diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5fa66bc3f..f3a6290a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -231,6 +231,10 @@ syscall-tests: ## Run all system call tests.
 	@$(call test,$(PARTITIONS) test/syscalls/...)
 .PHONY: syscall-tests
 
+packetimpact-tests:
+	@$(call test,--jobs=HOST_CPUS*3 --local_test_jobs=HOST_CPUS*3 //test/packetimpact/tests:all_tests)
+.PHONY: packetimpact-tests
+
 %-runtime-tests: load-runtimes_% $(RUNTIME_BIN)
 	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),) # Ensure flags are cleared.
 	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--test_timeout=10800 //test/runtimes:$*)
@@ -302,13 +306,6 @@ packetdrill-tests: load-packetdrill $(RUNTIME_BIN)
 	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),//test/packetdrill:all_tests)
 .PHONY: packetdrill-tests
 
-packetimpact-tests: load-packetimpact $(RUNTIME_BIN)
-	@sudo modprobe iptable_filter
-	@sudo modprobe ip6table_filter
-	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),) # Clear flags.
-	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--jobs=HOST_CPUS*3 --local_test_jobs=HOST_CPUS*3 //test/packetimpact/tests:all_tests)
-.PHONY: packetimpact-tests
-
 fsstress-test: load-basic $(RUNTIME_BIN)
 	@$(call install_runtime,$(RUNTIME),--vfs2)
 	@$(call test_runtime,$(RUNTIME),//test/fsstress:fsstress_test)
diff --git a/images/packetimpact/Dockerfile b/images/packetimpact/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 906d5cdd6..000000000
--- a/images/packetimpact/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-FROM ubuntu:focal
-RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
-        # iptables to disable OS native packet processing.
-        iptables \
-        # nc to check that the posix_server is running.
-        netcat \
-        # tcpdump to log brief packet sniffing.
-        tcpdump \
-        # ip link show to display MAC addresses.
-        iproute2 \
-        # tshark to log verbose packet sniffing.
-        tshark \
-        # killall for cleanup.
-        psmisc \
-        # qemu-system-x86 to emulate fuchsia.
-        qemu-system-x86 \
-        # sha1sum to generate entropy.
-        libdigest-sha-perl
diff --git a/test/packetimpact/runner/main.go b/test/packetimpact/runner/main.go
index 0590f4b39..f5e9d82fe 100644
--- a/test/packetimpact/runner/main.go
+++ b/test/packetimpact/runner/main.go
@@ -95,15 +95,12 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		dutBinary       string
-		testBinary      string
-		expectFailure   bool
-		numDUTs         int
-		variant         string
-		runtime         string
-		partition       int
-		totalPartitions int
-		dutArgs         dutArgList
+		dutBinary     string
+		testBinary    string
+		expectFailure bool
+		numDUTs       int
+		variant       string
+		dutArgs       dutArgList
 	)
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet(os.Args[0], flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.StringVar(&dutBinary, "dut_binary", "", "path to the DUT binary")
@@ -112,10 +109,6 @@ func main() {
 	fs.IntVar(&numDUTs, "num_duts", 1, "number of DUTs to create")
 	fs.StringVar(&variant, "variant", "", "test variant could be native, gvisor or fuchsia")
 	fs.Var(&dutArgs, "dut_arg", "argument to the DUT binary")
-	// The following args are passed by CI environment which are not used by us.
-	fs.StringVar(&runtime, "runtime", "", "docker runtime to use (unused)")
-	fs.IntVar(&partition, "partition", 1, "1-indexed partition (unused)")
-	fs.IntVar(&totalPartitions, "total_partitions", 1, "total partitions (unused)")
 	if err := fs.Parse(os.Args[1:]); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}