diff --git a/playbooks/system-test-commands-options.yaml b/playbooks/system-test-commands-options.yaml
index 7613f4b29..2c9fd4de6 100644
--- a/playbooks/system-test-commands-options.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/system-test-commands-options.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     - name: Run the commands-options system tests
       command: bats --filter-tags commands-options ./test/system
       environment:
-        PODMAN: '/usr/bin/podman'
         TMPDIR: '/var/tmp'
         TOOLBX: '/usr/local/bin/toolbox'
         TOOLBX_TEST_SYSTEM_TAGS: 'arch-fedora,commands-options,custom-image,ubuntu'
diff --git a/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-arch-fedora.yaml b/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-arch-fedora.yaml
index 608b86f76..159356330 100644
--- a/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-arch-fedora.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-arch-fedora.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     - name: Run the (arch-fedora,runtime-environment) system tests
       command: bats --filter-tags arch-fedora,runtime-environment ./test/system
       environment:
-        PODMAN: '/usr/bin/podman'
         TMPDIR: '/var/tmp'
         TOOLBX: '/usr/local/bin/toolbox'
         TOOLBX_TEST_SYSTEM_TAGS: 'arch-fedora,runtime-environment'
diff --git a/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-ubuntu.yaml b/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-ubuntu.yaml
index 7257d0009..30fb7ad69 100644
--- a/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/system-test-runtime-environment-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     - name: Run the (runtime-environment,ubuntu) system tests
       command: bats --filter-tags runtime-environment,ubuntu ./test/system
       environment:
-        PODMAN: '/usr/bin/podman'
         TMPDIR: '/var/tmp'
         TOOLBX: '/usr/local/bin/toolbox'
         TOOLBX_TEST_SYSTEM_TAGS: 'runtime-environment,ubuntu'
diff --git a/test/system/101-create.bats b/test/system/101-create.bats
index 14054c150..fb0e92d65 100644
--- a/test/system/101-create.bats
+++ b/test/system/101-create.bats
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert_output --partial "Created container: ubuntu-toolbox-16.04"
   assert_output --partial "Enter with: toolbox enter ubuntu-toolbox-16.04"
 
-  run $PODMAN ps --all
+  run podman ps --all
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --regexp "Created[[:blank:]]+ubuntu-toolbox-16.04"
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert_output --partial "Created container: ubuntu-toolbox-18.04"
   assert_output --partial "Enter with: toolbox enter ubuntu-toolbox-18.04"
 
-  run $PODMAN ps --all
+  run podman ps --all
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --regexp "Created[[:blank:]]+ubuntu-toolbox-18.04"
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert_output --partial "Created container: ubuntu-toolbox-20.04"
   assert_output --partial "Enter with: toolbox enter ubuntu-toolbox-20.04"
 
-  run $PODMAN ps --all
+  run podman ps --all
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --regexp "Created[[:blank:]]+ubuntu-toolbox-20.04"
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
   assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
 
-  run $PODMAN ps --all
+  run podman ps --all
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --regexp "Created[[:blank:]]+$image"
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
   assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
 
-  run $PODMAN ps --all
+  run podman ps --all
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --regexp "Created[[:blank:]]+non-default"
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ teardown() {
   assert [ ${#lines[@]} -eq 2 ]
   assert [ ${#stderr_lines[@]} -eq 0 ]
 
-  run $PODMAN ps --all
+  run podman ps --all
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --regexp "Created[[:blank:]]+non-default"
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ teardown() {
   local authfile="$BATS_TEST_TMPDIR/authfile"
   local image="fedora-toolbox:34"
 
-  run $PODMAN login --authfile "$authfile" --username user --password user "$DOCKER_REG_URI"
+  run podman login --authfile "$authfile" --username user --password user "$DOCKER_REG_URI"
   assert_success
 
   run "$TOOLBX" --assumeyes create --image "$DOCKER_REG_URI/$image"
diff --git a/test/system/102-list.bats b/test/system/102-list.bats
index e2fcd7821..9876c3dd8 100644
--- a/test/system/102-list.bats
+++ b/test/system/102-list.bats
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ teardown() {
   num_of_images="$(list_images)"
   assert_equal "$num_of_images" 1
 
