diff --git a/builder/dockerfile/builder.go b/builder/dockerfile/builder.go
index ac3ba16c72..f42bb1bc63 100644
--- a/builder/dockerfile/builder.go
+++ b/builder/dockerfile/builder.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/idtools"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/streamformatter"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/stringid"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/system"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/dockerfile/instructions"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/dockerfile/parser"
 	"github.com/moby/buildkit/frontend/dockerfile/shell"
@@ -319,9 +318,6 @@ func (b *Builder) dispatchDockerfileWithCancellation(parseResult []instructions.
 //
 // TODO: Remove?
 func BuildFromConfig(config *container.Config, changes []string, os string) (*container.Config, error) {
-	if !system.IsOSSupported(os) {
-		return nil, errdefs.InvalidParameter(system.ErrNotSupportedOperatingSystem)
-	}
 	if len(changes) == 0 {
 		return config, nil
 	}
diff --git a/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers.go b/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers.go
index 66324a513e..1fafdc488c 100644
--- a/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers.go
+++ b/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers.go
@@ -246,27 +246,19 @@ func (d *dispatchRequest) getImageOrStage(name string, platform *specs.Platform)
 		platform = d.builder.platform
 	}
 
-	// Windows cannot support a container with no base image unless it is LCOW.
+	// Windows cannot support a container with no base image.
 	if name == api.NoBaseImageSpecifier {
-		p := platforms.DefaultSpec()
-		if platform != nil {
-			p = *platform
-		}
-		imageImage := &image.Image{}
-		imageImage.OS = p.OS
-
-		// old windows scratch handling
-		// TODO: scratch should not have an os. It should be nil image.
-		// Windows supports scratch. What is not supported is running containers
-		// from it.
+		// Windows supports scratch. What is not supported is running containers from it.
 		if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-			if platform == nil || platform.OS == "linux" {
-				return nil, errors.New("Linux containers are not supported on this system")
-			} else if platform.OS == "windows" {
-				return nil, errors.New("Windows does not support FROM scratch")
-			} else {
-				return nil, errors.Errorf("platform %s is not supported", platforms.Format(p))
-			}
+			return nil, errors.New("Windows does not support FROM scratch")
+		}
+
+		// TODO: scratch should not have an os. It should be nil image.
+		imageImage := &image.Image{}
+		if platform != nil {
+			imageImage.OS = platform.OS
+		} else {
+			imageImage.OS = runtime.GOOS
 		}
 		return builder.Image(imageImage), nil
 	}
diff --git a/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers_test.go b/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers_test.go
index 75ae30b52d..041fc39267 100644
--- a/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers_test.go
+++ b/builder/dockerfile/dispatchers_test.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func TestFromScratch(t *testing.T) {
 	err := initializeStage(sb, cmd)
 
 	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		assert.Check(t, is.Error(err, "Linux containers are not supported on this system"))
+		assert.Check(t, is.Error(err, "Windows does not support FROM scratch"))
 		return
 	}
 
diff --git a/builder/dockerfile/evaluator.go b/builder/dockerfile/evaluator.go
index 02e1477528..1201eb320b 100644
--- a/builder/dockerfile/evaluator.go
+++ b/builder/dockerfile/evaluator.go
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ package dockerfile // import "github.com/docker/docker/builder/dockerfile"
 
 import (
 	"reflect"
-	"runtime"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -216,9 +215,6 @@ func (s *dispatchState) beginStage(stageName string, image builder.Image) error
 	s.stageName = stageName
 	s.imageID = image.ImageID()
 	s.operatingSystem = image.OperatingSystem()
-	if s.operatingSystem == "" { // In case it isn't set
-		s.operatingSystem = runtime.GOOS
-	}
 	if !system.IsOSSupported(s.operatingSystem) {
 		return system.ErrNotSupportedOperatingSystem
 	}