diff --git a/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ContainerSpecProtocol.nqp b/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ContainerSpecProtocol.nqp
index 6e962954655..9988a41ddc5 100644
--- a/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ContainerSpecProtocol.nqp
+++ b/src/Perl6/Metamodel/ContainerSpecProtocol.nqp
@@ -10,22 +10,13 @@ role Perl6::Metamodel::ContainerSpecProtocol {
     }
 
     method publish_container_spec($obj) {
-        # If we have a container specification here, install that
-        if $!code_pair {
-            nqp::setcontspec($obj, 'code_pair', $!code_pair);
-            $obj.HOW.compose_repr($obj);
-        }
-
-        # look in the parents for any if none here
-        else {
-            for self.mro($obj) -> $class {
-                if nqp::can($class.HOW, 'get_container_spec') {
-                    my $code_pair := $class.HOW.get_container_spec($class);
-                    if $code_pair {
-                        nqp::setcontspec($obj, 'code_pair', $code_pair);
-                        $obj.HOW.compose_repr($obj);
-                        last;
-                    }
+        for self.mro($obj) -> $class {
+            if nqp::can($class.HOW, 'get_container_spec') {
+                my $code_pair := $class.HOW.get_container_spec($class);
+                if $code_pair {
+                    nqp::setcontspec($obj, 'code_pair', $code_pair);
+                    $obj.HOW.compose_repr($obj);
+                    last;
                 }
             }
         }