-  $PODMAN create --name busybox-container "$busybox_image"
+  podman create --name busybox-container "$busybox_image"
 
   local num_of_containers
   num_of_containers="$(list_containers)"
@@ -558,7 +558,7 @@ teardown() {
   num_of_images="$(list_images)"
   assert_equal "$num_of_images" 1
 
-  $PODMAN create --name busybox-container "$busybox_image"
+  podman create --name busybox-container "$busybox_image"
 
   local num_of_containers
   num_of_containers="$(list_containers)"
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ teardown() {
   num_of_images="$(list_images)"
   assert_equal "$num_of_images" 1
 
-  $PODMAN create --name busybox-container "$busybox_image"
+  podman create --name busybox-container "$busybox_image"
 
   local num_of_containers
   num_of_containers="$(list_containers)"
diff --git a/test/system/104-run.bats b/test/system/104-run.bats
index 46054cb90..36b0792ce 100644
--- a/test/system/104-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/104-run.bats
@@ -842,11 +842,11 @@ teardown() {
 
   local container="ancient"
 
-  run "$PODMAN" create --name "$container" "$default_image" true
+  run podman create --name "$container" "$default_image" true
 
   assert_success
 
-  run $PODMAN ps --all
+  run podman ps --all
 
   assert_success
   assert_output --regexp "Created[[:blank:]]+$container"
diff --git a/test/system/206-user.bats b/test/system/206-user.bats
index a30128e9a..ffefb68e6 100644
--- a/test/system/206-user.bats
+++ b/test/system/206-user.bats
@@ -57,12 +57,12 @@ teardown() {
   default_container="$(get_system_id)-toolbox-$(get_system_version)"
 
   create_default_container
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount "$default_container")"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount "$default_container")"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount "$default_container"
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount "$default_container"
 
   assert_success
   assert_line --regexp '^root::.+$'
@@ -75,12 +75,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=arch-fedora
 @test "user: root in shadow(5) inside Arch Linux" {
   create_distro_container arch latest arch-toolbox-latest
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount arch-toolbox-latest)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount arch-toolbox-latest)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro arch true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount arch-toolbox-latest
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount arch-toolbox-latest
 
   assert_success
   assert_line --regexp '^root::.+$'
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=arch-fedora
 @test "user: root in shadow(5) inside Fedora 34" {
   create_distro_container fedora 34 fedora-toolbox-34
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount fedora-toolbox-34)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount fedora-toolbox-34)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro fedora --release 34 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount fedora-toolbox-34
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount fedora-toolbox-34
 
   assert_success
   assert_line --regexp '^root::.+$'
@@ -111,12 +111,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=arch-fedora
 @test "user: root in shadow(5) inside RHEL 8.10" {
   create_distro_container rhel 8.10 rhel-toolbox-8.10
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount rhel-toolbox-8.10)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount rhel-toolbox-8.10)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro rhel --release 8.10 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount rhel-toolbox-8.10
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount rhel-toolbox-8.10
 
   assert_success
   assert_line --regexp '^root::.+$'
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=ubuntu
 @test "user: root in shadow(5) inside Ubuntu 16.04" {
   create_distro_container ubuntu 16.04 ubuntu-toolbox-16.04
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 16.04 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04
 
   assert_success
   assert_line --regexp '^root::.+$'
@@ -147,12 +147,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=ubuntu
 @test "user: root in shadow(5) inside Ubuntu 18.04" {
   create_distro_container ubuntu 18.04 ubuntu-toolbox-18.04
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 18.04 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04
 
