diff --git a/airflow/podman_image.go b/airflow/podman_image.go
index af5e426d8..e3a24c924 100644
--- a/airflow/podman_image.go
+++ b/airflow/podman_image.go
@@ -69,19 +69,11 @@ func (p *PodmanImage) Push(cloudDomain, token, remoteImageTag string) error {
 	registry := "registry." + cloudDomain
 	remoteImage := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", registry, imageName(p.imageName, remoteImageTag))
 
-	err := p.podmanBind.Tag(p.conn, imageName(p.imageName, "latest"), remoteImageTag, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", registry, p.imageName), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("command 'podman tag %s %s' failed: %w", p.imageName, remoteImage, err)
-	}
 	options := new(images.PushOptions)
-	if err := p.podmanBind.Push(p.conn, p.imageName, remoteImage, options); err != nil {
+	if err := p.podmanBind.Push(p.conn, imageName(p.imageName, "latest"), remoteImage, options); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("error pushing %s image to %s: %w", p.imageName, registry, err)
 	}
 
-	err = p.podmanBind.Untag(p.conn, imageName(p.imageName, "latest"), remoteImageTag, fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", registry, p.imageName), nil)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("command 'podman untag %s' failed: %w", remoteImage, err)
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/airflow/podman_image_test.go b/airflow/podman_image_test.go
index bfcda1b6a..2f021e9e1 100644
--- a/airflow/podman_image_test.go
+++ b/airflow/podman_image_test.go
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ import (
 func TestPodmanPushSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 	bindMock := new(mocks.PodmanBind)
 	podmanImageMock := &PodmanImage{imageName: "test", podmanBind: bindMock, conn: context.TODO()}
-	bindMock.On("Tag", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	bindMock.On("Push", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	bindMock.On("Untag", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 
 	err := podmanImageMock.Push("test.astro.io", "token", "2")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -24,20 +22,9 @@ func TestPodmanPushSuccess(t *testing.T) {
 func TestPodmanPushFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	bindMock := new(mocks.PodmanBind)
 	podmanImageMock := &PodmanImage{imageName: "test", podmanBind: bindMock, conn: context.TODO()}
-	bindMock.On("Tag", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(errPodman).Once()
 
-	err := podmanImageMock.Push("test.astro.io", "token", "2")
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "command 'podman tag test registry.test.astro.io/test/airflow:2' failed")
-
-	bindMock.On("Tag", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
 	bindMock.On("Push", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(errPodman).Once()
 
-	err = podmanImageMock.Push("test.astro.io", "token", "2")
+	err := podmanImageMock.Push("test.astro.io", "token", "2")
 	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "error pushing test image to registry.test.astro.io")
-
-	bindMock.On("Push", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(nil)
-	bindMock.On("Untag", podmanImageMock.conn, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything, mock.Anything).Return(errPodman)
-
-	err = podmanImageMock.Push("test.astro.io", "token", "2")
-	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "command 'podman untag registry.test.astro.io/test/airflow:2' failed")
 }