diff --git a/lib/manager/github-actions/__fixtures__/workflow.yml.1 b/lib/manager/github-actions/__fixtures__/workflow.yml.1
index cf92d10e68938141696ccaa3a40eef17d1e6eb22..1513408eee8107e9230687bc72c7e5f1efcf2e34 100644
--- a/lib/manager/github-actions/__fixtures__/workflow.yml.1
+++ b/lib/manager/github-actions/__fixtures__/workflow.yml.1
@@ -30,8 +30,3 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Node 6 test
         uses: docker://node:6@sha256:7b65413af120ec5328077775022c78101f103258a1876ec2f83890bce416e896
-  container_image_test:
-    name: Container Image Test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: hadolint/hadolint:v1.0.0-alpine
diff --git a/lib/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap b/lib/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
index e302addf492538ec685194ff069b54abbedae7e5..5619b6bc76e57daab768fe65a166074581da44df 100644
--- a/lib/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/lib/manager/github-actions/__snapshots__/extract.spec.ts.snap
@@ -76,14 +76,5 @@ Array [
     "replaceString": "node:6@sha256:7b65413af120ec5328077775022c78101f103258a1876ec2f83890bce416e896",
     "versioning": "docker",
   },
-  Object {
-    "autoReplaceStringTemplate": "{{depName}}{{#if newValue}}:{{newValue}}{{/if}}{{#if newDigest}}@{{newDigest}}{{/if}}",
-    "currentDigest": undefined,
-    "currentValue": "v1.0.0-alpine",
-    "datasource": "docker",
-    "depName": "hadolint/hadolint",
-    "depType": "docker",
-    "replaceString": "hadolint/hadolint:v1.0.0-alpine",
-  },
 ]
 `;
diff --git a/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts b/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
index 7d7675f51b0a46e5b74a411fd630c25c4194b0d5..4b5b6f0a6140df2e1357d33e43f168abc5db873e 100644
--- a/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.spec.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe('lib/manager/github-actions/extract', () => {
     it('extracts multiple docker image lines from yaml configuration file', () => {
       const res = extractPackageFile(workflow1);
       expect(res.deps).toMatchSnapshot();
-      expect(res.deps.filter((d) => d.datasource === 'docker')).toHaveLength(3);
+      expect(res.deps.filter((d) => d.datasource === 'docker')).toHaveLength(2);
     });
     it('extracts multiple action tag lines from yaml configuration file', () => {
       const res = extractPackageFile(workflow2);
diff --git a/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.ts b/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
index 6f154e84d02d8b28386ce6178b9d5d48bb752266..3608ad6a93597a50a3c4e90567be738f8fecc935 100644
--- a/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
+++ b/lib/manager/github-actions/extract.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,6 @@ export function extractPackageFile(content: string): PackageFile | null {
       continue; // eslint-disable-line no-continue
     }
 
-    const containerImageMatch = /^\s+image: ([^"]+)\s*$/.exec(line);
-    if (containerImageMatch) {
-      const [, currentFrom] = containerImageMatch;
-      const dep = getDep(currentFrom);
-      dep.depType = 'docker';
-      deps.push(dep);
-      continue; // eslint-disable-line no-continue
-    }
-
     const dockerMatch = /^\s+uses: docker:\/\/([^"]+)\s*$/.exec(line);
     if (dockerMatch) {
       const [, currentFrom] = dockerMatch;