@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (

 	"os/exec"

 	"path/filepath"

 	"strconv"

+	"strings"

 	"sync"

 	"syscall"

 	"time"

@@ -351,11 +352,19 @@ func (r *remote) runContainerdDaemon() error {

 		}

 		logrus.Debugf("runContainerdDaemon: runtimeArgs: %s", args)

 	}

+

 	cmd := exec.Command(containerdBinary, args...)

 	// redirect containerd logs to docker logs

 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout

 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr

 	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{Setsid: true}

+	cmd.Env = nil

+	// clear the NOTIFY_SOCKET from the env when starting containerd

+	for _, e := range os.Environ() {

+		if !strings.HasPrefix(e, "NOTIFY_SOCKET") {

+			cmd.Env = append(cmd.Env, e)

+		}

+	}

 	if err := cmd.Start(); err != nil {

 		return err

 	}