diff --git a/internal/provider/common.go b/internal/provider/common.go
index 31687061f..27830b4d9 100644
--- a/internal/provider/common.go
+++ b/internal/provider/common.go
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ var (
 
 // ValidateImage returns a standard image through Docker labels
 func ValidateImage(image string, metadata, labels map[string]string, watchByDef bool, imageDefaults model.Image) (img model.Image, err error) {
-	if i := strings.Index(image, "@sha256:"); i > 0 {
-		image = image[:i]
-	}
-
 	img = model.Image{
 		Name: image,
 	}
diff --git a/internal/provider/common_test.go b/internal/provider/common_test.go
index d6d145e66..abaf59f7e 100644
--- a/internal/provider/common_test.go
+++ b/internal/provider/common_test.go
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ func TestValidateImage(t *testing.T) {
 		expectedErr   interface{}
 	}{
 		{
-			name:       "Test strip digest",
+			name:       "Test with digest",
 			image:      "myimg@sha256:1234567890abcdef",
 			watchByDef: true,
 			expectedImage: model.Image{
-				Name: "myimg",
+				Name: "myimg@sha256:1234567890abcdef",
 			},
 			expectedErr: nil,
 		},