diff --git a/framework/cmd/interactive.go b/framework/cmd/interactive.go
index 0791d6435..b9d619576 100644
--- a/framework/cmd/interactive.go
+++ b/framework/cmd/interactive.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func createComponentsFromForm(form *nodeSetForm) error {
 		_   *simple_node_set.Output
 		err error
 	)
-	if err := framework.DefaultNetwork(t, &sync.Once{}); err != nil {
+	if err := framework.DefaultNetwork(&sync.Once{}); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	switch form.Network {
diff --git a/framework/components/clnode/clnode_test.go b/framework/components/clnode/clnode_test.go
index ad5b44907..832dc55c3 100644
--- a/framework/components/clnode/clnode_test.go
+++ b/framework/components/clnode/clnode_test.go
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ func TestComponentDockerNodeWithSharedDB(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		err := framework.DefaultNetwork(t, &sync.Once{})
+		err := framework.DefaultNetwork(&sync.Once{})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func TestComponentDockerNodeWithDB(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		err := framework.DefaultNetwork(t, &sync.Once{})
+		err := framework.DefaultNetwork(&sync.Once{})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/framework/components/jd/jd_test.go b/framework/components/jd/jd_test.go
index 863a993d1..2f3848345 100644
--- a/framework/components/jd/jd_test.go
+++ b/framework/components/jd/jd_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import (
 // since JD is private this env var should be set locally and in CI
 // TODO: add ComponentDocker prefix to turn this on when we'll have access to ECRs
 func TestJD(t *testing.T) {
-	err := framework.DefaultNetwork(t, &sync.Once{})
+	err := framework.DefaultNetwork(&sync.Once{})
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	_, err = jd.NewJD(&jd.Input{
 		Image: os.Getenv("CTF_JD_IMAGE"),
diff --git a/framework/components/simple_node_set/nodeset_test.go b/framework/components/simple_node_set/nodeset_test.go
index 6c069f2ec..5fc63e5c3 100644
--- a/framework/components/simple_node_set/nodeset_test.go
+++ b/framework/components/simple_node_set/nodeset_test.go
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ level = 'info'
 	}
 
 	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		err := framework.DefaultNetwork(t, &sync.Once{})
+		err := framework.DefaultNetwork(&sync.Once{})
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
 		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/framework/config.go b/framework/config.go
index 83c7fa5c4..625e322b8 100644
--- a/framework/config.go
+++ b/framework/config.go
@@ -6,14 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-	"sync"
-	"testing"
-	"text/template"
-	"time"
-
 	"github.com/davecgh/go-spew/spew"
 	"github.com/go-playground/validator/v10"
 	"github.com/pelletier/go-toml/v2"
@@ -21,6 +13,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go"
 	"github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-go/network"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+	"sync"
+	"testing"
+	"text/template"
+	"time"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -143,12 +142,12 @@ func Load[X any](t *testing.T) (*X, error) {
 	//		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to connect AWSSecretsManager: %w", err)
 	//	}
 	//}
-	err = DefaultNetwork(t, once)
+	err = DefaultNetwork(once)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	return input, nil
 }
 
-func DefaultNetwork(t *testing.T, once *sync.Once) error {
+func DefaultNetwork(once *sync.Once) error {
 	var net *testcontainers.DockerNetwork
 	var err error
 	once.Do(func() {
@@ -156,7 +155,6 @@ func DefaultNetwork(t *testing.T, once *sync.Once) error {
 			context.Background(),
 			network.WithLabels(map[string]string{"framework": "ctf"}),
 		)
-		testcontainers.CleanupNetwork(t, net)
 		DefaultNetworkName = net.Name
 	})
 	return err