diff --git a/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf b/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf
index 11ff82083..184156efb 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/aarch64-update_installer.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FILES=()
 HOOKS=(archboot_cache archboot_cache_cleanup archboot_firmware archboot_firmware_cleanup \
 archboot_base_common archboot_base_common_cleanup archboot_base archboot_base_cleanup \
 archboot_filesystems archboot_filesystems_cleanup archboot_net archboot_net_cleanup \
-block dmraid lvm2 encrypt btrfs keyboard archboot_acpi kms udev archboot_cpufreq \
+block lvm2 encrypt btrfs keyboard archboot_acpi kms udev archboot_cpufreq \
 archboot_devicemapper archboot_hypervisor archboot_net_common archboot_platform archboot_wireless \
 archboot_wireless_staging archboot_installer_common archboot_installer archboot_installer_cleanup \
 archboot_tz archboot_keymap archboot_motd archboot_hwdetect  archboot_mdadm mdadm_udev \
diff --git a/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf b/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
index e54380286..beaeeb472 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/aarch64.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ FILES=()
 # Please change the hooks only if you know what you are doing.
 HOOKS=(kms udev archboot_base_common archboot_base archboot_installer_common \
 archboot_installer archboot_tz archboot_keymap archboot_acpi archboot_motd archboot_hwdetect \
-block archboot_net_common archboot_net keyboard dmraid archboot_devicemapper archboot_mdadm \
+block archboot_net_common archboot_net keyboard archboot_devicemapper archboot_mdadm \
 mdadm_udev lvm2 archboot_lvm2 encrypt btrfs archboot_filesystems archboot_remote archboot_cpufreq \
 archboot_kexec archboot_grub archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils archboot_usbutils \
 archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_wireless archboot_wireless_staging \
diff --git a/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf b/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf
index 74f0671c9..5988eea67 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/riscv64-update_installer.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FILES=()
 HOOKS=(archboot_cache archboot_cache_cleanup archboot_firmware archboot_firmware_cleanup \
 archboot_base_common archboot_base_common_cleanup archboot_base archboot_base_cleanup \
 archboot_filesystems archboot_filesystems_cleanup archboot_net archboot_net_cleanup \
-block dmraid lvm2 encrypt btrfs keyboard archboot_acpi kms udev archboot_devicemapper \
+block lvm2 encrypt btrfs keyboard archboot_acpi kms udev archboot_devicemapper \
 archboot_hypervisor archboot_net_common archboot_platform archboot_wireless \
 archboot_wireless_staging archboot_installer_common archboot_installer archboot_installer_cleanup \
 archboot_tz archboot_keymap archboot_motd archboot_hwdetect  archboot_mdadm mdadm_udev \
diff --git a/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf b/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf
index 974358b44..55f0c0c0e 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/riscv64.conf
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ FILES=()
 # Please change the hooks only if you know what you are doing.
 HOOKS=(kms udev archboot_base_common archboot_base archboot_installer_common \
 archboot_installer archboot_tz archboot_keymap archboot_acpi archboot_motd archboot_hwdetect \
-block archboot_net_common archboot_net keyboard dmraid archboot_devicemapper archboot_mdadm \
+block archboot_net_common archboot_net keyboard archboot_devicemapper archboot_mdadm \
 mdadm_udev lvm2 archboot_lvm2 encrypt btrfs archboot_filesystems archboot_remote \
 archboot_kexec archboot_grub archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils archboot_usbutils \
 archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_wireless archboot_wireless_staging \
diff --git a/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf b/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf
index 22fbbbcf5..99d7de86d 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/x86_64-update_installer.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FILES=()
 HOOKS=(archboot_cache archboot_cache_cleanup archboot_firmware archboot_firmware_cleanup \
 archboot_base_common archboot_base_common_cleanup archboot_base archboot_base_cleanup \
 archboot_filesystems archboot_filesystems_cleanup archboot_net archboot_net_cleanup block \
-dmraid lvm2 encrypt btrfs keyboard archboot_acpi kms udev archboot_cpufreq \
