1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/recipes-containers/podman/podman_git.bb b/recipes-containers/podman/podman_git.bb
index 75e2fae3..36c80c0e 100644
--- a/recipes-containers/podman/podman_git.bb
+++ b/recipes-containers/podman/podman_git.bb
@@ -36,13 +36,10 @@ PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-contrib"
 
 PODMAN_PKG = "github.com/containers/podman"
 
-# Include the cni build tag unless the distro explicitly selects netavark-only.
-# The runtime backend is selected via containers.conf (network_backend),
-# but podman must be compiled with the cni tag to support it at all.
-# Previously this was gated on VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_networking == "cni",
-# which excluded cni in vruntime builds where that variable is intentionally
-# blank (vpdmn-rootfs-image installs cni packages directly in IMAGE_INSTALL).
-BUILDTAGS_EXTRA ?= "${@'' if d.getVar('VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_networking') == 'netavark' else 'cni'}"
+# Podman's vendored containers/common library removed CNI support entirely
+# (commit 8d1f636e40, March 2026). The network backend is now unconditionally
+# netavark — the cni build tag is a no-op.
+BUILDTAGS_EXTRA ?= ""
 BUILDTAGS ?= "seccomp varlink \
 ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'systemd', '', d)} \
 exclude_graphdriver_btrfs exclude_graphdriver_devicemapper ${BUILDTAGS_EXTRA}"
@@ -137,7 +134,6 @@ FILES:${PN} += " \
     ${systemd_user_unitdir}/* \
     ${nonarch_libdir}/tmpfiles.d/* \
     ${datadir}/user-tmpfiles.d/* \
-    ${sysconfdir}/cni \
 "
 
 SYSTEMD_SERVICE:${PN} = "podman.service podman.socket"
@@ -148,9 +144,13 @@ VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-nsenter ?= "util-linux-nsenter"
 
 COMPATIBLE_HOST = "^(?!mips).*"
 
+# netavark is the only supported network backend since podman 6.0
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_networking = "netavark"
+VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_dns = "aardvark-dns"
+
 RDEPENDS:${PN} += "\
         catatonit conmon ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_runtime} gpgme iptables libdevmapper \
-        ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_dns} ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_networking} ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-nsenter} \
+        ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_networking} ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_container_dns} ${VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_base-utils-nsenter} \
 "
 RRECOMMENDS:${PN} += "slirp4netns \
                       kernel-module-xt-masquerade \