diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/completion.go b/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
index e0173cd972..b9d3b26566 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"go.podman.io/common/pkg/config"
 	"go.podman.io/common/pkg/ssh"
 	"go.podman.io/image/v5/pkg/sysregistriesv2"
-	imageTypes "go.podman.io/image/v5/types"
 	"go.podman.io/podman/v6/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define"
 	"go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/events"
@@ -317,9 +316,7 @@ func getSecrets(cmd *cobra.Command, toComplete string, cType completeType) ([]st
 }
 
 func getRegistries() ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
-	sysCtx := &imageTypes.SystemContext{}
-	SetRegistriesConfPath(sysCtx)
-	regs, err := sysregistriesv2.UnqualifiedSearchRegistries(sysCtx)
+	regs, err := sysregistriesv2.UnqualifiedSearchRegistries(nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		cobra.CompErrorln(err.Error())
 		return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/registries.go b/cmd/podman/common/registries.go
deleted file mode 100644
index df70100c68..0000000000
--- a/cmd/podman/common/registries.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package common
-
-import (
-	"os"
-
-	"go.podman.io/image/v5/types"
-)
-
-// SetRegistriesConfPath sets the registries.conf path for the specified context.
-// NOTE: this is a verbatim copy from c/common/libimage which we're not using
-// to prevent leaking c/storage into this file.  Maybe this should go into c/image?
-func SetRegistriesConfPath(systemContext *types.SystemContext) {
-	if systemContext.SystemRegistriesConfPath != "" {
-		return
-	}
-	if envOverride, ok := os.LookupEnv("CONTAINERS_REGISTRIES_CONF"); ok {
-		systemContext.SystemRegistriesConfPath = envOverride
-		return
-	}
-	if envOverride, ok := os.LookupEnv("REGISTRIES_CONFIG_PATH"); ok {
-		systemContext.SystemRegistriesConfPath = envOverride
-		return
-	}
-}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/login.go b/cmd/podman/login.go
index 670efdda9c..cd20c7ba57 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/login.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/login.go
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ func login(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		DockerInsecureSkipTLSVerify: skipTLS,
 		BaseTLSConfig:               baseTLSConfig.TLSConfig(),
 	}
-	common.SetRegistriesConfPath(sysCtx)
 	loginOptions.GetLoginSet = cmd.Flag("get-login").Changed
 	return auth.Login(context.Background(), sysCtx, &loginOptions.LoginOptions, args)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/podman/logout.go b/cmd/podman/logout.go
index f74a1437b9..9760f815a2 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/logout.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/logout.go
@@ -57,6 +57,5 @@ func logout(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	sysCtx := &types.SystemContext{
 		BaseTLSConfig: baseTLSConfig.TLSConfig(),
 	}
-	common.SetRegistriesConfPath(sysCtx)
 	return auth.Logout(sysCtx, &logoutOptions, args)
 }