diff --git a/tests/kolainst/destructive/finalization.sh b/tests/kolainst/destructive/finalization.sh
index 34624f5fa8..e0f0e90760 100755
--- a/tests/kolainst/destructive/finalization.sh
+++ b/tests/kolainst/destructive/finalization.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ prepare_tmpdir
 
 case "${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK:-}" in
   "")
-  # Need to disable gpg verification for test builds
-  sed -i -e 's,gpg-verify=true,gpg-verify=false,' /etc/ostree/remotes.d/*.conf
+  # Need to disable gpg verification for test builds.
+  # On container-native FCOS there may be no remotes.d conf files.
+  for conf in /etc/ostree/remotes.d/*.conf; do
+    if test -f "$conf"; then
+      sed -i -e 's,gpg-verify=true,gpg-verify=false,' "$conf"
+    fi
+  done
   # xref https://github.com/coreos/coreos-assembler/pull/2814
   systemctl mask --now zincati
 
diff --git a/tests/kolainst/destructive/staged-deploy.sh b/tests/kolainst/destructive/staged-deploy.sh
index 184da62cd1..5c54d121cc 100755
--- a/tests/kolainst/destructive/staged-deploy.sh
+++ b/tests/kolainst/destructive/staged-deploy.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ prepare_tmpdir
 
 case "${AUTOPKGTEST_REBOOT_MARK:-}" in
   "")
-  # Need to disable gpg verification for test builds
-  sed -i -e 's,gpg-verify=true,gpg-verify=false,' /etc/ostree/remotes.d/*.conf
+  # Need to disable gpg verification for test builds.
+  # On container-native FCOS there may be no remotes.d conf files.
+  for conf in /etc/ostree/remotes.d/*.conf; do
+    if test -f "$conf"; then
+      sed -i -e 's,gpg-verify=true,gpg-verify=false,' "$conf"
+    fi
+  done
 
   # Test our generator
   test -f /run/systemd/generator/local-fs.target.requires/ostree-remount.service
diff --git a/tests/kolainst/nondestructive/itest-remotes.sh b/tests/kolainst/nondestructive/itest-remotes.sh
index d1fb455b50..73ae092bfc 100755
--- a/tests/kolainst/nondestructive/itest-remotes.sh
+++ b/tests/kolainst/nondestructive/itest-remotes.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ trap _tmpdir_cleanup EXIT
 
 ostree remote list > remotes.txt
 if ! test -s remotes.txt; then
+    # On container-native FCOS, there are no ostree remotes — that's expected.
+    # On traditional ostree systems, missing remotes is a real regression.
+    if [ "$(rpmostree_query_json '.deployments[0]."container-image-reference" // empty')" != "" ]; then
+        echo "No ostree remotes found; skipping test on container-native system"
+        exit 0
+    fi
     assert_not_reached "no ostree remotes"
 fi
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