diff --git a/cmd/docker/internal/appcontext/appcontext.go b/cmd/docker/internal/appcontext/appcontext.go
index 83809e623a..f41f4b6d75 100644
--- a/cmd/docker/internal/appcontext/appcontext.go
+++ b/cmd/docker/internal/appcontext/appcontext.go
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ func Context() context.Context {
 		retries := 0
 
 		ctx := context.Background()
-		for _, f := range inits {
-			ctx = f(ctx)
-		}
-
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
 		appContextCache = ctx
 
diff --git a/cmd/docker/internal/appcontext/register.go b/cmd/docker/internal/appcontext/register.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 22f9e83652..0000000000
--- a/cmd/docker/internal/appcontext/register.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-package appcontext
-
-import (
-	"context"
-)
-
-type Initializer func(context.Context) context.Context
-
-var inits []Initializer
-
-// Register stores a new context initializer that runs on app context creation
-func Register(f Initializer) {
-	inits = append(inits, f)
-}