diff --git a/tests/data/docker/doas-debian.tar.gz b/tests/data/docker/doas-debian.tar.gz
deleted file mode 100644
index 2deb72ff..00000000
Binary files a/tests/data/docker/doas-debian.tar.gz and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/tests/image_prep/_container_setup.yml b/tests/image_prep/_container_setup.yml
index 35bea259..1120897a 100644
--- a/tests/image_prep/_container_setup.yml
+++ b/tests/image_prep/_container_setup.yml
@@ -54,18 +54,6 @@
         content: "UNICODE_SNOWMAN=\u2603\n"
         mode: u=rw,go=r
 
-    - name: Install prebuilt 'doas' binary
-      unarchive:
-        dest: /
-        src: ../data/docker/doas-debian.tar.gz
-
-    - name: Make prebuilt 'doas' binary executable
-      file:
-        path: /usr/local/bin/doas
-        mode: 'u=rwxs,go=rx'
-        owner: root
-        group: root
-
     - name: Install doas.conf
       copy:
         dest: /etc/doas.conf
diff --git a/tests/image_prep/host_vars/debian11.yml b/tests/image_prep/host_vars/debian11.yml
index 6d4a991a..55d34ae4 100644
--- a/tests/image_prep/host_vars/debian11.yml
+++ b/tests/image_prep/host_vars/debian11.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ bootstrap_packages: [python3, python3-apt]
 docker_base: debian:11
 
 packages:
+  - doas
   - libjson-perl
   - locales
   - python-is-python3