diff --git a/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go b/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go
index 4cf5c2a626..7cbbcfbade 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go
@@ -8,12 +8,6 @@ const (
 	currentMachineVersion       = 3
 )
 
-const containersConf = `[containers]
-
-[engine]
-cgroup_manager = "cgroupfs"
-`
-
 const appendPort = `grep -q Port\ %d /etc/ssh/sshd_config || echo Port %d >> /etc/ssh/sshd_config`
 
 const changePort = `sed -E -i 's/^Port[[:space:]]+[0-9]+/Port %d/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config`
diff --git a/pkg/machine/wsl/machine.go b/pkg/machine/wsl/machine.go
index b6a23c4c96..264bbe9e15 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/wsl/machine.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/wsl/machine.go
@@ -167,10 +167,6 @@ func configureSystem(mc *vmconfigs.MachineConfig, dist string, ansibleConfig *vm
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := wslPipe(containersConf, dist, "sh", "-c", "cat > /etc/containers/containers.conf"); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("could not create containers.conf for guest OS: %w", err)
-	}
-
 	if err := setupPodmanDockerSock(dist, mc.HostUser.Rootful); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}