+lvm2 encrypt btrfs keyboard archboot_acpi kms udev archboot_cpufreq \
 archboot_devicemapper archboot_pcspkr archboot_hypervisor archboot_net_common \
 archboot_dmidecode archboot_platform archboot_wireless archboot_wireless_staging \
 archboot_installer_common archboot_installer archboot_installer_cleanup archboot_tz \
diff --git a/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf b/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf
index fe80a872b..a4400293a 100644
--- a/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf
+++ b/etc/archboot/x86_64.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ FILES=()
 HOOKS=(kms udev archboot_base_common archboot_base archboot_installer_common \
 archboot_installer archboot_tz archboot_keymap archboot_acpi archboot_motd \
 archboot_hwdetect block archboot_pcspkr archboot_net_common archboot_net keyboard \
-dmraid archboot_devicemapper archboot_mdadm mdadm_udev lvm2 archboot_lvm2 encrypt \
+archboot_devicemapper archboot_mdadm mdadm_udev lvm2 archboot_lvm2 encrypt \
 btrfs archboot_filesystems archboot_remote archboot_cpufreq archboot_kexec \
 archboot_grub archboot_refind archboot_efibootmgr archboot_pciutils archboot_usbutils \
 archboot_smartmontools archboot_licenses archboot_wireless archboot_wireless_staging \
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/autoconfiguration.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/autoconfiguration.sh
index 5d6485cfc..94e8f97c4 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/autoconfiguration.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/autoconfiguration.sh
@@ -127,15 +127,9 @@ _auto_mkinitcpio() {
         grep -q "^amdgpu" /proc/modules && _FBPARAMETER="--amd-kms"
         grep -q "^i915" /proc/modules && _FBPARAMETER="--intel-kms"
         grep -q "^nouveau" /proc/modules && _FBPARAMETER="--nvidia-kms"
-        # check on nfs,dmraid and keymap HWPARAMETER
+        # check on nfs and keymap HWPARAMETER
         # check on used keymap, if not us keyboard layout
         ! grep -q '^KEYMAP="us"' "${_DESTDIR}"/etc/vconsole.conf && _HWPARAMETER="${_HWPARAMETER} --keymap"
-        # check on dmraid
-        if [[ -e ${_DESTDIR}/lib/initcpio/hooks/dmraid ]]; then
-            if ! dmraid -r | grep ^no; then
-                _HWPARAMETER="${_HWPARAMETER} --dmraid"
-            fi
-        fi
         # get kernel version
         if [[ "${_RUNNING_ARCH}" == "x86_64" ]]; then
             offset=$(hexdump -s 526 -n 2 -e '"%0d"' "${_DESTDIR}/boot/${_VMLINUZ}")
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/blockdevices.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/blockdevices.sh
index 4e52818b3..dca986ab0 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/blockdevices.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/blockdevices.sh
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ _blockdevices() {
      # all available block disk devices
      for dev in $(${_LSBLK} NAME,TYPE | grep "disk$" | cut -d' ' -f1); do
          # exclude checks:
-         #- dmraid_devices
-         #  ${_LSBLK} TYPE ${dev} | grep "dmraid"
          #- iso9660 devices
          #  (${_LSBLK} FSTYPE ${dev} | grep "iso9660"
          #- fakeraid isw devices
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ _blockdevices() {
          #  ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE ${dev} | grep "ddf_raid_member"
          # - zram devices
          #  echo "${dev}" | grep -q 'zram'
-         if ! ${_LSBLK} TYPE "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "dmraid" && ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "iso9660" && ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "isw_raid_member" && ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "ddf_raid_member" && ! echo "${dev}" | grep -q 'zram'; then
+         if ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "iso9660" && ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "isw_raid_member" && ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "ddf_raid_member" && ! echo "${dev}" | grep -q 'zram'; then
              echo "${dev}"
              [[ "${1}" ]] && echo "${1}"
          fi
@@ -131,10 +129,6 @@ _partitionable_raid_devices_partitions() {
 
 # lists dmraid devices
 _dmraid_devices() {
-    for dev in $(${_LSBLK} NAME,TYPE 2>/dev/null | grep "dmraid$" | cut -d' ' -f 1 | grep -v "_.*p.*$" | sort -u); do
-            echo "${dev}"
-            [[ "${1}" ]] && echo "${1}"
-    done
     # isw_raid_member, managed by mdadm
     for dev in $(${_LSBLK} NAME,TYPE 2>/dev/null | grep " raid.*$" | cut -d' ' -f 1 | sort -u); do
         if ${_LSBLK} NAME,FSTYPE -s "${dev}" | grep "isw_raid_member$"; then
