diff --git a/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go b/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go
index aed26c998a..9c06fdc1d1 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/wsl/declares.go
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@ const containersConf = `[containers]
 
 [engine]
 cgroup_manager = "cgroupfs"
-
-# Using iptables until we fix nftables on WSL:
-# https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/25201
-[network]
-firewall_driver="iptables"
 `
 
 const registriesConf = `unqualified-search-registries=["docker.io"]