@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ if ! docker inspect "${images[@]}" &> /dev/null; then

 	hardCodedDir='/docker-frozen-images'

 	if [ -d "$hardCodedDir" ]; then

 		( set -x; tar -cC "$hardCodedDir" . | docker load )

-	elif [ -e Dockerfile ] && command -v curl > /dev/null; then

-		# testing for "curl" because "download-frozen-image.sh" is built around curl

+	else

 		dir="$DEST/frozen-images"

 		# extract the exact "RUN download-frozen-image.sh" line from the Dockerfile itself for consistency

+		# NOTE: this will fail if either "curl" is not installed or if the Dockerfile is not available/readable

 		awk '

 			$1 == "RUN" && $2 == "./contrib/download-frozen-image.sh" {

 				for (i = 2; i < NF; i++)

@@ -33,11 +33,5 @@ if ! docker inspect "${images[@]}" &> /dev/null; then

 			}

 		' Dockerfile | sh -x

 		( set -x; tar -cC "$dir" . | docker load )

-	else

-		for image in "${images[@]}"; do

-			if ! docker inspect "$image" &> /dev/null; then

-				( set -x; docker pull "$image" )

-			fi

-		done

 	fi

 fi