diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 82cac26..9fa627f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -263,3 +263,4 @@
 /lorax-43.8.tar.gz
 /lorax-43.9.tar.gz
 /lorax-43.10.tar.gz
+/lorax-43.11.tar.gz
diff --git a/0001-runtime-install-drop-tigervnc.patch b/0001-runtime-install-drop-tigervnc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..76424cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0001-runtime-install-drop-tigervnc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 2892e1edcea0d92ce09a573822b4d42799eedd8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+Date: Thu, 2 Oct 2025 12:07:50 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] runtime-install: drop tigervnc
+
+anaconda dropped VNC support in
+https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/5829 . There is no
+point to having these any more, and they pull Xorg and its deps
+into the image unnecessarily.
+
+Signed-off-by: Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com>
+---
+ share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl | 2 --
+ 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
+index 6ed14fdc..49545065 100644
+--- a/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
++++ b/share/templates.d/99-generic/runtime-install.tmpl
+@@ -122,8 +122,6 @@ installpkg selinux-policy-targeted audit
+ 
+ ## network tools/servers
+ installpkg ethtool openssh-server nfs-utils openssh-clients
+-installpkg tigervnc-server-minimal
+-installpkg tigervnc-server-module
+ installpkg net-tools
+ installpkg bridge-utils
+ installpkg nmap-ncat
+-- 
+2.51.0
+
diff --git a/lorax.spec b/lorax.spec
index 86c313f..5213595 100644
--- a/lorax.spec
+++ b/lorax.spec
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 %global forgeurl https://github.com/weldr/lorax
 
 Name:           lorax
-Version:        43.10
-Release:        2%{?dist}
+Version:        43.11
+Release:        3%{?dist}
 Summary:        Tool for creating the anaconda install images
 License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ License:        GPL-2.0-or-later
 Url:            %{forgeurl}
 Source0:        %{forgesource}
 
+# https://github.com/weldr/lorax/pull/1495
+# drop tigervnc to save space, anaconda now uses RDP
+Patch:          0001-runtime-install-drop-tigervnc.patch
+
 BuildRequires:  python3-devel
 BuildRequires:  python3-pip
 BuildRequires:  python3-setuptools
@@ -140,7 +144,7 @@ Lorax templates for creating the boot.iso and live isos are placed in
 /usr/share/lorax/templates.d/99-generic
 
 %prep
-%forgeautosetup
+%forgeautosetup -p1
 
 %build
 
@@ -184,8 +188,14 @@ make DESTDIR=$RPM_BUILD_ROOT mandir=%{_mandir} install
 %{_datadir}/lorax/templates.d/*
 
 %changelog
-* Fri Aug 15 2025 Python Maint <python-maint@redhat.com> - 43.10-2
-- Rebuilt for Python 3.14.0rc2 bytecode
+* Fri Oct 03 2025 Adam Williamson <awilliam@redhat.com> - 43.11-3
+- Backport PR #1495 to drop tigervnc from installer images
+
+* Thu Sep 25 2025 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> - 43.11-2
+- Pass 43 to CI testing so it uses the correct repository
+
+* Wed Sep 24 2025 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 43.11-1
+- runtime-install: skip qcom-accel-firmware (awilliam@redhat.com)
 
 * Thu Aug 14 2025 Brian C. Lane <bcl@redhat.com> 43.10-1
 - executils: Remove binary_output flag (bcl@redhat.com)
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index 6581651..b5c6429 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (lorax-43.10.tar.gz) = ed8fe9f3e71f358fbaf0d0761838a82e44944e1823e515bffcb78f88e77b0ce457fb1df723af8848ddaabdccc32ef74383cb2b4f9dd9f2b5d0edef685bea27c5
+SHA512 (lorax-43.11.tar.gz) = dfc9f77da7f756360afcdf9832fb13fef2f975a0aa45c91d3824529044892f0bcceb0359de9664800ee7c9826c61a9ee89ad8603cf15cc9e2d85eb903eadd577
diff --git a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
index f4849b2..caf0e72 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ fi
 # Run lorax using the host's repository configuration file
 if [ ! -e "$BOOTISO" ]; then
     running "Build boot.iso with lorax"
-    lorax --product="Fedora" --version=rawhide --release=rawhide --volid="Fedora-rawhide-test" \
+    lorax --product="Fedora" --version=43 --release=43 --volid="Fedora-43-test" \
         $REPOS --isfinal --nomacboot /var/tmp/lorax-fedora-iso/ || exit 1
 fi