diff --git a/nativeconverter/zstdchunked/zstdchunked.go b/nativeconverter/zstdchunked/zstdchunked.go
index fc91fa0f6..a23bd7af4 100644
--- a/nativeconverter/zstdchunked/zstdchunked.go
+++ b/nativeconverter/zstdchunked/zstdchunked.go
@@ -109,11 +109,6 @@ func LayerConvertFuncWithCompressionLevel(compressionLevel zstd.EncoderLevel, op
 			if uncompressedDesc == nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unexpectedly got the same blob after compression (%s, %q)", desc.Digest, desc.MediaType)
 			}
-			defer func() {
-				if err := cs.Delete(ctx, uncompressedDesc.Digest); err != nil {
-					log.G(ctx).WithError(err).WithField("uncompressedDesc", uncompressedDesc).Warn("failed to remove tmp uncompressed layer")
-				}
-			}()
 			log.G(ctx).Debugf("zstdchunked: uncompressed %s into %s", desc.Digest, uncompressedDesc.Digest)
 		}
 
@@ -146,7 +141,7 @@ func LayerConvertFuncWithCompressionLevel(compressionLevel zstd.EncoderLevel, op
 		}
 		defer blob.Close()
 		ref := fmt.Sprintf("convert-zstdchunked-from-%s", desc.Digest)
-		w, err := cs.Writer(ctx, content.WithRef(ref))
+		w, err := content.OpenWriter(ctx, cs, content.WithRef(ref))
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}