   assert_success
   assert_line --regexp '^root::.+$'
@@ -165,12 +165,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=ubuntu
 @test "user: root in shadow(5) inside Ubuntu 20.04" {
   create_distro_container ubuntu 20.04 ubuntu-toolbox-20.04
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 20.04 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04
 
   assert_success
   assert_line --regexp '^root::.+$'
@@ -326,12 +326,12 @@ teardown() {
   default_container="$(get_system_id)-toolbox-$(get_system_version)"
 
   create_default_container
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount "$default_container")"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount "$default_container")"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount "$default_container"
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount "$default_container"
 
   assert_success
   refute_line --regexp "^$USER:.*$"
@@ -344,12 +344,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=arch-fedora
 @test "user: $USER in shadow(5) inside Arch Linux" {
   create_distro_container arch latest arch-toolbox-latest
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount arch-toolbox-latest)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount arch-toolbox-latest)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro arch true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount arch-toolbox-latest
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount arch-toolbox-latest
 
   assert_success
   refute_line --regexp "^$USER:.*$"
@@ -362,12 +362,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=arch-fedora
 @test "user: $USER in shadow(5) inside Fedora 34" {
   create_distro_container fedora 34 fedora-toolbox-34
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount fedora-toolbox-34)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount fedora-toolbox-34)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro fedora --release 34 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount fedora-toolbox-34
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount fedora-toolbox-34
 
   assert_success
   refute_line --regexp "^$USER:.*$"
@@ -380,12 +380,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=arch-fedora
 @test "user: $USER in shadow(5) inside RHEL 8.10" {
   create_distro_container rhel 8.10 rhel-toolbox-8.10
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount rhel-toolbox-8.10)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount rhel-toolbox-8.10)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro rhel --release 8.10 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount rhel-toolbox-8.10
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount rhel-toolbox-8.10
 
   assert_success
   refute_line --regexp "^$USER:.*$"
@@ -398,12 +398,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=ubuntu
 @test "user: $USER in shadow(5) inside Ubuntu 16.04" {
   create_distro_container ubuntu 16.04 ubuntu-toolbox-16.04
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 16.04 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount ubuntu-toolbox-16.04
 
   assert_success
   refute_line --regexp "^$USER:.*$"
@@ -416,12 +416,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=ubuntu
 @test "user: $USER in shadow(5) inside Ubuntu 18.04" {
   create_distro_container ubuntu 18.04 ubuntu-toolbox-18.04
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 18.04 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount ubuntu-toolbox-18.04
 
   assert_success
   refute_line --regexp "^$USER:.*$"
@@ -434,12 +434,12 @@ teardown() {
 # bats test_tags=ubuntu
 @test "user: $USER in shadow(5) inside Ubuntu 20.04" {
   create_distro_container ubuntu 20.04 ubuntu-toolbox-20.04
-  container_root_file_system="$("$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" mount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04)"
+  container_root_file_system="$(podman unshare podman mount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04)"
 
   "$TOOLBX" run --distro ubuntu --release 20.04 true
 
-  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr "$PODMAN" unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
-  "$PODMAN" unshare "$PODMAN" unmount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04
+  run --keep-empty-lines --separate-stderr podman unshare cat "$container_root_file_system/etc/shadow"
+  podman unshare podman unmount ubuntu-toolbox-20.04
 
   assert_success
   refute_line --regexp "^$USER:.*$"
diff --git a/test/system/README.md b/test/system/README.md
index 469422280..b71349df7 100644
--- a/test/system/README.md
+++ b/test/system/README.md
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ and to speed up the cases.
 By default the test suite uses the system versions of `podman`, `skopeo` and
 `toolbox`.
 
