diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0ee4a280b1..1477fd1876 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ module github.com/containers/podman/v5
 go 1.23.3
 
 require (
-	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0
 	github.com/Microsoft/go-winio v0.6.2
 	github.com/blang/semver/v4 v4.0.0
 	github.com/checkpoint-restore/checkpointctl v1.3.0
@@ -85,6 +84,7 @@ require (
 require (
 	dario.cat/mergo v1.0.2 // indirect
 	github.com/Azure/go-ansiterm v0.0.0-20250102033503-faa5f7b0171c // indirect
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v1.5.0 // indirect
 	github.com/Microsoft/hcsshim v0.13.0 // indirect
 	github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/acarl005/stripansi v0.0.0-20180116102854-5a71ef0e047d // indirect
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils.go b/pkg/util/utils.go
index 5f26464aec..c386474678 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils.go
@@ -16,10 +16,8 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/libpod/define"
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/errorhandling"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/namespaces"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/rootless"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/signal"
@@ -1042,56 +1040,6 @@ func ParseIDMapping(mode namespaces.UsernsMode, uidMapSlice, gidMapSlice []strin
 	return &options, nil
 }
 
-type tomlOptionsConfig struct {
-	MountProgram string `toml:"mount_program"`
-}
-
-type tomlConfig struct {
-	Storage struct {
-		Driver    string                      `toml:"driver"`
-		RunRoot   string                      `toml:"runroot"`
-		GraphRoot string                      `toml:"graphroot"`
-		Options   struct{ tomlOptionsConfig } `toml:"options"`
-	} `toml:"storage"`
-}
-
-func getTomlStorage(storeOptions *stypes.StoreOptions) *tomlConfig {
-	config := new(tomlConfig)
-
-	config.Storage.Driver = storeOptions.GraphDriverName
-	config.Storage.RunRoot = storeOptions.RunRoot
-	config.Storage.GraphRoot = storeOptions.GraphRoot
-	for _, i := range storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions {
-		program, hasPrefix := strings.CutPrefix(i, "overlay.mount_program=")
-		if hasPrefix {
-			config.Storage.Options.MountProgram = program
-		}
-	}
-
-	return config
-}
-
-// WriteStorageConfigFile writes the configuration to a file
-func WriteStorageConfigFile(storageOpts *stypes.StoreOptions, storageConf string) error {
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(filepath.Dir(storageConf), 0755); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	storageFile, err := os.OpenFile(storageConf, os.O_RDWR|os.O_TRUNC, 0600)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	tomlConfiguration := getTomlStorage(storageOpts)
-	defer errorhandling.CloseQuiet(storageFile)
-	enc := toml.NewEncoder(storageFile)
-	if err := enc.Encode(tomlConfiguration); err != nil {
-		if err := os.Remove(storageConf); err != nil {
-			logrus.Error(err)
-		}
-		return err
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // ParseInputTime takes the users input and to determine if it is valid and
 // returns a time format and error.  The input is compared to known time formats
 // or a duration which implies no-duration
@@ -1123,33 +1071,6 @@ func ParseInputTime(inputTime string, since bool) (time.Time, error) {
 	return time.Now().Add(duration), nil
 }
 
-// OpenExclusiveFile opens a file for writing and ensure it doesn't already exist
-func OpenExclusiveFile(path string) (*os.File, error) {
-	baseDir := filepath.Dir(path)
-	if baseDir != "" {
-		if err := fileutils.Exists(baseDir); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	}
-	return os.OpenFile(path, os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE|os.O_EXCL, 0666)
-}
-
-// ExitCode reads the error message when failing to executing container process
-// and then returns 0 if no error, 126 if command does not exist, or 127 for
-// all other errors
-func ExitCode(err error) int {
-	if err == nil {
-		return 0
-	}
-	e := strings.ToLower(err.Error())
-	if strings.Contains(e, "file not found") ||
-		strings.Contains(e, "no such file or directory") {
-		return 127
-	}
-
-	return 126
-}
-
 func Tmpdir() string {
 	tmpdir := os.Getenv("TMPDIR")
 	if tmpdir == "" {