diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 8ba00a88dd..2268c755b4 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -253,9 +253,7 @@ func ConvertContainer(container *parser.UnitFile, isUser bool) (*parser.UnitFile
 
 		// But we still want output to the journal, so use the log driver.
 		"--log-driver", "passthrough",
-
-		// Never try to pull the image during service start
-		"--pull=never")
+	)
 
 	// We use crun as the runtime and delegated groups to it
 	service.Add(ServiceGroup, "Delegate", "yes")
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
index 5ac5b962a8..6c6de8abb5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## assert-podman-final-args run --name=systemd-%N --cidfile=%t/%N.cid --replace --rm -d --log-driver passthrough --pull=never --runtime /usr/bin/crun --cgroups=split --sdnotify=conmon localhost/imagename
+## assert-podman-final-args run --name=systemd-%N --cidfile=%t/%N.cid --replace --rm -d --log-driver passthrough --runtime /usr/bin/crun --cgroups=split --sdnotify=conmon localhost/imagename
 
 [Container]
 Image=localhost/imagename
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
index 78372f27bc..4d248c2a6f 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ## assert-podman-args "--replace"
 ## assert-podman-args "-d"
 ## assert-podman-args "--log-driver" "passthrough"
-## assert-podman-args "--pull=never"
 ## assert-podman-args "--runtime" "/usr/bin/crun"
 ## assert-podman-args "--cgroups=split"
 ## assert-podman-args "--sdnotify=conmon"