diff --git a/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go b/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
index a3fff9df90..9d59fb843d 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/ocipull/ociartifact.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const (
 	artifactRepo         = "baude"
 	artifactImageName    = "podman-machine-images-art"
 	artifactOriginalName = "org.opencontainers.image.title"
+	machineOS            = "linux"
 )
 
 type OCIArtifactDisk struct {
@@ -88,7 +89,7 @@ func NewOCIArtifactPull(ctx context.Context, dirs *define.MachineDirs, vmName st
 	diskOpts := DiskArtifactOpts{
 		arch:     arch,
 		diskType: vmType.String(),
-		os:       runtime.GOOS,
+		os:       machineOS,
 	}
 	ociDisk := OCIArtifactDisk{
 		ctx:              ctx,
diff --git a/pkg/machine/ocipull/pull.go b/pkg/machine/ocipull/pull.go
index 2a14a12899..16c2d09543 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/ocipull/pull.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/ocipull/pull.go
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/transports/alltransports"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/define"
-	specV1 "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
 
 // PullOptions includes data to alter certain knobs when pulling a source
@@ -49,10 +48,6 @@ func Pull(ctx context.Context, imageInput types.ImageReference, localDestPath *d
 		sysCtx.DockerAuthConfig = authConf
 	}
 
-	if err := validateSourceImageReference(ctx, imageInput, sysCtx); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-
 	policy, err := signature.DefaultPolicy(sysCtx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("obtaining default signature policy: %w", err)
@@ -87,20 +82,3 @@ func stringToImageReference(imageInput string) (types.ImageReference, error) { /
 
 	return ref, nil
 }
-
-func validateSourceImageReference(ctx context.Context, ref types.ImageReference, sysCtx *types.SystemContext) error {
-	src, err := ref.NewImageSource(ctx, sysCtx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("creating image source from reference: %w", err)
-	}
-	defer src.Close()
-
-	ociManifest, _, _, err := readManifestFromImageSource(ctx, src)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if ociManifest.Config.MediaType != specV1.MediaTypeImageConfig {
-		return fmt.Errorf("invalid media type of image config %q (expected: %q)", ociManifest.Config.MediaType, specV1.MediaTypeImageConfig)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/pkg/machine/ocipull/source.go b/pkg/machine/ocipull/source.go
index abb181614a..91eb67fbc4 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/ocipull/source.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/ocipull/source.go
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/containers/image/v5/docker"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/manifest"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/oci/layout"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
@@ -16,26 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-// readManifestFromImageSource reads the manifest from the specified image
-// source.  Note that the manifest is expected to be an OCI v1 manifest.
-func readManifestFromImageSource(ctx context.Context, src types.ImageSource) (*specV1.Manifest, *digest.Digest, int64, error) {
-	rawData, mimeType, err := src.GetManifest(ctx, nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, -1, err
-	}
-	if mimeType != specV1.MediaTypeImageManifest {
-		return nil, nil, -1, fmt.Errorf("image %q is of type %q (expected: %q)", strings.TrimPrefix(src.Reference().StringWithinTransport(), "//"), mimeType, specV1.MediaTypeImageManifest)
-	}
-
-	mannyFest := specV1.Manifest{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal(rawData, &mannyFest); err != nil {
-		return nil, nil, -1, fmt.Errorf("reading manifest: %w", err)
-	}
-
-	manifestDigest := digest.FromBytes(rawData)
-	return &mannyFest, &manifestDigest, int64(len(rawData)), nil
-}
-
 func GetLocalBlob(ctx context.Context, path string) (*types.BlobInfo, error) {
 	ociRef, err := layout.ParseReference(path)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -66,27 +44,6 @@ func GetLocalBlob(ctx context.Context, path string) (*types.BlobInfo, error) {
 	return &blobs[0], nil
 }
 
-func GetRemoteManifest(ctx context.Context, dest string) (*specV1.Manifest, error) { //nolint:unused
-	ref, err := docker.ParseReference(fmt.Sprintf("//%s", dest))
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	imgSrc, err := ref.NewImage(ctx, &types.SystemContext{})
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	b, _, err := imgSrc.Manifest(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
-	remoteManifest := specV1.Manifest{}
-	err = json.Unmarshal(b, &remoteManifest)
-	return &remoteManifest, err
-}
-
 func GetDiskArtifactReference(ctx context.Context, imgSrc types.ImageSource, opts *DiskArtifactOpts) (digest.Digest, error) {
 	rawMannyFest, mannyType, err := imgSrc.GetManifest(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {