diff --git a/pkg/util/mount_opts.go b/pkg/util/mount_opts.go
index c9a773093e..4e37fd74a0 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mount_opts.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mount_opts.go
@@ -191,9 +191,6 @@ func processOptionsInternal(options []string, isTmpfs bool, sourcePath string, g
 		newOptions = append(newOptions, opt)
 	}
 
-	if !foundWrite {
-		newOptions = append(newOptions, "rw")
-	}
 	if !foundProp {
 		if recursiveBind {
 			newOptions = append(newOptions, "rprivate")
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils_test.go b/pkg/util/utils_test.go
index b582b51ecc..524f1f0250 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils_test.go
@@ -802,13 +802,13 @@ func TestProcessOptions(t *testing.T) {
 		{
 			name:       "default bind mount",
 			sourcePath: "/path/to/source",
-			expected:   []string{"nodev", "nosuid", "rbind", "rprivate", "rw"},
+			expected:   []string{"nodev", "nosuid", "rbind", "rprivate"},
 		},
 		{
 			name:       "default bind mount with bind",
 			sourcePath: "/path/to/source",
 			options:    []string{"bind"},
-			expected:   []string{"nodev", "nosuid", "bind", "private", "rw"},
+			expected:   []string{"nodev", "nosuid", "bind", "private"},
 		},
 	}
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index 98f8e0e1d6..6902d51178 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -5818,7 +5818,7 @@ spec:
 		podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("kube", "play", outputFile)
 
 		inspectCtr2 := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("inspect", "-f", "'{{ .HostConfig.Binds }}'", ctrNameInKubePod)
-		Expect(inspectCtr2.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring(":" + vol1 + ":rw"))
+		Expect(inspectCtr2.OutputToString()).To(ContainSubstring(":" + vol1))
 
 		inspectCtr1 := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("inspect", "-f", "'{{ .HostConfig.Binds }}'", ctr1)
 		Expect(inspectCtr2.OutputToString()).To(Equal(inspectCtr1.OutputToString()))
diff --git a/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py b/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
index cb2c5f340b..138372fafd 100644
--- a/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
+++ b/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ class TestContainers(common.DockerTestCase):
                 has_tried_pull = True
         self.assertFalse(has_tried_pull, "the build process has tried tried to pull the base image")
 
-    def test_mount_rw_by_default(self):
+    def test_mount_options_by_default(self):
         ctr: Optional[Container] = None
         vol: Optional[Volume] = None
 
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ class TestContainers(common.DockerTestCase):
             ctr_inspect = self.docker.api.inspect_container(ctr.id)
             binds: List[str] = ctr_inspect["HostConfig"]["Binds"]
             self.assertEqual(len(binds), 1)
-            self.assertEqual(binds[0], "test-volume:/vol-mnt:rw,rprivate,nosuid,nodev,rbind")
+            self.assertEqual(binds[0], "test-volume:/vol-mnt:rprivate,nosuid,nodev,rbind")
         finally:
             if ctr is not None:
                 ctr.remove()
diff --git a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
index 38da54e592..6a7cf884de 100644
--- a/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
+++ b/test/system/252-quadlet.bats
@@ -988,7 +988,7 @@ EOF
     service_setup $QUADLET_SERVICE_NAME
 
     run_podman container inspect  --format '{{index .HostConfig.Tmpfs "/tmpfs1"}}' $QUADLET_CONTAINER_NAME
-    is "$output" "rw,rprivate,nosuid,nodev,tmpcopyup" "regular tmpfs mount"
+    is "$output" "rprivate,nosuid,nodev,tmpcopyup" "regular tmpfs mount"
 
     run_podman container inspect  --format '{{index .HostConfig.Tmpfs "/tmpfs2"}}' $QUADLET_CONTAINER_NAME
     is "$output" "ro,rprivate,nosuid,nodev,tmpcopyup" "read-only tmpfs mount"