|netscaler)\-.+\-.+$/
+    PLATFORMS = /^(alpine|amazon|huaweios|cisco_nexus|cisco_ios_xr|(free|open)bsd|osx|centos|fedora|debian|oracle|redhat|redhatfips|scientific|opensuse|sles|ubuntu|windows|solaris|aix|archlinux|el|eos|cumulus|netscaler)\-.+\-.+$/
     # rubocop:enable Layout/LineLength
     # Platform version numbers vs. codenames conversion hash
     PLATFORM_VERSION_CODES =
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ class Platform < String
     # * aix
     # * el
     # * cumulus
-    # * f5
     # * netscaler
     # * archlinux
     def initialize(name)
diff --git a/spec/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps_spec.rb b/spec/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps_spec.rb
index 4e7d47702..324eb936e 100644
--- a/spec/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/beaker/host_prebuilt_steps_spec.rb
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
     end
   end
 
-  it_behaves_like 'enables_root_login', 'f5', []
   # Non-cygwin Windows
   it_behaves_like 'enables_root_login', 'pswindows', [], false
 
@@ -570,29 +569,6 @@
       test_host_ssh_calls('windows')
     end
 
-    it "skips an f5 host correctly" do
-      host = make_host('name', {
-                         :platform => 'f5-stuff',
-                         :ssh_env_file => 'ssh_env_file',
-                         :is_cygwin => true,
-                       })
-      opts = {
-        :env1_key => :env1_value,
-        :env2_key => :env2_value,
-      }
-      allow(host).to receive(:skip_set_env?).and_return('f5 say NO')
-
-      expect(subject).to receive(:construct_env).exactly(0).times
-      expect(Beaker::Command).to receive(:new).exactly(0).times
-      expect(host).to receive(:add_env_var).exactly(0).times
-      opts.each_pair do |key, value|
-        expect(host).to receive(:add_env_var).with(key, value).exactly(0).times
-      end
-      expect(host).to receive(:exec).exactly(0).times
-
-      subject.set_env(host, options.merge(opts))
-    end
-
     it 'skips a cisco host correctly' do
       host = make_host('name', {
                          :platform => 'cisco_nexus-7-x86_64',