diff --git a/libpod/runtime_img.go b/libpod/runtime_img.go
index b427125db6..3588467a5e 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime_img.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime_img.go
@@ -168,9 +168,7 @@ func (r *Runtime) newImageBuildCompleteEvent(idOrName string) {
 // Build adds the runtime to the imagebuildah call
 func (r *Runtime) Build(ctx context.Context, options buildahDefine.BuildOptions, dockerfiles ...string) (string, reference.Canonical, error) {
 	if options.Runtime == "" {
-		// Make sure that build containers use the same runtime as Podman (see #9365).
-		conf := util.DefaultContainerConfig()
-		options.Runtime = conf.Engine.OCIRuntime
+		options.Runtime = r.GetOCIRuntimePath()
 	}
 	id, ref, err := imagebuildah.BuildDockerfiles(ctx, r.store, options, dockerfiles...)
 	// Write event for build completion