diff --git a/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go b/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go
index aee80ceeac..1bdd088d44 100644
--- a/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go
+++ b/mantle/cmd/kola/testiso.go
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "journalctl -t coreos-installer-service | /usr/bin/awk '/[D
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/udevadm settle"
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/mount /dev/disk/by-label/root /mnt"
 ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/jq -er '.[\"build\"]? + .[\"version\"]? == \"%s\"' /mnt/.coreos-aleph-version.json"
-ExecStart=/bin/sh -c "/usr/bin/jq -er '.[\"ostree-commit\"] == \"%s\"' /mnt/.coreos-aleph-version.json"
 [Install]
 RequiredBy=coreos-installer.target
 `
@@ -833,7 +832,7 @@ func testPXE(ctx context.Context, inst platform.Install, outdir string) (time.Du
 	liveConfig.AddSystemdUnit("coreos-test-entered-emergency-target.service", signalFailureUnit, conf.Enable)
 
 	if isOffline {
-		contents := fmt.Sprintf(downloadCheck, kola.CosaBuild.Meta.OstreeVersion, kola.CosaBuild.Meta.OstreeCommit)
+		contents := fmt.Sprintf(downloadCheck, kola.CosaBuild.Meta.OstreeVersion)
 		liveConfig.AddSystemdUnit("coreos-installer-offline-check.service", contents, conf.Enable)
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd-import b/src/cmd-import
index e942ccd3eb..0327fdf1b6 100755
--- a/src/cmd-import
+++ b/src/cmd-import
@@ -78,8 +78,11 @@ def generate_oci_archive(args, tmpd):
         print(f"Copying {args.srcimg.partition(':')[2]} to {tmpf}")
         shutil.copy(args.srcimg.partition(':')[2], tmpf)
     else:
-        subprocess.check_call(['skopeo', 'copy', '--preserve-digests', args.srcimg,
-                               f"oci-archive:{tmpf}"])
+        extra_args = []
+        # in the containers-storage case, there's no digest to preserve
+        if not args.srcimg.startswith('containers-storage'):
+            extra_args += ['--preserve-digests']
+        subprocess.check_call(['skopeo', 'copy', args.srcimg, f"oci-archive:{tmpf}"] + extra_args)
     return tmpf