diff --git a/pkg/container/container_types.go b/pkg/container/container_types.go
index cba2ebf7..a3954329 100644
--- a/pkg/container/container_types.go
+++ b/pkg/container/container_types.go
@@ -53,11 +53,11 @@ type Container interface {
 
 // NewDockerBuildExecutorInput the input for the NewDockerBuildExecutor function
 type NewDockerBuildExecutorInput struct {
-	ContextDir string
-	Dockerfile string
-	Container  Container
-	ImageTag   string
-	Platform   string
+	ContextDir   string
+	Dockerfile   string
+	BuildContext io.Reader
+	ImageTag     string
+	Platform     string
 }
 
 // NewDockerPullExecutorInput the input for the NewDockerPullExecutor function
diff --git a/pkg/container/docker_build.go b/pkg/container/docker_build.go
index 72150234..fdc04d8d 100644
--- a/pkg/container/docker_build.go
+++ b/pkg/container/docker_build.go
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func NewDockerBuildExecutor(input NewDockerBuildExecutorInput) common.Executor {
 			Dockerfile:  input.Dockerfile,
 		}
 		var buildContext io.ReadCloser
-		if input.Container != nil {
-			buildContext, err = input.Container.GetContainerArchive(ctx, input.ContextDir+"/.")
+		if input.BuildContext != nil {
+			buildContext = io.NopCloser(input.BuildContext)
 		} else {
 			buildContext, err = createBuildContext(ctx, input.ContextDir, input.Dockerfile)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/runner/action.go b/pkg/runner/action.go
index 4d6b8fc4..9bab9ba1 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/action.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/action.go
@@ -257,16 +257,20 @@ func execAsDocker(ctx context.Context, step actionStep, actionName string, based
 
 		if !correctArchExists || rc.Config.ForceRebuild {
 			logger.Debugf("image '%s' for architecture '%s' will be built from context '%s", image, rc.Config.ContainerArchitecture, contextDir)
-			var actionContainer container.Container
+			var buildContext io.ReadCloser
 			if localAction {
-				actionContainer = rc.JobContainer
+				buildContext, err = rc.JobContainer.GetContainerArchive(ctx, contextDir+"/.")
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				defer buildContext.Close()
 			}
 			prepImage = container.NewDockerBuildExecutor(container.NewDockerBuildExecutorInput{
-				ContextDir: contextDir,
-				Dockerfile: fileName,
-				ImageTag:   image,
-				Container:  actionContainer,
-				Platform:   rc.Config.ContainerArchitecture,
+				ContextDir:   contextDir,
+				Dockerfile:   fileName,
+				ImageTag:     image,
+				BuildContext: buildContext,
+				Platform:     rc.Config.ContainerArchitecture,
 			})
 		} else {
 			logger.Debugf("image '%s' for architecture '%s' already exists", image, rc.Config.ContainerArchitecture)