diff --git a/src/plugins/podman/gbp-podman-runtime.c b/src/plugins/podman/gbp-podman-runtime.c
index 83630be5fff3ebb40fc10105c5d8187122e51a84..1c30d5443d588967a3695779818f260cabe73783 100644
--- a/src/plugins/podman/gbp-podman-runtime.c
+++ b/src/plugins/podman/gbp-podman-runtime.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ gbp_podman_runtime_class_init (GbpPodmanRuntimeClass *klass)
   i_object_class->destroy = gbp_podman_runtime_destroy;
 
   runtime_class->create_launcher = gbp_podman_runtime_create_launcher;
+  runtime_class->translate_file = NULL;
 }
 
 static void