diff --git a/libimage/pull.go b/libimage/pull.go
index 84ce107ee..e9ba5293c 100644
--- a/libimage/pull.go
+++ b/libimage/pull.go
@@ -243,14 +243,8 @@ func (r *Runtime) copyFromDefault(ctx context.Context, ref types.ImageReference,
 		imageName = named.String()
 
 	default:
-		// Path-based transports (e.g., dir) may include invalid
-		// characters, so we should pessimistically generate an ID
-		// instead of looking at the StringWithinTransport().
-		storageName, err = getImageID(ctx, ref, nil)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		imageName = "sha256:" + storageName[1:]
+		storageName = toLocalImageName(ref.StringWithinTransport())
+		imageName = storageName
 	}
 
 	// Create a storage reference.
diff --git a/libimage/pull_test.go b/libimage/pull_test.go
index 6bd6137b2..1aebd35f4 100644
--- a/libimage/pull_test.go
+++ b/libimage/pull_test.go
@@ -51,9 +51,6 @@ func TestPull(t *testing.T) {
 		{"docker://docker.io/library/alpine", false, 1, []string{"docker.io/library/alpine:latest"}},
 		{"quay.io/libpod/alpine@sha256:634a8f35b5f16dcf4aaa0822adc0b1964bb786fca12f6831de8ddc45e5986a00", false, 1, []string{"quay.io/libpod/alpine@sha256:634a8f35b5f16dcf4aaa0822adc0b1964bb786fca12f6831de8ddc45e5986a00"}},
 		{"quay.io/libpod/alpine:pleaseignorethistag@sha256:634a8f35b5f16dcf4aaa0822adc0b1964bb786fca12f6831de8ddc45e5986a00", false, 1, []string{"quay.io/libpod/alpine@sha256:634a8f35b5f16dcf4aaa0822adc0b1964bb786fca12f6831de8ddc45e5986a00"}},
-
-		// DIR
-		{"dir:testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L", false, 1, []string{"61e17f84d763cc086d43c67dcf4cdbd69f9224c74e961c53b589b70499eac443"}},
 	} {
 		pulledImages, err := runtime.Pull(ctx, test.input, config.PullPolicyAlways, pullOptions)
 		if test.expectError {
diff --git a/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/5f70bf18a086007016e948b04aed3b82103a36bea41755b6cddfaf10ace3c6ef b/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/5f70bf18a086007016e948b04aed3b82103a36bea41755b6cddfaf10ace3c6ef
deleted file mode 100644
index 06d740502..000000000
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diff --git a/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/61e17f84d763cc086d43c67dcf4cdbd69f9224c74e961c53b589b70499eac443 b/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/61e17f84d763cc086d43c67dcf4cdbd69f9224c74e961c53b589b70499eac443
deleted file mode 100644
index 0f29a3146..000000000
--- a/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/61e17f84d763cc086d43c67dcf4cdbd69f9224c74e961c53b589b70499eac443
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"created":"2021-12-20T13:03:01.601633431Z","architecture":"amd64","os":"linux","config":{"Env":["PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"],"Labels":{"io.buildah.version":"1.23.1"}},"rootfs":{"type":"layers","diff_ids":["sha256:5f70bf18a086007016e948b04aed3b82103a36bea41755b6cddfaf10ace3c6ef"]},"history":[{"created":"2021-12-20T13:03:01.602339865Z","created_by":"/bin/sh"}]}
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diff --git a/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/manifest.json b/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/manifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 00e9e0d37..000000000
--- a/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/manifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"schemaVersion":2,"config":{"mediaType":"application/vnd.oci.image.config.v1+json","digest":"sha256:61e17f84d763cc086d43c67dcf4cdbd69f9224c74e961c53b589b70499eac443","size":402},"layers":[{"mediaType":"application/vnd.oci.image.layer.v1.tar","digest":"sha256:5f70bf18a086007016e948b04aed3b82103a36bea41755b6cddfaf10ace3c6ef","size":1024}],"annotations":{"org.opencontainers.image.base.digest":"","org.opencontainers.image.base.name":""}}
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diff --git a/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/version b/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/version
deleted file mode 100644
index 75a4f5701..000000000
--- a/libimage/testdata/scratch-dir-5pec!@L/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Directory Transport Version: 1.1