diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
index d7a2d3c8d..bb1c16e00 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/defaults/main.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ ipa_file_protocol: "http"
 ipa_upstream_release: "master"
 use_tinyipa: false
 
-ipxe_efi_binary: ipxe.efi
+ipxe_efi_binary: snponly.efi
 
 tarballs_base_url: "https://tarballs.opendev.org/openstack/ironic-python-agent"
 ipa_download_headers: {}
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/create_tftpboot.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/create_tftpboot.yml
index 19ada9940..86b4e0f04 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/create_tftpboot.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/tasks/create_tftpboot.yml
@@ -93,25 +93,6 @@
     mode: "0644"
     remote_src: true
 
-# NOTE(TheJulia): Copy full iPXE chain loader images in case they are required.
-- name: "Copy full iPXE image into {{ http_boot_folder }}/"
-  copy:
-    src: "{{ ipxe_dir }}/{{ ipxe_full_binary }}"
-    dest: "{{ http_boot_folder }}/"
-    owner: ironic
-    group: ironic
-    mode: "0644"
-    remote_src: true
-
-- name: "Copy full iPXE image into {{ tftp_boot_folder }}"
-  copy:
-    src: "{{ ipxe_dir }}/{{ ipxe_full_binary }}"
-    dest: "{{ tftp_boot_folder }}"
-    owner: ironic
-    group: ironic
-    mode: "0644"
-    remote_src: true
-
 - name: "Set grub2 and shim paths for Debian and Red Hat systems"
   set_fact:
     grub_efi_source: /usr/lib/ironic/grub-efi
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/debian.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/debian.yml
index fe7153038..6c6f7ee46 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/debian.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/debian.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 ---
 init_dest_dir: /lib/systemd/system/
 ipxe_dir: /usr/lib/ipxe/
-ipxe_full_binary: ipxe.pxe
 ironic_rootwrap_dir: /usr/local/bin/
 mysql_service_name: mysql
 tftp_service_name: tftpd-hpa
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/redhat.yml b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/redhat.yml
index 3c7a045fe..c5ec50325 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/redhat.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/bifrost-ironic-install/vars/redhat.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
 init_dest_dir: /usr/lib/systemd/system/
 ipxe_dir: /usr/share/ipxe/
-ipxe_full_binary: ipxe.lkrn
-ipxe_efi_binary: ipxe-x86_64.efi
+ipxe_efi_binary: ipxe-snponly-x86_64.efi
 ironic_rootwrap_dir: /usr/bin/
 mysql_service_name: mariadb
 tftp_service_name: tftp
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/snponly-7853afea1446a161.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/snponly-7853afea1446a161.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f808e16eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/snponly-7853afea1446a161.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+upgrade:
+  - |
+    Switches to using the *snponly* binary for iPXE on UEFI instead of the
+    default ``ipxe.efi``. This has been recommended by the Ironic project for
+    some time since ``snponly.efi`` generally has more stable networking
+    support. Change the ``ipxe_efi_binary`` variable to revert if needed.
+  - |
+    No longer installs the full iPXE binary (``ipxe.pxe``) that is not used by
+    Ironic.