diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildContainerRunner.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildContainerRunner.java
index 15eb300febff0c..d826c15c681135 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildContainerRunner.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/NativeImageBuildContainerRunner.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public abstract class NativeImageBuildContainerRunner extends NativeImageBuildRu
 
     protected NativeImageBuildContainerRunner(NativeConfig nativeConfig) {
         this.nativeConfig = nativeConfig;
-        containerRuntime = nativeConfig.containerRuntime().orElseGet(ContainerRuntimeUtil::detectContainerRuntime);
+        containerRuntime = ContainerRuntimeUtil.detectContainerRuntime();
 
         this.baseContainerRuntimeArgs = new String[] { "--env", "LANG=C", "--rm" };