diff --git a/environment/container/containerd/containerd.go b/environment/container/containerd/containerd.go
index d6c78594..79a4e1f9 100644
--- a/environment/container/containerd/containerd.go
+++ b/environment/container/containerd/containerd.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package containerd
 import (
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/cli"
 	"github.com/abiosoft/colima/environment"
-	"strconv"
 )
 
 // Name is container runtime name
@@ -42,8 +41,6 @@ func (c containerdRuntime) Provision() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-const multiArchKey = "containerd_multi_arch"
-
 func (c containerdRuntime) Start() error {
 	a := c.Init()
 	a.Stage("starting")
@@ -51,15 +48,9 @@ func (c containerdRuntime) Start() error {
 		return c.guest.Run("sudo", "service", "containerd", "start")
 	})
 
+	// tonistiigi/binfmt
 	a.Add(func() error {
-		enabled, _ := strconv.ParseBool(c.guest.Get(multiArchKey))
-		if !enabled {
-			err := c.guest.Run("sudo", "nerdctl", "run", "--privileged", "--rm", "tonistiigi/binfmt", "--install", "all")
-			if err == nil {
-				_ = c.guest.Set(multiArchKey, "true")
-				_ = c.guest.Run("sudo", "nerdctl", "rmi", "tonistiigi/binfmt")
-			}
-		}
+		_ = c.guest.Run("sudo", "nerdctl", "run", "--privileged", "--rm", "tonistiigi/binfmt", "--install", "all")
 		return nil
 	})
 
diff --git a/environment/container/docker/docker.go b/environment/container/docker/docker.go
index 93b20570..390271fa 100644
--- a/environment/container/docker/docker.go
+++ b/environment/container/docker/docker.go
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ func (d dockerRuntime) Provision() error {
 	return a.Exec()
 }
 
-const multiArchKey = "docker_multi_arch"
-
 func (d dockerRuntime) Start() error {
 	a := d.Init()
 	a.Stage("starting")
@@ -109,14 +107,7 @@ func (d dockerRuntime) Start() error {
 		return d.host.RunQuiet("launchctl", "load", d.launchd.File())
 	})
 	a.Add(func() error {
-		enabled, _ := strconv.ParseBool(d.guest.Get(multiArchKey))
-		if !enabled {
-			err := d.guest.RunQuiet("docker", "run", "--privileged", "--rm", "tonistiigi/binfmt", "--install", "all")
-			if err == nil {
-				_ = d.guest.Set(multiArchKey, "true")
-				_ = d.guest.Run("docker", "rmi", "-f", "tonistiigi/binfmt")
-			}
-		}
+		_ = d.guest.Run("docker", "run", "--privileged", "--rm", "tonistiigi/binfmt", "--install", "all")
 		return nil
 	})