diff --git a/src/node/docker_mananger.py b/src/node/docker_mananger.py
index 24225ff2..0e00113c 100644
--- a/src/node/docker_mananger.py
+++ b/src/node/docker_mananger.py
@@ -55,30 +55,6 @@ class DockerManager:
 
         return container
 
-    def run_container(self, image_name, ports, args, log_path, container_ip, volumes):
-        cli_args = []
-        for key, value in args.items():
-            if isinstance(value, list):  # Check if value is a list
-                cli_args.extend([f"--{key}={item}" for item in value])  # Add a command for each item in the list
-            else:
-                cli_args.append(f"--{key}={value}")  # Add a single command
-        port_bindings = {f"{port}/tcp": ("", port) for port in ports}
-        logger.debug(f"Running container with image {image_name}")
-        logger.debug(f"Using args {cli_args}")
-        container = self._client.containers.exec_run(
-            image_name, command=cli_args, ports=port_bindings, detach=True, remove=True, auto_remove=True, volumes=volumes
-        )
-
-        network = self._client.networks.get(NETWORK_NAME)
-        network.connect(container, ipv4_address=container_ip)
-
-        logger.debug(f"Container started with ID {container.short_id}. Setting up logs at {log_path}")
-        log_thread = threading.Thread(target=self._log_container_output, args=(container, log_path))
-        log_thread.daemon = True
-        log_thread.start()
-
-        return container
-
     def _log_container_output(self, container, log_path):
         os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(log_path), exist_ok=True)
         with open(log_path, "wb+") as log_file:
diff --git a/src/node/waku_node.py b/src/node/waku_node.py
index ca97ea1b..375ae2d9 100644
--- a/src/node/waku_node.py
+++ b/src/node/waku_node.py
@@ -107,15 +107,9 @@ class WakuNode:
         )
 
         if default_args["rln-register-only"]:
-            self._container = self._docker_manager.run_container(
-                self._docker_manager.image, self._ports, default_args, self._log_path, self._ext_ip, self._volumes
-            )
             logger.debug(f"Executed container from image {self._image_name}. REST: {self._rest_port} to register RLN")
 
         else:
-            self._container = self._docker_manager.start_container(
-                self._docker_manager.image, self._ports, default_args, self._log_path, self._ext_ip, self._volumes
-            )
             logger.debug(f"Started container from image {self._image_name}. REST: {self._rest_port} with RLN enabled")
             DS.waku_nodes.append(self)
             delay(1)  # if we fire requests to soon after starting the node will sometimes fail to start correctly