diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
index c33c5d03b20..693571802ad 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactory.java
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ public DockerClient client() {
                     "  Total Memory: " + dockerInfo.getMemTotal() / (1024 * 1024) + " MB");
 
             checkVersion(version.getVersion());
-
-            // Pull the image we use to perform some checks
-            checkAndPullImage(client, TINY_IMAGE);
-
             checkDiskSpaceAndHandleExceptions(client);
             preconditionsChecked = true;
         }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactoryTest.java b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactoryTest.java
index 5f5dbe1ac3a..8b03e27ad81 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactoryTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/testcontainers/DockerClientFactoryTest.java
@@ -8,39 +8,26 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 /**
- * Created mgorelikov on 05/04/2017
  * Test for {@link DockerClientFactory}.
  */
 public class DockerClientFactoryTest {
 
-  private static final String SUCCESS = "SUCCESS";
-
   @Test
-  public void runCommandInsideDockerShouldPullImageIfItDoesNotExistsLocally() {
+  public void runCommandInsideDockerShouldNotFailIfImageDoesNotExistsLocally() {
 
     final DockerClientFactory dockFactory = DockerClientFactory.instance();
-    final String imageName = TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().getTinyImage();
     //remove tiny image, so it will be pulled during next command run
     dockFactory.client()
-        .removeImageCmd(imageName)
+        .removeImageCmd(TestcontainersConfiguration.getInstance().getTinyImage())
         .withForce(true).exec();
 
-    String result = dockFactory.runInsideDocker(
-        cmd -> cmd.withCmd("sh", "-c", "echo '" + SUCCESS + "'"),
+    dockFactory.runInsideDocker(
+        cmd -> cmd.withCmd("sh", "-c", "echo 'SUCCESS'"),
         (client, id) ->
             client.logContainerCmd(id)
                 .withStdOut(true)
                 .exec(new LogToStringContainerCallback())
                 .toString()
     );
-    //check local image availability
-    assertTrue(isImageAvailable(dockFactory, imageName));
-    assertEquals(SUCCESS + '\n', result);
-  }
-
-  private boolean isImageAvailable(DockerClientFactory dockFactory, String imageName) {
-    return !dockFactory.client().listImagesCmd()
-          .withImageNameFilter(imageName)
-          .exec().isEmpty();
   }
 }
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