diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 1094df7a80..20e5cddc09 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ ostree-rs-ext_task:
         - dnf builddep -y skopeo
         - make
         - make install
+        - echo '{"default":[{"type":"insecureAcceptAnything"}],"transports":{"docker-daemon":{"":[{"type":"insecureAcceptAnything"}]}}}' > /etc/containers/policy.json
     proxy_ostree_ext_build_script:
         - git clone --depth 1 $EXT_REPO $EXT_REPO_HOME
         - cd $EXT_REPO_HOME
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e25c4cfbef..c6cf1cbcfc 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ export GOPROXY=https://proxy.golang.org
 # The following variables very roughly follow https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Makefile-Conventions .
 DESTDIR ?=
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
-ifeq ($(shell uname -s),FreeBSD)
-CONTAINERSCONFDIR ?= /usr/local/etc/containers
-else
-CONTAINERSCONFDIR ?= /etc/containers
-endif
-REGISTRIESDDIR ?= ${CONTAINERSCONFDIR}/registries.d
 LOOKASIDEDIR ?= /var/lib/containers/sigstore
 BINDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/bin
 MANDIR ?= ${PREFIX}/share/man
@@ -159,10 +153,6 @@ clean:
 
 install: install-binary install-docs install-completions
 	install -d -m 755 ${DESTDIR}${LOOKASIDEDIR}
-	install -d -m 755 ${DESTDIR}${CONTAINERSCONFDIR}
-	install -m 644 default-policy.json ${DESTDIR}${CONTAINERSCONFDIR}/policy.json
-	install -d -m 755 ${DESTDIR}${REGISTRIESDDIR}
-	install -m 644 default.yaml ${DESTDIR}${REGISTRIESDDIR}/default.yaml
 
 install-binary: bin/skopeo
 	install -d -m 755 ${DESTDIR}${BINDIR}
diff --git a/default-policy.json b/default-policy.json
deleted file mode 100644
index dffc54a626..0000000000
--- a/default-policy.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "default": [
-        {
-            "type": "insecureAcceptAnything"
-        }
-    ],
-    "transports":
-        {
-            "docker-daemon":
-                {
-                    "": [{"type":"insecureAcceptAnything"}]
-                }
-        }
-}
diff --git a/default.yaml b/default.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a7f3d28231..0000000000
--- a/default.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# This is a default registries.d configuration file.  You may
-# add to this file or create additional files in registries.d/.
-#
-# lookaside: for reading/writing simple signing signatures
-# lookaside-staging: for writing simple signing signatures, preferred over lookaside
-#
-# lookaside and lookaside-staging take a value of the following:
-#   lookaside:  {schema}://location
-#
-# For reading signatures, schema may be http, https, or file.
-# For writing signatures, schema may only be file.
-
-# The default locations are built-in, for both reading and writing:
-# /var/lib/containers/sigstore for root, or
-# ~/.local/share/containers/sigstore for non-root users.
-default-docker:
-#  lookaside: https://…
-#  lookaside-staging: file:///…
-
-# The 'docker' indicator here is the start of the configuration
-# for docker registries.
-#
-# docker:
-#
-#   privateregistry.com:
-#    lookaside: https://privateregistry.com/sigstore/
-#    lookaside-staging: /mnt/nfs/privateregistry/sigstore
-