diff --git a/podman.spec b/podman.spec
index 56a4330..9bcaa53 100644
--- a/podman.spec
+++ b/podman.spec
@@ -370,6 +370,13 @@ cp -pav test/system %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/%{name}/test/
 #define license tag if not already defined
 %{!?_licensedir:%global license %doc}
 
+# PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT PACKIT
+# These files will be installed by unreleased versions of %%{name} and upstream is
+# not comfy with a patch using packit's fix-spec-files action so let's remove the file here.
+# The packager will need to revisit this section on every upstream release.
+# See: https://github.com/containers/podman/pull/15457#discussion_r955423853
+rm -f %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/user-tmpfiles.d/%{name}-docker.conf
+
 %files -f %{name}.file-list
 %license LICENSE
 %doc README.md CONTRIBUTING.md install.md transfer.md