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 15eb300febff0..d826c15c68113 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" };
 
diff --git a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java
index c58500f1be332..c9275a0c79b7d 100644
--- a/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java
+++ b/core/deployment/src/main/java/io/quarkus/deployment/pkg/steps/UpxCompressionBuildStep.java
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@ private boolean runUpxInContainer(NativeImageBuildItem nativeImage, NativeConfig
         List<String> extraArgs = nativeConfig.compression().additionalArgs().orElse(Collections.emptyList());
 
         List<String> commandLine = new ArrayList<>();
-        ContainerRuntimeUtil.ContainerRuntime containerRuntime = nativeConfig.containerRuntime()
-                .orElseGet(ContainerRuntimeUtil::detectContainerRuntime);
+        ContainerRuntimeUtil.ContainerRuntime containerRuntime = ContainerRuntimeUtil.detectContainerRuntime();
         commandLine.add(containerRuntime.getExecutableName());
 
         commandLine.add("run");