diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2eb099020f..9574054762 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -840,7 +840,6 @@ podman-remote-release-%.zip: test/version/version ## Build podman-remote for %=$
 		$(MAKE) $(GOPLAT) podman-mac-helper;\
 	fi
 	cp -r ./docs/build/remote/$(GOOS) "$(tmpsubdir)/$(releasedir)/docs/"
-	cp ./contrib/remote/containers.conf "$(tmpsubdir)/$(releasedir)/"
 	$(MAKE) $(GOPLAT) $(_dstargs) SELINUXOPT="" install.remote
 	cd "$(tmpsubdir)" && \
 		zip --recurse-paths "$(CURDIR)/$@" "./$(releasedir)"
diff --git a/contrib/remote/containers.conf b/contrib/remote/containers.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index 70710be04b..0000000000
--- a/contrib/remote/containers.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# The container's configuration file specifies all of the available configuration
-# command-line options/flags for container engine tools like Podman
-# but in a TOML format that can be easily modified and versioned.
-
-[engine]
-
-# Default Remote URI to access the Podman service.
-# Examples:
-#  remote rootless ssh://engineering.lab.company.com/run/user/1000/podman/podman.sock
-#  remote rootful ssh://root@10.10.1.136:22/run/podman/podman.sock
-# remote_uri= ""