diff --git a/pkg/emulation/emulation.go b/pkg/emulation/emulation.go
index 49b32c1f5c..87ad7e7929 100644
--- a/pkg/emulation/emulation.go
+++ b/pkg/emulation/emulation.go
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@ import "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 // Registered returns a list of platforms for which we think we have user
 // space emulation available.
 func Registered() []string {
-	var registered []string
-	binfmt, err := registeredBinfmtMisc()
+	registered, err := registeredBinfmtMisc()
 	if err != nil {
 		logrus.Warnf("registeredBinfmtMisc(): %v", err)
 		return nil
 	}
-	registered = append(registered, binfmt...)
 	return registered
 }