diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index f344ae3e84..61490e8e0f 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/containers/buildah/pkg/parse"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/libpod/events"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v6/pkg/namespaces"
@@ -223,9 +222,7 @@ func WithRegistriesConf(path string) RuntimeOption {
 			return fmt.Errorf("locating specified registries.conf: %w", err)
 		}
 		if rt.imageContext == nil {
-			rt.imageContext = &types.SystemContext{
-				BigFilesTemporaryDir: parse.GetTempDir(),
-			}
+			rt.imageContext = &types.SystemContext{}
 		}
 
 		rt.imageContext.SystemRegistriesConfPath = path