diff --git a/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner.go b/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner.go
index 415ef74..5bb73e2 100644
--- a/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner.go
+++ b/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner.go
@@ -116,16 +116,10 @@ func cleanup(originalPath string, outputPath string, checkmarxPath string) error
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Clean up containers folder inside .checkmarx if checkmarxPath is provided
-	if checkmarxPath != "" {
-		// checkmarxPath points to .checkmarx/containers, so we delete this directory
-		cxErr := imagesExtractor.DeleteDirectory(checkmarxPath)
-		if cxErr != nil {
-			log.Warn().Err(cxErr).Msg("Could not delete containers directory inside .checkmarx folder")
-		}
-	}
+	// The cleanup of .checkmarx/containers should be handled by the caller after it has
+	// processed the resolution file.
 
-	// Only return error from output directory cleanup, not from .checkmarx cleanup
+	// Only return error from output directory cleanup
 	return err
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner_test.go b/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner_test.go
index 893145c..96e25ff 100644
--- a/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner_test.go
+++ b/pkg/containerResolver/containerScanner_test.go
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ func TestResolve(t *testing.T) {
 		mockImagesExtractor.AssertCalled(t, "ExtractAndMergeImagesFromFiles", sampleFileImages, mock.Anything, mock.Anything)
 		mockSyftPackagesExtractor.AssertCalled(t, "AnalyzeImagesWithPlatform", mock.Anything, "linux/amd64")
 		mockImagesExtractor.AssertCalled(t, "SaveObjectToFile", checkmarxPath, expectedResolution)
+
+		// Verify that the containers directory still exists after Resolve completes
+		// This tests the fix for the cleanup bug where the directory was being deleted too early
+		if _, err := os.Stat(checkmarxPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			t.Errorf("Expected containers directory to exist after Resolve completes, but it was deleted")
+		}
 	})
 
 	t.Run("ScanPath Validation failure", func(t *testing.T) {