diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/kata-env.go b/src/runtime/cli/kata-env.go
index 12afdd6491..193368f4b5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/kata-env.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/kata-env.go
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"os"
-	runtim "runtime"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/BurntSushi/toml"
@@ -223,9 +222,6 @@ func getHostInfo() (HostInfo, error) {
 	}
 
 	hostVMContainerCapable := true
-	if runtim.GOARCH == "ppc64le" {
-		hostVMContainerCapable = false
-	}
 
 	details := vmContainerCapableDetails{
 		cpuInfoFile:           procCPUInfo,
diff --git a/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_ppc64le_test.go b/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_ppc64le_test.go
index 81666f7163..a794ba338c 100644
--- a/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_ppc64le_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/cli/kata-env_ppc64le_test.go
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import "testing"
 func getExpectedHostDetails(tmpdir string) (HostInfo, error) {
 	expectedVendor := ""
 	expectedModel := "POWER8"
-	expectedVMContainerCapable := false
+	expectedVMContainerCapable := true
 	return genericGetExpectedHostDetails(tmpdir, expectedVendor, expectedModel, expectedVMContainerCapable)
 }