diff --git a/test/e2e/pull_test.go b/test/e2e/pull_test.go
index 0c0e9c4323..ea7ef6f65e 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pull_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pull_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package integration
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
@@ -668,33 +667,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pull", func() {
 
 			podmanTest.AddImageToRWStore(ALPINE)
 
-			success := false
-			registryArgs := []string{"run", "-d", "--name", "registry", "-p", "5012:5000"}
 			if isRootless() {
 				err := podmanTest.RestoreArtifact(REGISTRY_IMAGE)
 				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-
-				// Debug code for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/24219
-				logFile := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "pasta.log")
-				registryArgs = append(registryArgs, "--network", "pasta:--trace,--log-file,"+logFile)
-				defer func() {
-					if success {
-						// only print the log on errors otherwise it will clutter CI logs way to much
-						return
-					}
-
-					f, err := os.Open(logFile)
-					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-					defer f.Close()
-					GinkgoWriter.Println("pasta trace log:")
-					_, err = io.Copy(GinkgoWriter, f)
-					Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-				}()
 			}
-			registryArgs = append(registryArgs, REGISTRY_IMAGE, "/entrypoint.sh", "/etc/docker/registry/config.yml")
 			lock := GetPortLock("5012")
 			defer lock.Unlock()
-			session := podmanTest.Podman(registryArgs)
+			session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-d", "--name", "registry", "-p", "5012:5000", REGISTRY_IMAGE, "/entrypoint.sh", "/etc/docker/registry/config.yml"})
 			session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 			Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
 
@@ -707,8 +686,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pull", func() {
 			session = decryptionTestHelper(imgPath)
 
 			Expect(session.LineInOutputContainsTag(imgPath, "latest")).To(BeTrue())
-
-			success = true
 		})
 	})
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/run_test.go b/test/e2e/run_test.go
index 4dd9ffd2d5..38576c9b64 100644
--- a/test/e2e/run_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/run_test.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ package integration
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"io"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -2354,31 +2353,9 @@ WORKDIR /madethis`, BB)
 
 		podmanTest.AddImageToRWStore(ALPINE)
 
-		success := false
-		registryArgs := []string{"run", "-d", "--name", "registry", "-p", "5006:5000"}
-		if isRootless() {
-			// Debug code for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/24219
-			logFile := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "pasta.log")
-			registryArgs = append(registryArgs, "--network", "pasta:--trace,--log-file,"+logFile)
-			defer func() {
-				if success {
-					// only print the log on errors otherwise it will clutter CI logs way to much
-					return
-				}
-
-				f, err := os.Open(logFile)
-				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-				defer f.Close()
-				GinkgoWriter.Println("pasta trace log:")
-				_, err = io.Copy(GinkgoWriter, f)
-				Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-			}()
-		}
-		registryArgs = append(registryArgs, REGISTRY_IMAGE, "/entrypoint.sh", "/etc/docker/registry/config.yml")
-
 		lock := GetPortLock("5006")
 		defer lock.Unlock()
-		session := podmanTest.Podman(registryArgs)
+		session := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-d", "--name", "registry", "-p", "5006:5000", REGISTRY_IMAGE, "/entrypoint.sh", "/etc/docker/registry/config.yml"})
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
 
@@ -2412,8 +2389,6 @@ WORKDIR /madethis`, BB)
 		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(session).Should(Exit(0))
 		Expect(session.ErrorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("Trying to pull " + imgPath))
-
-		success = true
 	})
 
 	It("podman run --shm-size-systemd", func() {