diff --git a/extras/install-podman b/extras/install-podman
index 329595aacc..285e90ff98 100755
--- a/extras/install-podman
+++ b/extras/install-podman
@@ -19,172 +19,11 @@
 
 # POSIX
 
-# Print usage to stdout.
-# Arguments:
-#   None
-# Outputs:
-#   print usage with examples.
-show_help() {
-	cat << EOF
-install --prefix ~/.local/podman
-
-Options:
-	--prefix/-P:		base bath where all files will be deployed (default ~/.local/)
-	--help/-h:		show this message
-	--remove/-R:		uninstall from prefix
-	-v:			show more verbosity
-EOF
-}
-
-# First thing first, check if we have all the dependencies.
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Checking dependencies...\n\033[0m"
-if [ ! -e /etc/subuid ] || [ ! -e /etc/subgid ]; then
-	if ! command -v newuidmap > /dev/null; then
-		echo "Rootless podman requires the presence of newuidmap and newgidmap, please install package 'uidmap'"
-		echo "with your package manager."
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	echo "Setting up subuid and subgid, needed for rootless podman..."
-	echo "$(whoami):100000:65536" | sudo tee /etc/subuid | sudo tee /etc/subgid
-fi
-
-if [ "$(id -ru)" = 0 ]; then
-	printf "ERROR: rootful install not supported in this mode.\n"
-	exit 2
-fi
-
-verbose=0
-remove=0
-prefix="${HOME}/.local"
-
-# Parse arguments
-while :; do
-	case $1 in
-		-h | --help)
-			# Call a "show_help" function to display a synopsis, then exit.
-			show_help
-			exit
-			;;
-		-v | --verbose)
-			shift
-			verbose=1
-			;;
-		-R | --remove)
-			shift
-			remove=1
-			;;
-		-P | --prefix)
-			if [ -n "$2" ]; then
-				prefix="$2"
-				shift
-				shift
-			fi
-			;;
-		*) # Default case: If no more options then break out of the loop.
-			break ;;
-	esac
-done
-
-dest_path="${prefix}/podman"
-conf_path="${HOME}/.config/"
-
-set -o errexit
-set -o nounset
-# set verbosity
-if [ "${verbose}" -ne 0 ]; then
-	set -o xtrace
-fi
-
-export  PATH="${PATH}:${dest_path}/bin"
-
-## Uninstall ###################################################################
-
-if [ "${remove}" -ne 0 ]; then
-
-	printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Resetting...\n\033[0m"
-	"${dest_path}/bin/podman" system reset -f > /dev/null
-	printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Removing...\n\033[0m"
-	rm -r "${dest_path}" "${conf_path}/containers"
-	printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Done.\n\033[0m"
-	exit $?
-fi
-
-###############################################################################
-
-## Get crun ###################################################################
-
-CRUN_VERSION="1.8.7"
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Fetching crun %s...\n\033[0m" "${CRUN_VERSION}"
-# Download the binary to /tmp
-curl -L \
-	"https://github.com/containers/crun/releases/download/${CRUN_VERSION}/crun-${CRUN_VERSION}-linux-amd64" \
-	-o "/tmp/crun"
-chmod +x /tmp/crun
-
-###############################################################################
-
-## Get podman ###################################################################
-
-PODMAN_VERSION="4.6.1"
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Fetching podman %s...\n\033[0m" "${PODMAN_VERSION}"
-# Using static podman builds semplifies our lives! Thanks to the wonderful project
-#   https://github.com/mgoltzsche/podman-static
-# All credits to @mgoltzsche for the builds.
-# Download and unpack the tar in /tmp
-curl -L \
-	"https://github.com/mgoltzsche/podman-static/releases/download/v${PODMAN_VERSION}/podman-linux-amd64.tar.gz" \
-	-o /tmp/podman-linux-amd64.tar.gz
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Unpacking Podman...\n\033[0m"
-tar xf /tmp/podman-linux-amd64.tar.gz -C /tmp/
-
-###############################################################################
-
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Copying in %s...\n\033[0m" "${dest_path}"
-# Copy default config files in there
-mkdir -p "${conf_path}" "${dest_path}"
-cp -r /tmp/podman-linux-amd64/usr/local/bin "${dest_path}"
-cp -r /tmp/podman-linux-amd64/usr/local/lib "${dest_path}"
-cp -r /tmp/podman-linux-amd64/etc/containers "${conf_path}"
-mv /tmp/crun "${dest_path}/bin/crun"
-
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Configuring...\n\033[0m"
-# We need to tell podman to use those costom directories in order to make
-# it work from custom directories
-cat << EOF > "${conf_path}/containers/containers.conf"
-# See https://github.com/containers/common/blob/master/pkg/config/containers.conf
-[engine]
-infra_image="k8s.gcr.io/pause:3.8"
-# can be croupfs, systemd
-cgroup_manager = "systemd"
-# can be file, journald
-events_logger="file"
-exit_command_delay = 10
-# can be runc, crun
-runtime = "crun"
-stop_timeout = 5
-conmon_path=[ "${dest_path}/lib/podman/conmon" ]
-helper_binaries_dir = [ "${dest_path}/lib/podman" ]
-static_dir = "${dest_path}/share/podman/libpod"
-volume_path = "${dest_path}/share/podman/volume"
-[engine.runtimes]
-crun = [ "${dest_path}/bin/crun" ]
-runc = [ "${dest_path}/bin/runc" ]
-[network]
-cni_plugin_dirs = [ "${dest_path}/lib/cni" ]
-EOF
-
-# Same for mouning programs
-sed -i "s|/var|${dest_path}|g" "${conf_path}/containers/storage.conf"
-sed -i "s|mount_program =.*|mount_program = \"${dest_path}/bin/fuse-overlayfs\"|g" \
-	"${conf_path}/containers/storage.conf"
-
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Cleaning up...\n\033[0m"
-# Cleanup
-rm -rf /tmp/podman-linux-amd64/ /tmp/podman-linux-amd64.tar.gz /tmp/crun
-
-printf >&2 "\033[1;31m Migrating...\n\033[0m"
-
-"${dest_path}/bin/podman" system migrate
-
-printf >&2 "Successfully installed to %s.\n" "${dest_path}"
-printf >&2 "Be sure that %s is in your \$PATH environment variable for it to work.\n" "${dest_path}/bin"
+echo "This script is deprecated and unsupported"
+echo "head over to:"
+echo ""
+echo "https://github.com/89luca89/distrobox/blob/main/docs/posts/install_podman_static.md"
+echo ""
+echo "for updated instructions on how to install podman-launcher"
+
+exit 1