diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/utils.go b/pkg/unikontainers/utils.go
index 3f2c64bc..b8f2fe5b 100644
--- a/pkg/unikontainers/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/utils.go
@@ -164,8 +164,7 @@ func handleQueueProxy(spec specs.Spec, configFile string) error {
 }
 
 func remove(s []string, i int) []string {
-	s[i] = s[len(s)-1]
-	return s[:len(s)-1]
+	return append(s[:i], s[i+1:]...)
 }
 
 func checkValidNsPath(path string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/unikontainers/utils_test.go b/pkg/unikontainers/utils_test.go
index a78522fa..b779b982 100644
--- a/pkg/unikontainers/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/unikontainers/utils_test.go
@@ -234,6 +234,12 @@ func TestMoveFile(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestRemovePreservesOrder(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+	result := remove([]string{"a", "b", "c", "d"}, 0)
+	assert.Equal(t, []string{"b", "c", "d"}, result)
+}
+
 func TestLoadSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Run("load spec success", func(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Parallel()