diff --git a/kas-container b/kas-container
index 1733288..e0c7190 100755
--- a/kas-container
+++ b/kas-container
@@ -66,14 +66,12 @@ trace()
 KAS_IMAGE_VERSION_DEFAULT="2.2"
 KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH_DEFAULT="ghcr.io/siemens/kas"
 KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME_DEFAULT="kas"
-KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX_DEFAULT=""
 
 set_container_image_var() {
 	KAS_IMAGE_VERSION="${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION:-${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION_DEFAULT}}"
 	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME:-${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME_DEFAULT}}"
 	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH:-${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH_DEFAULT}}"
-	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX:-${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX_DEFAULT}}"
-	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX}${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH}/${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME}:${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION}"
+	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE="${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PATH}/${KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_NAME}:${KAS_IMAGE_VERSION}"
 }
 
 if [ -n "${KAS_WORK_DIR}" ]; then
@@ -101,7 +99,6 @@ docker)
 	;;
 podman)
 	KAS_CONTAINER_COMMAND="podman"
-	KAS_CONTAINER_IMAGE_PREFIX_DEFAULT="docker://"
 	KAS_RUNTIME_ARGS="--userns=keep-id --security-opt label=disable"
 	;;
 *)