diff --git a/prepare-image.sh b/prepare-image.sh
index e4cb76e1..f1db011b 100755
--- a/prepare-image.sh
+++ b/prepare-image.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ echo "install_weak_deps=False" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
 # Tell RPM to skip installing documentation
 echo "tsflags=nodocs" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
 
-dnf install -y epel-release 'dnf-command(config-manager)' python3-pip
+dnf install -y 'dnf-command(config-manager)' \
+    https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-9.noarch.rpm
 dnf config-manager --set-disabled epel
 
 xargs -rtd'\n' dnf install -y < /tmp/"${PKGS_LIST}"
@@ -19,7 +20,5 @@ fi
 
 dnf install -y --enablerepo=epel inotify-tools
 
-python3 -m pip install crudini
-
 dnf clean all
 rm -rf /var/cache/{yum,dnf}/*
diff --git a/runmariadb b/runmariadb
index 8acfa6c3..666767bd 100755
--- a/runmariadb
+++ b/runmariadb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ set -eux
 PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin/
 DATADIR="/var/lib/mysql"
 MARIADB_PASSWORD=${MARIADB_PASSWORD:-"change_me"}
-MARIADB_CONF_FILE="/etc/my.cnf.d/mariadb-server.cnf"
+MARIADB_CONF_FILE="/etc/my.cnf.d/metal3.cnf"
 MARIADB_CERT_FILE=/certs/mariadb/tls.crt
 MARIADB_KEY_FILE=/certs/mariadb/tls.key
 RESTART_CONTAINER_CERTIFICATE_UPDATED=${RESTART_CONTAINER_CERTIFICATE_UPDATED:-"false"}
@@ -33,17 +33,22 @@ if [[ -f "$MARIADB_CERT_FILE" && "${RESTART_CONTAINER_CERTIFICATE_UPDATED}" == "
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d "${DATADIR}/mysql" ]; then
-    crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mysqld max_connections "${MARIADB_MAX_CONNECTIONS}"
-    crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mysqld max_heap_table_size 1M
-    crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mysqld innodb_buffer_pool_size 5M
-    crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mysqld innodb_log_buffer_size 512K
-    crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mysqld user "${USER}"
+    cat > "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" <<EOF
+[mysqld]
+max_connections = "${MARIADB_MAX_CONNECTIONS}"
+max_heap_table_size = 1M
+innodb_buffer_pool_size = 5M
+innodb_log_buffer_size = 512K
+user = "${USER}"
+EOF
 
     # Config MariaDB to enable TLS
     if [ -f "$MARIADB_CERT_FILE" ]; then
-        crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mariadb-10.3 ssl on
-        crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mariadb-10.3 ssl_cert "${MARIADB_CERT_FILE}"
-        crudini --set "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" mariadb-10.3 ssl_key "${MARIADB_KEY_FILE}"
+        cat >> "$MARIADB_CONF_FILE" <<EOF
+ssl
+ssl_cert = ${MARIADB_CERT_FILE}
+ssl_key = ${MARIADB_KEY_FILE}
+EOF
     fi
 
     mysql_install_db --datadir="$DATADIR" --skip-test-db --user="${USER}" --group="${USER}"