@@ -154,23 +148,6 @@ _dmraid_devices() {
 # dmraid_partitions
 # - show dmraid partitions
 _dmraid_partitions() {
-    for part in $(${_LSBLK} NAME,TYPE | grep "dmraid$" | cut -d' ' -f 1 | grep "_.*p.*$" | sort -u); do
-        # exclude checks:
-        # - part of lvm2 device
-        #   ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE ${dev} | grep "LVM2_member"
-        # - part of luks device
-        #   ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE ${dev} | grep "crypto_LUKS"
-        # - part of raid device
-        #   ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE ${dev} | grep "linux_raid_member$"
-        # - extended partition
-        #   $(sfdisk -l 2>/dev/null | grep "${part}" | grep "Extended$"
-        # - extended partition (LBA)
-        #   sfdisk -l 2>/dev/null | grep "${part}" | grep "(LBA)$")
-        if ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${part}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "crypto_LUKS$" && ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${part}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "LVM2_member$" && ! ${_LSBLK} FSTYPE "${part}" 2>/dev/null | grep -q "linux_raid_member$" && ! sfdisk -l 2>/dev/null | grep "${part}" | grep -q "Extended$"&& ! sfdisk -l 2>/dev/null | grep "${part}" | grep -q "(LBA)$"; then
-            echo "${part}"
-            [[ "${1}" ]] && echo "${1}"
-        fi
-    done
     # isw_raid_member, managed by mdadm
     for dev in $(${_LSBLK} NAME,TYPE | grep " md$" | cut -d' ' -f 1 | sort -u); do
         if ${_LSBLK} NAME,FSTYPE -s "${dev}" 2>/dev/null | grep "isw_raid_member$" | cut -d' ' -f 1; then
@@ -230,16 +207,6 @@ _findbootloaderdisks() {
     fi
 }
 
-# activate_dmraid()
-# activate dmraid devices
-_activate_dmraid()
-{
-    if [[ -e /usr/bin/dmraid ]]; then
-        _dialog --infobox "Activating dmraid arrays..." 0 0
-        dmraid -ay -I -Z >/dev/null 2>&1
-    fi
-}
-
 # activate_lvm2
 # activate lvm2 devices
 _activate_lvm2()
@@ -296,14 +263,13 @@ _activate_luks()
 
 # _activate_special_devices()
 # activate special devices:
-# activate dmraid, lvm2 and raid devices, if not already activated during bootup!
+# activate lvm2 and raid devices, if not already activated during bootup!
 # run it more times if needed, it can be hidden by each other!
 _activate_special_devices()
 {
     _RAID_READY=""
     _LUKS_READY=""
     _LVM2_READY=""
-    _activate_dmraid
     while [[ -n "${_LVM2_READY}" && -n "${_RAID_READY}" && -n "${_LUKS_READY}" ]]; do
         _activate_raid
         _activate_lvm2
@@ -475,27 +441,6 @@ _stopluks()
     [[ -e /tmp/.crypttab ]] && rm /tmp/.crypttab
 }
 
-#_dmraid_update
-_dmraid_update()
-{
-    _printk off
-    _dialog --infobox "Deactivating dmraid devices ..." 0 0
-    dmraid -an >/dev/null 2>&1
-    if [[ -n "${_DETECTED_LVM}" || -n "${_DETECTED_LUKS}" ]]; then
-        _dialog --defaultno --yesno "Setup detected running dmraid devices and/or running lvm2, luks encrypted devices. If you reduced/deleted partitions on your dmraid device a complete reset of devicemapper devices is needed. This will reset also your created lvm2 or encrypted devices. Are you sure you want to do this?" 0 0 && _RESETDM=1
-        if [[ -n "${_RESETDM}" ]]; then
-            _dialog --infobox "Resetting devicemapper devices ..." 0 0
-            dmsetup remove_all >/dev/null 2>&1
-        fi
-    else
-        _dialog --infobox "Resetting devicemapper devices ..." 0 0
-        dmsetup remove_all >/dev/null 2>&1
-    fi
-    _dialog --infobox "Reactivating dmraid devices ..." 0 0
-    dmraid -ay -I -Z >/dev/null 2>&1
-    _printk on
-}
-
 #helpbox for raid
 _helpraid()
 {
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/bootloader.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/bootloader.sh
index 616dc3d3e..e65cef5c3 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/bootloader.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/bootloader.sh
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ _getraidarrays() {
 _getcryptsetup() {
     _CRYPTSETUP=""
     if ! cryptsetup status "$(basename "${_PART_ROOT}")" | grep -q inactive; then
-        #avoid clash with dmraid here
         if cryptsetup status "$(basename "${_PART_ROOT}")"; then
             if [[ "${_NAME_SCHEME_PARAMETER}" == "FSUUID" ]]; then
                 _CRYPTDEVICE="UUID=$(${_LSBLK} UUID "$(cryptsetup status "$(basename "${_PART_ROOT}")" | grep device: | sed -e 's#device:##g')")"
@@ -314,7 +313,6 @@ EOF
 _do_efistub_parameters() {
     _BOOTDEV=""
     _FAIL_COMPLEX=""
-    _USE_DMRAID=""
     _RAID_ON_LVM=""
     _UEFISYS_PATH="EFI/archlinux"
     _BOOTDEV="$(findmnt -vno SOURCE "${_DESTDIR}/boot")"
