diff --git a/copy/copy.go b/copy/copy.go
index 2fd37897..38ec01b6 100644
--- a/copy/copy.go
+++ b/copy/copy.go
@@ -527,15 +527,6 @@ func (c *copier) copyOneImage(ctx context.Context, policyContext *signature.Poli
 		return nil, "", "", errors.Wrapf(err, "Error initializing image from source %s", transports.ImageName(c.rawSource.Reference()))
 	}
 
-	// TODO: Remove src.SupportsEncryption call and interface once copyUpdatedConfigAndManifest does not depend on source Image manifest type
-	// Currently, the way copyUpdatedConfigAndManifest updates the manifest is to apply updates to the source manifest and call PutManifest
-	// of the modified source manifest. The implication is that schemas like docker2 cannot be encrypted even though the destination
-	// supports encryption because docker2 struct does not have annotations, which are required.
-	// Reference to issue: https://github.com/containers/image/issues/746
-	if options.OciEncryptLayers != nil && !src.SupportsEncryption(ctx) {
-		return nil, "", "", errors.Errorf("Encryption request but not supported by source transport %s", src.Reference().Transport().Name())
-	}
-
 	// If the destination is a digested reference, make a note of that, determine what digest value we're
 	// expecting, and check that the source manifest matches it.  If the source manifest doesn't, but it's
 	// one item from a manifest list that matches it, accept that as a match.
diff --git a/image/manifest.go b/image/manifest.go
index 7dc039a9..7e879a80 100644
--- a/image/manifest.go
+++ b/image/manifest.go
@@ -46,6 +46,10 @@ type genericManifest interface {
 	// This does not change the state of the original Image object.
 	UpdatedImage(ctx context.Context, options types.ManifestUpdateOptions) (types.Image, error)
 	// SupportsEncryption returns if encryption is supported for the manifest type
+	//
+	// Deprecated: Initially used to determine if a manifest can be copied from a source manifest type since
+	// the process of updating a manifest between different manifest types was to update then convert.
+	// This resulted in some fields in the update being lost. This has been fixed by: https://github.com/containers/image/pull/836
 	SupportsEncryption(ctx context.Context) bool
 }
 
diff --git a/types/types.go b/types/types.go
index cb26341c..0fbddfc9 100644
--- a/types/types.go
+++ b/types/types.go
@@ -399,6 +399,10 @@ type Image interface {
 	// This does not change the state of the original Image object.
 	UpdatedImage(ctx context.Context, options ManifestUpdateOptions) (Image, error)
 	// SupportsEncryption returns an indicator that the image supports encryption
+	//
+	// Deprecated: Initially used to determine if a manifest can be copied from a source manifest type since
+	// the process of updating a manifest between different manifest types was to update then convert.
+	// This resulted in some fields in the update being lost. This has been fixed by: https://github.com/containers/image/pull/836
 	SupportsEncryption(ctx context.Context) bool
 	// Size returns an approximation of the amount of disk space which is consumed by the image in its current
 	// location.  If the size is not known, -1 will be returned.