diff --git a/cluster/images/conformance/Dockerfile b/cluster/images/conformance/Dockerfile
index 900676155147..7172005dbced 100644
--- a/cluster/images/conformance/Dockerfile
+++ b/cluster/images/conformance/Dockerfile
@@ -15,13 +15,9 @@
 ARG BASEIMAGE
 
 FROM gcr.io/k8s-staging-build-image/debian-base:v2.1.3 as base
-RUN mkdir /tmp/results \
- && chown 65532 /tmp/results # Distroless nonroot UID
 
 FROM ${BASEIMAGE}
 
-COPY --from=base /tmp/results /tmp
-
 # This is a dependency for `kubectl diff` tests
 COPY --from=base /usr/bin/diff /usr/local/bin/
 
diff --git a/cluster/images/conformance/Makefile b/cluster/images/conformance/Makefile
index fbda4feef8bd..b08aa1f319dd 100644
--- a/cluster/images/conformance/Makefile
+++ b/cluster/images/conformance/Makefile
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ E2E_GO_RUNNER_BIN?=$(shell test -f $(LOCAL_OUTPUT_PATH)/go-runner && echo $(LOCA
 
 CLUSTER_DIR?=$(shell pwd)/../../../cluster/
 
-BASEIMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/base:nonroot
+BASEIMAGE=gcr.io/distroless/base:latest
 TEMP_DIR:=$(shell mktemp -d -t conformanceXXXXXX)
 
 all: build