diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 0ea00ad265..eb2bdfa289 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -319,11 +319,9 @@ func ConvertContainer(container *parser.UnitFile, isUser bool) (*parser.UnitFile
 
 	handleLogDriver(container, ContainerGroup, podman)
 
-	// We use crun as the runtime and delegated groups to it
+	// We delegate groups to the runtime
 	service.Add(ServiceGroup, "Delegate", "yes")
-	podman.add(
-		"--runtime", "crun",
-		"--cgroups=split")
+	podman.add("--cgroups=split")
 
 	timezone, ok := container.Lookup(ContainerGroup, KeyTimezone)
 	if ok && len(timezone) > 0 {
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
index b37ca66f5b..1e2c34141a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basepodman.container
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-## assert-podman-final-args run --name=systemd-%N --cidfile=%t/%N.cid --replace --rm --log-driver passthrough --runtime crun --cgroups=split --sdnotify=conmon  -d localhost/imagename
+## assert-podman-final-args run --name=systemd-%N --cidfile=%t/%N.cid --replace --rm --log-driver passthrough --cgroups=split --sdnotify=conmon  -d localhost/imagename
 
 [Container]
 Image=localhost/imagename
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
index 21203179d6..de6f2ac087 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/basic.container
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ## assert-podman-args "--replace"
 ## assert-podman-args "-d"
 ## assert-podman-args "--log-driver" "passthrough"
-## assert-podman-args "--runtime" "crun"
 ## assert-podman-args "--cgroups=split"
 ## assert-podman-args "--sdnotify=conmon"
 ## assert-key-is "Unit" "RequiresMountsFor" "%t/containers"