2 files changed, 26 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libpod/network/cni/config.go b/libpod/network/cni/config.go
index 670ee0c65..3df155637 100644
--- a/libpod/network/cni/config.go
+++ b/libpod/network/cni/config.go
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ func (n *cniNetwork) NetworkRemove(nameOrID string) error {
 	file := network.filename
 	delete(n.networks, network.libpodNet.Name)
 
-	return os.Remove(file)
+	// make sure to not error for ErrNotExist
+	if err := os.Remove(file); err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 // NetworkList will return all known Networks. Optionally you can
diff --git a/libpod/network/cni/config_test.go b/libpod/network/cni/config_test.go
index a0a0ea1af..288cf4626 100644
--- a/libpod/network/cni/config_test.go
+++ b/libpod/network/cni/config_test.go
@@ -1021,6 +1021,27 @@ var _ = Describe("Config", func() {
 			Expect(err.Error()).To(ContainSubstring("subnet 10.10.0.0/24 is already used on the host or by another config"))
 		})
 
+		It("remove network should not error when config file does not exists on disk", func() {
+			name := "mynet"
+			network := types.Network{Name: name}
+			_, err := libpodNet.NetworkCreate(network)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+
+			path := filepath.Join(cniConfDir, name+".conflist")
+			Expect(path).To(BeARegularFile())
+
+			err = os.Remove(path)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(path).ToNot(BeARegularFile())
+
+			err = libpodNet.NetworkRemove(name)
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+
+			nets, err := libpodNet.NetworkList()
+			Expect(err).To(BeNil())
+			Expect(nets).To(HaveLen(1))
+			Expect(nets).ToNot(ContainElement(HaveNetworkName(name)))
+		})
 	})
 
 	Context("network load valid existing ones", func() {