diff --git a/libpod/container.go b/libpod/container.go
index 6a515a3e89..57b894b26d 100644
--- a/libpod/container.go
+++ b/libpod/container.go
@@ -176,8 +176,6 @@ type ContainerConfig struct {
 	// Security Config
 	// Whether the container is privileged
 	Privileged bool `json:"privileged"`
-	// Whether to set the No New Privileges flag
-	NoNewPrivs bool `json:"noNewPrivs"`
 	// SELinux process label for container
 	ProcessLabel string `json:"ProcessLabel,omitempty"`
 	// SELinux mount label for root filesystem
diff --git a/libpod/container_ffjson.go b/libpod/container_ffjson.go
index 20cf69ba1e..93a3bee207 100644
--- a/libpod/container_ffjson.go
+++ b/libpod/container_ffjson.go
@@ -106,11 +106,6 @@ func (j *ContainerConfig) MarshalJSONBuf(buf fflib.EncodingBuffer) error {
 	} else {
 		buf.WriteString(`"privileged":false`)
 	}
-	if j.NoNewPrivs {
-		buf.WriteString(`,"noNewPrivs":true`)
-	} else {
-		buf.WriteString(`,"noNewPrivs":false`)
-	}
 	buf.WriteByte(',')
 	if len(j.ProcessLabel) != 0 {
 		buf.WriteString(`"ProcessLabel":`)
@@ -343,8 +338,6 @@ const (
 
 	ffjtContainerConfigPrivileged
 
-	ffjtContainerConfigNoNewPrivs
-
 	ffjtContainerConfigProcessLabel
 
 	ffjtContainerConfigMountLabel
@@ -416,8 +409,6 @@ var ffjKeyContainerConfigMounts = []byte("mounts")
 
 var ffjKeyContainerConfigPrivileged = []byte("privileged")
 
-var ffjKeyContainerConfigNoNewPrivs = []byte("noNewPrivs")
-
 var ffjKeyContainerConfigProcessLabel = []byte("ProcessLabel")
 
 var ffjKeyContainerConfigMountLabel = []byte("MountLabel")
@@ -649,11 +640,6 @@ mainparse:
 						state = fflib.FFParse_want_colon
 						goto mainparse
 
-					} else if bytes.Equal(ffjKeyContainerConfigNoNewPrivs, kn) {
-						currentKey = ffjtContainerConfigNoNewPrivs
-						state = fflib.FFParse_want_colon
-						goto mainparse
-
 					} else if bytes.Equal(ffjKeyContainerConfigNetNsCtr, kn) {
 						currentKey = ffjtContainerConfigNetNsCtr
 						state = fflib.FFParse_want_colon
@@ -887,12 +873,6 @@ mainparse:
 					goto mainparse
 				}
 
-				if fflib.EqualFoldRight(ffjKeyContainerConfigNoNewPrivs, kn) {
-					currentKey = ffjtContainerConfigNoNewPrivs
-					state = fflib.FFParse_want_colon
-					goto mainparse
-				}
-
 				if fflib.SimpleLetterEqualFold(ffjKeyContainerConfigPrivileged, kn) {
 					currentKey = ffjtContainerConfigPrivileged
 					state = fflib.FFParse_want_colon
@@ -1018,9 +998,6 @@ mainparse:
 				case ffjtContainerConfigPrivileged:
 					goto handle_Privileged
 
-				case ffjtContainerConfigNoNewPrivs:
-					goto handle_NoNewPrivs
-
 				case ffjtContainerConfigProcessLabel:
 					goto handle_ProcessLabel
 
@@ -1480,41 +1457,6 @@ handle_Privileged:
 	state = fflib.FFParse_after_value
 	goto mainparse
 
-handle_NoNewPrivs:
-
-	/* handler: j.NoNewPrivs type=bool kind=bool quoted=false*/
-
-	{
-		if tok != fflib.FFTok_bool && tok != fflib.FFTok_null {
-			return fs.WrapErr(fmt.Errorf("cannot unmarshal %s into Go value for bool", tok))
-		}
-	}
-
-	{
-		if tok == fflib.FFTok_null {
-
-		} else {
-			tmpb := fs.Output.Bytes()
-
-			if bytes.Compare([]byte{'t', 'r', 'u', 'e'}, tmpb) == 0 {
-
-				j.NoNewPrivs = true
-
-			} else if bytes.Compare([]byte{'f', 'a', 'l', 's', 'e'}, tmpb) == 0 {
-
-				j.NoNewPrivs = false
-
-			} else {
-				err = errors.New("unexpected bytes for true/false value")
-				return fs.WrapErr(err)
-			}
-
-		}
-	}
-
-	state = fflib.FFParse_after_value
-	goto mainparse
-
 handle_ProcessLabel:
 
