diff --git a/tests/browser.sh b/tests/browser.sh
index a85dfdb..04b3bd3 100755
--- a/tests/browser.sh
+++ b/tests/browser.sh
@@ -39,26 +39,17 @@ chown -R runtest "$SOURCE"
 # disable core dumps, we rather investigate them upstream where test VMs are accessible
 echo core > /proc/sys/kernel/core_pattern
 
-# cleanup any images that are on the system
-podman rmi -af
+# grab a few images to play with; tests run offline, so they cannot download images
+podman rmi --all
+podman pull quay.io/libpod/busybox
+podman pull quay.io/libpod/alpine
+podman pull quay.io/cockpit/registry:2
 
-# pull images for system podman tests
-podman pull docker.io/busybox
-podman pull docker.io/alpine
-podman pull docker.io/registry:2
-
-# HACK: avoid leftover user podman processes between login sessions: https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/7021
-mkdir -p /etc/systemd/user/podman.service.d
-printf '[Service]\nKillMode=\n' > /etc/systemd/user/podman.service.d/cleanup.conf
-
-# claenup and pull images for user podman tests; podman insists on user session
+# copy images for user podman tests; podman insists on user session
 loginctl enable-linger $(id -u admin)
-sudo -i -u admin bash << EOF
-podman rmi -af
-podman pull docker.io/busybox
-podman pull docker.io/alpine
-podman pull docker.io/registry:2
-EOF
+for img in quay.io/libpod/busybox quay.io/libpod/alpine quay.io/cockpit/registry:2; do
+    podman save  $img | sudo -i -u admin podman load
+done
 loginctl disable-linger $(id -u admin)
 
 systemctl enable --now cockpit.socket podman.socket