diff --git a/server/container_create.go b/server/container_create.go
index 2e23445b..a7e1f414 100644
--- a/server/container_create.go
+++ b/server/container_create.go
@@ -334,10 +334,6 @@ func (s *Server) CreateContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.CreateContainerReq
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err = s.Runtime().UpdateStatus(container); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-
 	s.addContainer(container)
 
 	if err = s.CtrIDIndex().Add(containerID); err != nil {
diff --git a/server/container_remove.go b/server/container_remove.go
index 08fe8e40..1464dade 100644
--- a/server/container_remove.go
+++ b/server/container_remove.go
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ func (s *Server) RemoveContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.RemoveContainerReq
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := s.Runtime().UpdateStatus(c); err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to update container state: %v", err)
-	}
-
 	cState := s.Runtime().ContainerStatus(c)
 	if cState.Status == oci.ContainerStateCreated || cState.Status == oci.ContainerStateRunning {
 		if err := s.Runtime().StopContainer(c, -1); err != nil {
diff --git a/server/container_stop.go b/server/container_stop.go
index cff22363..9a528f61 100644
--- a/server/container_stop.go
+++ b/server/container_stop.go
@@ -17,9 +17,6 @@ func (s *Server) StopContainer(ctx context.Context, req *pb.StopContainerRequest
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	if err := s.Runtime().UpdateStatus(c); err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
 	cStatus := s.Runtime().ContainerStatus(c)
 	if cStatus.Status != oci.ContainerStateStopped {
 		if err := s.Runtime().StopContainer(c, req.Timeout); err != nil {