diff --git a/test/system/500-networking.bats b/test/system/500-networking.bats
index 023ba5f9a3..89237483af 100644
--- a/test/system/500-networking.bats
+++ b/test/system/500-networking.bats
@@ -778,11 +778,7 @@ nameserver 8.8.8.8" "nameserver order is correct"
     fi
     # pasta only works rootless
     if is_rootless; then
-        if has_pasta; then
-            netmodes+=("pasta")
-        else
-            echo "# WARNING: pasta unavailable!" >&3
-        fi
+        netmodes+=("pasta")
     fi
 
     for netmode in "${netmodes[@]}"; do
@@ -1112,7 +1108,6 @@ function wait_for_restart_count() {
 @test "Podman unshare --rootless-netns with Pasta" {
     skip_if_remote "unshare is local-only"
     skip_if_not_rootless "pasta networking only available in rootless mode"
-    skip_if_no_pasta "pasta not found; this test requires pasta"
 
     pasta_iface=$(default_ifname 4)
     assert "$pasta_iface" != "" "pasta_iface is set"
diff --git a/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats b/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
index b96570998b..4da8fc83f7 100644
--- a/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
+++ b/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ load helpers.network
 function setup() {
     basic_setup
     skip_if_not_rootless "pasta networking only available in rootless mode"
-    skip_if_no_pasta "pasta not found: install pasta(1) to run these tests"
 
     XFER_FILE="${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/pasta.bin"
 }
diff --git a/test/system/helpers.network.bash b/test/system/helpers.network.bash
index 792b87164f..0ffcabc576 100644
--- a/test/system/helpers.network.bash
+++ b/test/system/helpers.network.bash
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- bash -*-
 
-_cached_has_pasta=
 _cached_has_slirp4netns=
 
 ### Feature Checks #############################################################
@@ -45,28 +44,6 @@ function has_slirp4netns() {
     test "$_cached_has_slirp4netns" = "y"
 }
 
-# has_pasta() - Check if the pasta(1) command is available
-function has_pasta() {
-    if [[ -z "$_cached_has_pasta" ]]; then
-        _cached_has_pasta=n
-        run_podman info --format '{{.Host.Pasta.Executable}}'
-        if [[ -n "$output" ]]; then
-            _cached_has_pasta=y
-        fi
-    fi
-    test "$_cached_has_pasta" = "y"
-}
-
-# skip_if_no_pasta() - Skip current test if pasta(1) is not available
-# $1:	Optional message to display
-function skip_if_no_pasta() {
-    if ! has_pasta; then
-        local msg=$(_add_label_if_missing "$1" "pasta")
-        skip "${msg:-not applicable with no pasta binary}"
-    fi
-}
-
-
 ### procfs access ##############################################################
 
 # ipv6_to_procfs() - RFC 5952 IPv6 address text representation to procfs format