diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2ddec17..8af44c4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [Unreleased]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Simplify the path evaluation for docker
+
 ## [0.1.0] - 2024-11-07
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/Commands.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/Commands.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index f9d2027..0000000
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/Commands.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package dev.codebandits.container.gradle.tasks
-
-import kotlin.io.bufferedReader
-import kotlin.io.readText
-import kotlin.io.use
-import kotlin.text.trim
-
-internal object Commands {
-  val dockerPath: String = getCommandPath("docker")
-
-  private fun getCommandPath(command: String): String {
-    val processBuilder = ProcessBuilder("which", "docker")
-    val process = processBuilder.start()
-    val output = process.inputStream.bufferedReader().use { it.readText() }
-    val exitCode = process.waitFor()
-    return when (exitCode) {
-      0 -> output.trim()
-      else -> throw IllegalStateException("$command not found in system path.")
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/ContainerRunTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/ContainerRunTask.kt
index 418390c..e2ff3c3 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/ContainerRunTask.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/ContainerRunTask.kt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public abstract class ContainerRunTask : ContainerExecTask() {
     actionSteps.add(
       ExecutionStep(
         execAction = {
-          executable = Commands.dockerPath
+          executable = "docker"
           args(*dockerArgs)
           val dockerHost = spec.dockerHost.orNull
           if (dockerHost != null) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/TaskImages.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/TaskImages.kt
index c7f46ea..c203fbd 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/TaskImages.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/codebandits/container/gradle/tasks/TaskImages.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public abstract class TaskImages(private val task: Task) {
       execAction = {
         val file = imageIdentifierFileProvider.get().asFile
         file.parentFile.mkdirs()
-        executable = Commands.dockerPath
+        executable = "docker"
         args("inspect", "--format", "{{.Id}}", imageReference)
         standardOutput = imageIdentifierFileProvider.get().asFile.outputStream()
         errorOutput = OutputStream.nullOutputStream()
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public abstract class TaskImages(private val task: Task) {
       execAction = {
         val file = imageIdentifierFileProvider.get().asFile
         file.parentFile.mkdirs()
-        this.executable = Commands.dockerPath
+        executable = "docker"
         args("manifest", "inspect", imageReference)
         standardOutput = file.outputStream()
         isIgnoreExitValue = true