diff --git a/pkg/buildah/common.go b/pkg/buildah/common.go
index 331533e190..d13d4df0e3 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/common.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/common.go
@@ -57,6 +57,10 @@ type RunCommandOpts struct {
 	Mounts []specs.Mount
 }
 
+type RmOpts struct {
+	CommonOpts
+}
+
 type RmiOpts struct {
 	CommonOpts
 	Force bool
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ type Buildah interface {
 	FromCommand(ctx context.Context, container string, image string, opts FromCommandOpts) (string, error)
 	Pull(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts PullOpts) error
 	Inspect(ctx context.Context, ref string) (*thirdparty.BuilderInfo, error)
+	Rm(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts RmOpts) error
 	Rmi(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts RmiOpts) error
 	Mount(ctx context.Context, container string, opts MountOpts) (string, error)
 	Umount(ctx context.Context, container string, opts UmountOpts) error
diff --git a/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go b/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go
index 6bba3569b0..c44a1753d4 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/docker_with_fuse.go
@@ -164,6 +164,11 @@ func (b *DockerWithFuseBuildah) Pull(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts PullO
 	return err
 }
 
+func (b *DockerWithFuseBuildah) Rm(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts RmOpts) error {
+	_, _, err := b.runBuildah(ctx, []string{}, []string{"rm", ref}, opts.LogWriter)
+	return err
+}
+
 func (b *DockerWithFuseBuildah) Rmi(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts RmiOpts) error {
 	args := []string{"rmi"}
 	if opts.Force {
diff --git a/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go b/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
index 1b61ccc765..a52fcb3484 100644
--- a/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/buildah/native_linux.go
@@ -275,6 +275,15 @@ func (b *NativeBuildah) Pull(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts PullOpts) err
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (b *NativeBuildah) Rm(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts RmOpts) error {
+	builder, err := b.getBuilderFromContainer(ctx, ref)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error getting builder: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return builder.Delete()
+}
+
 func (b *NativeBuildah) Rmi(ctx context.Context, ref string, opts RmiOpts) error {
 	_, rmiErrors := b.Runtime.RemoveImages(ctx, []string{ref}, &libimage.RemoveImagesOptions{
 		Filters: []string{"readonly=false", "intermediate=false", "dangling=true"},