diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 3f0a2916c..0b7e63dee 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ func (k *kataAgent) configure(h hypervisor, id, sharePath string, builtin bool,
 
 	if builtin {
 		k.proxyBuiltIn = true
-		k.state.URL, _ = k.agentURL()
 	}
 
 	// Adding the shared volume.
diff --git a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index d62d916c7..3482a4027 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -649,6 +649,7 @@ func TestAgentConfigure(t *testing.T) {
 
 	err = k.configure(h, id, dir, true, c)
 	assert.Nil(err)
+	assert.Empty(k.state.URL)
 
 	err = k.configure(h, id, dir, false, c)
 	assert.Nil(err)