diff --git a/docker-build.sh b/docker-build.sh
index 0ff7b12ebc..aa0a782643 100755
--- a/docker-build.sh
+++ b/docker-build.sh
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ buildDockerContainer()
 # Execute the (Adoptium) OpenJDK build inside the Docker Container
 buildOpenJDKViaDocker()
 {
-
-  DOCKER_PPODMAN="${1}"
-
   local hostDir
   hostDir="$(pwd)"
   local pipelinesdir="${hostDir}"/workspace/pipelines
diff --git a/makejdk-any-platform.sh b/makejdk-any-platform.sh
index 0f936d580b..743b194557 100755
--- a/makejdk-any-platform.sh
+++ b/makejdk-any-platform.sh
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ echo "$@" > ./workspace/config/makejdk-any-platform.args
 
 # Let's build and test the (Adoptium) OpenJDK binary in Docker or natively
 if [ ! "${BUILD_CONFIG[USE_DOCKER]}" == "false" ] ; then
-  buildOpenJDKViaDocker ${BUILD_CONFIG[USE_DOCKER]}
+  buildOpenJDKViaDocker
 else
   buildOpenJDKInNativeEnvironment
 fi