@@ -519,13 +517,9 @@ _do_grub_common_before() {
     ## - Encryption is not recommended for grub(2) /boot!
     _BOOTDEV=""
     _FAIL_COMPLEX=""
-    _USE_DMRAID=""
     _RAID_ON_LVM=""
     _common_bootloader_checks
     _abort_f2fs_bootpart || return 1
-    if ! dmraid -r | grep -q ^no; then
-        _dialog --yesno "Setup detected dmraid device.\nDo you want to install grub on this device?" 6 50 && _USE_DMRAID=1
-    fi
     if [[ ! -d "${_DESTDIR}/usr/lib/grub" ]]; then
         _dialog --infobox "Installing grub ..." 0 0
         _PACKAGES="grub"
@@ -765,9 +759,9 @@ _do_grub_bios() {
     _do_grub_common_before
     # try to auto-configure GRUB(2)...
     _check_bootpart
-    # check if raid, raid partition, dmraid or device devicemapper is used
+    # check if raid, raid partition, or device devicemapper is used
     if echo "${_BOOTDEV}" | grep -q /dev/md || echo "${_BOOTDEV}" | grep /dev/mapper; then
-        # boot from lvm, raid, partitioned raid and dmraid devices is supported
+        # boot from lvm, raid, partitioned and raid devices is supported
         _FAIL_COMPLEX=""
         if cryptsetup status "${_BOOTDEV}"; then
             # encryption devices are not supported
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/common.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/common.sh
index 3bebfb264..178c1868d 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/common.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/common.sh
@@ -109,9 +109,6 @@ _auto_packages() {
     if lsblk -rnpo FSTYPE | grep -q vfat; then
         ! echo "${_PACKAGES}" | grep -qw dosfstools && _PACKAGES="${_PACKAGES} dosfstools"
     fi
-    if [[ -n "$(_dmraid_devices)" ]]; then
-        ! echo "${_PACKAGES}" | grep -qw dmraid && _PACKAGES="${_PACKAGES} dmraid"
-    fi
     if lsmod | grep -qw wl; then
         ! echo "${_PACKAGES}" | grep -qw broadcom-wl && _PACKAGES="${_PACKAGES} broadcom-wl"
     fi
diff --git a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/partition.sh b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/partition.sh
index db8aa4655..20c7c823b 100644
--- a/usr/lib/archboot/installer/partition.sh
+++ b/usr/lib/archboot/installer/partition.sh
@@ -108,16 +108,12 @@ _check_efisys_part() {
 _partition() {
     # disable swap and all mounted partitions, umount / last!
     _umountall
-    # activate dmraid
-    _activate_dmraid
     # check on encrypted devices, else weird things can happen!
     _stopluks
     # check on raid devices, else weird things can happen during partitioning!
     _stopmd
     # check on lvm devices, else weird things can happen during partitioning!
     _stoplvm
-    # update dmraid
-    [[ -n "$(_dmraid_devices)" ]] && _dmraid_update
     # switch for mbr usage
     _set_guid
     # Select disk to partition
@@ -162,7 +158,5 @@ _partition() {
             fi
         fi
     done
-    # update dmraid
-    _dmraid_update
     _NEXTITEM="3"
 }