 	/* handler: j.ProcessLabel type=string kind=string quoted=false*/
diff --git a/libpod/sql_state.go b/libpod/sql_state.go
index 9efa12111f..cf759d836b 100644
--- a/libpod/sql_state.go
+++ b/libpod/sql_state.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 // DBSchema is the current DB schema version
 // Increments every time a change is made to the database's tables
-const DBSchema = 10
+const DBSchema = 11
 
 // SQLState is a state implementation backed by a persistent SQLite3 database
 type SQLState struct {
diff --git a/libpod/sql_state_internal.go b/libpod/sql_state_internal.go
index 9cc4cd8612..d0771e0d85 100644
--- a/libpod/sql_state_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/sql_state_internal.go
@@ -213,7 +213,6 @@ func prepareDB(db *sql.DB) (err error) {
             LogPath         TEXT    NOT NULL,
 
             Privileged      INTEGER NOT NULL,
-            NoNewPrivs      INTEGER NOT NULL,
             ProcessLabel    TEXT    NOT NULL,
             MountLabel      TEXT    NOT NULL,
             User            TEXT    NOT NULL,
@@ -242,7 +241,6 @@ func prepareDB(db *sql.DB) (err error) {
             CHECK (ImageVolumes IN (0, 1)),
             CHECK (SHMSize>=0),
             CHECK (Privileged IN (0, 1)),
-            CHECK (NoNewPrivs IN (0, 1)),
             CHECK (CreateNetNS IN (0, 1)),
             CHECK (Stdin IN (0, 1)),
             CHECK (StopSignal>=0),
@@ -448,7 +446,6 @@ func (s *SQLState) ctrFromScannable(row scannable) (*Container, error) {
 		logPath         string
 
 		privileged   int
-		noNewPrivs   int
 		processLabel string
 		mountLabel   string
 		user         string
@@ -503,7 +500,6 @@ func (s *SQLState) ctrFromScannable(row scannable) (*Container, error) {
 		&logPath,
 
 		&privileged,
-		&noNewPrivs,
 		&processLabel,
 		&mountLabel,
 		&user,
@@ -566,7 +562,6 @@ func (s *SQLState) ctrFromScannable(row scannable) (*Container, error) {
 	ctr.config.LogPath = logPath
 
 	ctr.config.Privileged = boolFromSQL(privileged)
-	ctr.config.NoNewPrivs = boolFromSQL(noNewPrivs)
 	ctr.config.ProcessLabel = processLabel
 	ctr.config.MountLabel = mountLabel
 	ctr.config.User = user
@@ -753,7 +748,7 @@ func (s *SQLState) addContainer(ctr *Container, pod *Pod) (err error) {
                     ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
                     ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
                     ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
-                    ?, ?, ?, ?
+                    ?, ?, ?
                 );`
 		addCtrState = `INSERT INTO containerState VALUES (
                     ?, ?, ?, ?, ?,
@@ -881,7 +876,6 @@ func (s *SQLState) addContainer(ctr *Container, pod *Pod) (err error) {
 		ctr.config.LogPath,
 
 		boolToSQL(ctr.config.Privileged),
-		boolToSQL(ctr.config.NoNewPrivs),
 		ctr.config.ProcessLabel,
 		ctr.config.MountLabel,
 		ctr.config.User,
diff --git a/libpod/test_common.go b/libpod/test_common.go
index 9e52c74a51..e4a684f87b 100644
--- a/libpod/test_common.go
+++ b/libpod/test_common.go
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ func testContainersEqual(t *testing.T, a, b *Container) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, a)
 	assert.NotNil(t, b)
 
+	assert.NotNil(t, a.config)
+	assert.NotNil(t, b.config)
+	assert.NotNil(t, a.state)
+	assert.NotNil(t, b.state)
+
 	aConfig := new(ContainerConfig)
 	bConfig := new(ContainerConfig)
 	aState := new(containerState)