diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index abdcc4bd8..199578778 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/squirrel v1.5.4
 	github.com/Masterminds/vcs v1.13.3
 	github.com/asaskevich/govalidator v0.0.0-20230301143203-a9d515a09cc2
-	github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.33
 	github.com/cyphar/filepath-securejoin v0.7.0
 	github.com/distribution/distribution/v3 v3.1.1
 	github.com/evanphx/json-patch v5.9.11+incompatible
@@ -60,9 +59,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/cenkalti/backoff/v5 v5.0.3 // indirect
 	github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 // indirect
 	github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 // indirect
-	github.com/containerd/platforms v0.2.1 // indirect
 	github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6 // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.2-0.20180830191138-d8f796af33cc // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 428aff1ee..d3353b07b 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0 h1:UL815xU9SqsFlibzuggzjXhog7bL6oX9BbNZnL2UF
 github.com/cespare/xxhash/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:VGX0DQ3Q6kWi7AoAeZDth3/j3BFtOZR5XLFGgcrjCOs=
 github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2 h1:1Lwwip6Q2QGsAdl/ZKPCwTe9fe0CjlUbqj5bFNSjIRk=
 github.com/chai2010/gettext-go v1.0.2/go.mod h1:y+wnP2cHYaVj19NZhYKAwEMH2CI1gNHeQQ+5AjwawxA=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.33 h1:iAkYGC/ifR/V+0eR4iXWHNGYUF0DF2PmGV5iz4Irj5M=
-github.com/containerd/containerd v1.7.33/go.mod h1:gSbSCVjPCdkfJCjyrzz7aRC+xFlqVbatNpfHfVCYGUM=
-github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0 h1:FSZgGOeK4yuT/+DnF07/Olde/q4KBoMsaamhXxIMDp4=
-github.com/containerd/errdefs v0.3.0/go.mod h1:+YBYIdtsnF4Iw6nWZhJcqGSg/dwvV7tyJ/kCkyJ2k+M=
-github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0 h1:TCJt7ioM2cr/tfR8GPbGf9/VRAX8D2B4PjzCpfX540I=
-github.com/containerd/log v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VRRf09a7mHDIRezVKTRCrOq78v577GXq3bSa3EhrzVo=
-github.com/containerd/platforms v0.2.1 h1:zvwtM3rz2YHPQsF2CHYM8+KtB5dvhISiXh5ZpSBQv6A=
-github.com/containerd/platforms v0.2.1/go.mod h1:XHCb+2/hzowdiut9rkudds9bE5yJ7npe7dG/wG+uFPw=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0 h1:LAEzFkke61DFROc7zNLX/WA2i5J8gYqe0rSj9KI28KA=
 github.com/coreos/go-systemd/v22 v22.7.0/go.mod h1:xNUYtjHu2EDXbsxz1i41wouACIwT7Ybq9o0BQhMwD0w=
 github.com/cpuguy83/go-md2man/v2 v2.0.6 h1:XJtiaUW6dEEqVuZiMTn1ldk455QWwEIsMIJlo5vtkx0=
diff --git a/pkg/registry/client.go b/pkg/registry/client.go
index 03ff2c9a9..7e0259025 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/client.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/client.go
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
@@ -237,7 +236,7 @@ func ClientOptPlainHTTP() ClientOption {
 	}
 }
 
-func ClientOptResolver(_ remotes.Resolver) ClientOption {
+func ClientOptResolver(_ any) ClientOption {
 	return func(c *Client) {
 		c.err = errDeprecatedRemote
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/registry/client_test.go b/pkg/registry/client_test.go
index f5ba41c21..51b9676cf 100644
--- a/pkg/registry/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/registry/client_test.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -29,9 +28,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestNewClientResolverNotSupported(t *testing.T) {
-	var r remotes.Resolver
-
-	client, err := NewClient(ClientOptResolver(r))
+	client, err := NewClient(ClientOptResolver(nil))
 	require.Equal(t, err, errDeprecatedRemote)
 	assert.Nil(t, client)
 }