-If you have a `podman`, `skopeo` or `toolbox` installed in a nonstandard
-location then you can use the `PODMAN`, `SKOPEO` and `TOOLBX` environmental
-variables to set the path to the binaries. So the command to invoke the test
-suite could look something like this: `PODMAN=/usr/libexec/podman TOOLBX=./toolbox bats ./test/system/`.
+If you have `toolbox` installed in a nonstandard location then you can use the
+`TOOLBX` environmental variable to set the path to the binary. So the command
+to invoke the test suite could look something like this:
+`TOOLBX=./toolbox bats ./test/system/`.
 
 It's recommended to set the [TMPDIR](https://systemd.io/TEMPORARY_DIRECTORIES/)
 environment variable to `/var/tmp` when running the tests.  Otherwise, the
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ Examples:
 Example pull of the `fedora-toolbox:34` image:
 
 ```bash
-$PODMAN login --username user --password user "$DOCKER_REG_URI"
-$PODMAN pull "$DOCKER_REG_URI/fedora-toolbox:34"
+podman login --username user --password user "$DOCKER_REG_URI"
+podman pull "$DOCKER_REG_URI/fedora-toolbox:34"
 ```
diff --git a/test/system/libs/helpers.bash b/test/system/libs/helpers.bash
index 2d05641f5..1608fccb3 100644
--- a/test/system/libs/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/system/libs/helpers.bash
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ readonly PODMAN="${PODMAN:-$(command -v podman)}"
 readonly TOOLBX="${TOOLBX:-$(command -v toolbox)}"
 readonly TOOLBX_TEST_SYSTEM_TAGS_ALL="arch-fedora,commands-options,custom-image,runtime-environment,ubuntu"
 readonly TOOLBX_TEST_SYSTEM_TAGS="${TOOLBX_TEST_SYSTEM_TAGS:-$TOOLBX_TEST_SYSTEM_TAGS_ALL}"
-readonly SKOPEO="${SKOPEO:-$(command -v skopeo)}"
 
 # Images
 declare -Ag IMAGES=([arch]="quay.io/toolbx/arch-toolbox" \
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ function _pull_and_cache_distro_image() {
   local -i ret_val
 
   for ((j = 0; j < num_of_retries; j++)); do
-    error_message="$( ("$SKOPEO" copy --dest-compress \
+    error_message="$( (skopeo copy --dest-compress \
                           "docker://${image}" \
                           "dir:${IMAGE_CACHE_DIR}/${image_archive}" >/dev/null) 2>&1)"
     ret_val="$?"
@@ -211,7 +210,7 @@ function _setup_docker_registry() {
   assert_success
 
   # Add fedora-toolbox:34 image to the registry
-  run "$SKOPEO" copy --dest-authfile "${TEMP_BASE_DIR}/authfile.json" \
+  run skopeo copy --dest-authfile "${TEMP_BASE_DIR}/authfile.json" \
     dir:"${IMAGE_CACHE_DIR}"/fedora-toolbox-34 \
     docker://"${DOCKER_REG_URI}"/fedora-toolbox:34
   assert_success
@@ -336,7 +335,7 @@ function pull_distro_image() {
   fi
 
   # https://github.com/containers/skopeo/issues/547 for the options for containers-storage
-  run "$SKOPEO" copy "dir:${IMAGE_CACHE_DIR}/${image_archive}" "containers-storage:[overlay@$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR+$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR]${image}"
+  run skopeo copy "dir:${IMAGE_CACHE_DIR}/${image_archive}" "containers-storage:[overlay@$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR+$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR]${image}"
 
   # shellcheck disable=SC2154
   if [ "$status" -ne 0 ]; then
@@ -368,7 +367,7 @@ function pull_default_image_and_copy() {
   image="${IMAGES[$distro]}:$version"
 
   # https://github.com/containers/skopeo/issues/547 for the options for containers-storage
-  run "$SKOPEO" copy \
+  run skopeo copy \
       "containers-storage:[overlay@$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR+$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR]$image" \
       "containers-storage:[overlay@$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR+$ROOTLESS_PODMAN_STORE_DIR]$image-copy"