diff --git a/container/podman/client.go b/container/podman/client.go
index f51720a734..af33ebeaf5 100644
--- a/container/podman/client.go
+++ b/container/podman/client.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
-	"net/url"
+	urllib "net/url"
 )
 
 type clientKey struct{}
@@ -29,23 +29,23 @@ func (c clientKey) String() string {
 }
 
 type Connection struct {
-	URI    *url.URL
+	URI    *urllib.URL
 	Client *http.Client
 }
 
 func client(ctx *context.Context) (*Connection, error) {
-	_url, err := url.Parse(*endpointFlag)
+	url, err := urllib.Parse(*endpointFlag)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	switch _url.Scheme {
+	switch url.Scheme {
 	case "unix":
-		connection := Connection{URI: _url}
+		connection := Connection{URI: url}
 		connection.Client = &http.Client{
 			Transport: &http.Transport{
 				DialContext: func(ctx context.Context, _, _ string) (net.Conn, error) {
-					return (&net.Dialer{}).DialContext(ctx, "unix", _url.Path)
+					return (&net.Dialer{}).DialContext(ctx, "unix", url.Path)
 				},
 				DisableCompression: true,
 			},
diff --git a/container/podman/podman.go b/container/podman/podman.go
index 53b87977f4..4f2cc7b95f 100644
--- a/container/podman/podman.go
+++ b/container/podman/podman.go
@@ -45,10 +45,6 @@ func validateResponse(gotError error, response *http.Response) error {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("item not found")
 	case response.StatusCode == http.StatusNotImplemented:
 		err = fmt.Errorf("query not implemented")
-	case response.StatusCode != http.StatusOK:
-		err = fmt.Errorf("status not ok")
-	case gotError == nil:
-		return nil
 	default:
 		return gotError
 	}