diff --git a/containers/container.go b/containers/container.go
index 20ac4003..b8cfacef 100644
--- a/containers/container.go
+++ b/containers/container.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package containers
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -174,9 +173,6 @@ func NewContainer(id ContainerID, cg *cgroup.Cgroup, md *ContainerMetadata, pid
 	// %s -> pod name
 
 	split := strings.Split(string(id), "/")
-	if len(split) != 3 {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid container id %s", id)
-	}
 	namespace := split[1]
 	podName := split[2]