diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
index cb656ad9b8..40fdb94467 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/pkg/oci/utils.go
@@ -843,8 +843,6 @@ func SandboxConfig(ocispec specs.Spec, runtime RuntimeConfig, bundlePath, cid, c
 		// Spec: &ocispec,
 
 		Experimental: runtime.Experimental,
-
-		HasCRIContainerType: HasCRIContainerType(ocispec.Annotations),
 	}
 
 	if err := addAnnotations(ocispec, &sandboxConfig); err != nil {
@@ -1013,14 +1011,3 @@ func GetOCIConfig(status vc.ContainerStatus) (specs.Spec, error) {
 
 	return *status.Spec, nil
 }
-
-// HasCRIContainerType returns true if annottations contain
-// a CRI container type annotation
-func HasCRIContainerType(annotations map[string]string) bool {
-	for _, key := range CRIContainerTypeKeyList {
-		if _, ok := annotations[key]; ok {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
index 5b65da3c1c..41439cc36d 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/sandbox.go
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ type SandboxConfig struct {
 
 	DisableGuestSeccomp bool
 
-	// HasCRIContainerType specifies whether container type was set explicitly through annotations or not.
-	HasCRIContainerType bool
-
 	// Experimental features enabled
 	Experimental []exp.Feature
 
@@ -2135,8 +2132,6 @@ func (s *Sandbox) setupSandboxCgroup() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	s.Logger().WithField("hasCRIContainerType", s.config.HasCRIContainerType).Debug("Setting sandbox cgroup")
-
 	s.state.CgroupPath, err = vccgroups.ValidCgroupPath(spec.Linux.CgroupsPath, s.config.SystemdCgroup)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Invalid cgroup path: %v", err)