diff --git a/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Containerfile b/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Containerfile
index 40a2cb5f34..f4ab0cc797 100644
--- a/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Containerfile
+++ b/contrib/podmanimage/stable/Containerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ echo -e "podman:1:999\npodman:1001:64535" > /etc/subuid; \
 echo -e "podman:1:999\npodman:1001:64535" > /etc/subgid;
 
 ARG _REPO_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/podman/main/contrib/podmanimage/stable"
-ADD $_REPO_URL/storage.conf /etc/containers/storage.conf
 ADD $_REPO_URL/containers.conf /etc/containers/containers.conf
 ADD $_REPO_URL/podman-containers.conf /home/podman/.config/containers/containers.conf
 
diff --git a/contrib/podmanimage/stable/storage.conf b/contrib/podmanimage/stable/storage.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index bc8d8c111a..0000000000
--- a/contrib/podmanimage/stable/storage.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[storage.options]
-additionalimagestores = ["/var/lib/shared"]
-
-[storage.options.overlay]
-mountopt = "nodev,fsync=0"
-mount_program = "/usr/bin/fuse-overlayfs"
diff --git a/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Containerfile b/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Containerfile
index 5fa794baf8..0f2dd891fe 100644
--- a/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Containerfile
+++ b/contrib/podmanimage/testing/Containerfile
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ echo -e "podman:1:999\npodman:1001:64535" > /etc/subuid; \
 echo -e "podman:1:999\npodman:1001:64535" > /etc/subgid;
 
 ARG _REPO_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/podman/main/contrib/podmanimage/stable"
-ADD $_REPO_URL/storage.conf /etc/containers/storage.conf
 ADD $_REPO_URL/containers.conf /etc/containers/containers.conf
 ADD $_REPO_URL/podman-containers.conf /home/podman/.config/containers/containers.conf
 
diff --git a/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Containerfile b/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Containerfile
index b338a33ae5..256c312323 100644
--- a/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Containerfile
+++ b/contrib/podmanimage/upstream/Containerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ echo -e "podman:1:999\npodman:1001:64535" > /etc/subuid; \
 echo -e "podman:1:999\npodman:1001:64535" > /etc/subgid;
 
 ARG _REPO_URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/containers/podman/main/contrib/podmanimage/stable"
-ADD $_REPO_URL/storage.conf /etc/containers/storage.conf
 ADD $_REPO_URL/containers.conf /etc/containers/containers.conf
 ADD $_REPO_URL/podman-containers.conf /home/podman/.config/containers/containers.conf