3 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/machine.go b/cmd/podman/machine/machine.go
index d3d44b45e..5a8a06b9d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/machine.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/machine.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ package machine
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/validate"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/events"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/machine"
-	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/rootless"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
@@ -164,10 +162,3 @@ func closeMachineEvents(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
-
-func rootlessOnly(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-	if !rootless.IsRootless() {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot run command %q as root", cmd.CommandPath())
-	}
-	return nil
-}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/machine_unix.go b/cmd/podman/machine/machine_unix.go
index b56d081ec..a2d9b9d8e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/machine_unix.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/machine_unix.go
@@ -4,9 +4,20 @@
 package machine
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"os"
+
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/rootless"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func isUnixSocket(file os.DirEntry) bool {
 	return file.Type()&os.ModeSocket != 0
 }
+
+func rootlessOnly(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	if !rootless.IsRootless() {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot run command %q as root", cmd.CommandPath())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/machine_windows.go b/cmd/podman/machine/machine_windows.go
index ffd5d8827..bf1240868 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/machine/machine_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/machine/machine_windows.go
@@ -3,9 +3,18 @@ package machine
 import (
 	"os"
 	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 func isUnixSocket(file os.DirEntry) bool {
 	// Assume a socket on Windows, since sock mode is not supported yet https://github.com/golang/go/issues/33357
 	return !file.Type().IsDir() && strings.HasSuffix(file.Name(), ".sock")
 }
+
+func rootlessOnly(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	// Rootless is not relevant on Windows. In the future rootless.IsRootless
+	// could be switched to return true on Windows, and other codepaths migrated
+
+	return nil
+}