diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f35944ea..00000000
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,90 +0,0 @@
-//go:build linux
-// +build linux
-
-package child
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path"
-	"syscall"
-
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/container"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
-	"github.com/pkg/errors"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if os.Getpid() != 1 {
-		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "PID is not 1: %d\n", os.Getpid())
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	containerName := args[0]
-
-	if !container.ValidSource(containerName) {
-		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "Unknown Warewulf container: %s\n", containerName)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	containerPath := container.RootFsDir(containerName)
-
-	err := syscall.Mount("", "/", "", syscall.MS_PRIVATE|syscall.MS_REC, "")
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to mount")
-	}
-
-	err = syscall.Mount("/dev", path.Join(containerPath, "/dev"), "", syscall.MS_BIND, "")
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to mount /dev")
-	}
-
-	for _, b := range binds {
-		var source string
-		var dest string
-
-		bind := util.SplitValidPaths(b, ":")
-		source = bind[0]
-
-		if len(bind) == 1 {
-			dest = source
-		} else {
-			dest = bind[1]
-		}
-
-		err := syscall.Mount(source, path.Join(containerPath, dest), "", syscall.MS_BIND, "")
-		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Printf("BIND ERROR: %s\n", err)
-			os.Exit(1)
-		}
-	}
-
-	err = syscall.Chroot(containerPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to chroot")
-	}
-
-	err = os.Chdir("/")
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to chdir")
-	}
-
-	err = syscall.Mount("/proc", "/proc", "proc", 0, "")
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "failed to mount proc")
-	}
-
-	os.Setenv("PS1", fmt.Sprintf("[%s] Warewulf> ", containerName))
-	os.Setenv("PATH", "/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin")
-	os.Setenv("HISTFILE", "/dev/null")
-
-	err = syscall.Exec(args[1], args[1:], os.Environ())
-	if err != nil {
-		wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "%s\n", err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/non-Linux.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/non-Linux.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 96a4a9c7..00000000
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/non-Linux.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-//go:build !linux
-// +build !linux
-
-package child
-
-import (
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/wwlog"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
-)
-
-func CobraRunE(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	wwlog.Printf(wwlog.ERROR, "This command does not work on non-Linux hosts\n")
-
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/root.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b7dde7c..00000000
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child/root.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-package child
-
-import "github.com/spf13/cobra"
-
-var (
-	baseCmd = &cobra.Command{
-		DisableFlagsInUseLine: true,
-		Use:                "__child",
-		Hidden:             true,
-		RunE:               CobraRunE,
-		Args:               cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
-		FParseErrWhitelist: cobra.FParseErrWhitelist{UnknownFlags: true},
-	}
-	binds []string
-)
-
-func init() {
-	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&binds, "bind", "b", []string{}, "bind points")
-}
-
-// GetRootCommand returns the root cobra.Command for the application.
-func GetCommand() *cobra.Command {
-	return baseCmd
-}
diff --git a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
index 913d4f79..ec8e33a5 100644
--- a/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
+++ b/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/root.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package exec
 
 import (
-	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/app/wwctl/container/exec/child"
 	"github.com/hpcng/warewulf/internal/pkg/container"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ var (
 )
 
 func init() {
-	baseCmd.AddCommand(child.GetCommand())
 	baseCmd.PersistentFlags().StringArrayVarP(&binds, "bind", "b", []string{}, "Bind a local path into the container (must exist)")
 }