diff --git a/pkg/contentutil/contentutil.go b/pkg/contentutil/contentutil.go
index c5f0898662f..2ea5519d3a0 100644
--- a/pkg/contentutil/contentutil.go
+++ b/pkg/contentutil/contentutil.go
@@ -32,32 +32,26 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/pkg/progress"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/platforms"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 )
 
-// FetchConfig for content fetch
-type FetchConfig struct {
+// PullConfig for content fetch
+type PullConfig struct {
 	// Resolver
 	Resolver remotes.Resolver
 	// ProgressOutput to display progress
 	ProgressOutput io.Writer
-	// Labels to set on the content
-	Labels []string
-	// PlatformMatcher matches platforms, supersedes Platforms
-	PlatformMatcher platforms.MatchComparer
-	// Platforms to fetch
-	Platforms []string
-	// Whether or not download all metadata
-	AllMetadata bool
-	// RemoteOpts is not used by ctr, but can be used by other CLI tools
+	// RemoteOpts, e.g. containerd.WithPullUnpack.
+	//
+	// Regardless to RemoteOpts, the following opts are always set:
+	// WithResolver, WithImageHandler, WithSchema1Conversion
 	RemoteOpts []containerd.RemoteOpt
 }
 
-// Fetch loads all resources into the content store and returns the image
-func Fetch(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, ref string, config *FetchConfig) (images.Image, error) {
+// Pull loads all resources into the content store and returns the image
+func Pull(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, ref string, config *PullConfig) (containerd.Image, error) {
 	ongoing := newJobs(ref)
 
 	pctx, stopProgress := context.WithCancel(ctx)
@@ -86,22 +80,10 @@ func Fetch(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, ref string, config *F
 	}
 	opts = append(opts, config.RemoteOpts...)
 
-	if config.AllMetadata {
-		opts = append(opts, containerd.WithAllMetadata())
-	}
-
-	if config.PlatformMatcher != nil {
-		opts = append(opts, containerd.WithPlatformMatcher(config.PlatformMatcher))
-	} else {
-		for _, platform := range config.Platforms {
-			opts = append(opts, containerd.WithPlatform(platform))
-		}
-	}
-
-	img, err := client.Fetch(pctx, ref, opts...)
+	img, err := client.Pull(pctx, ref, opts...)
 	stopProgress()
 	if err != nil {
-		return images.Image{}, err
+		return nil, err
 	}
 
 	<-progress
diff --git a/pkg/imgutil/imgutil.go b/pkg/imgutil/imgutil.go
index 609eb44d4fe..fc84660db25 100644
--- a/pkg/imgutil/imgutil.go
+++ b/pkg/imgutil/imgutil.go
@@ -19,18 +19,14 @@ package imgutil
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/AkihiroSuda/nerdctl/pkg/contentutil"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/images"
-	"github.com/containerd/containerd/platforms"
 	refdocker "github.com/containerd/containerd/reference/docker"
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/remotes/docker"
 	"github.com/containerd/stargz-snapshotter/fs/source"
-	ocispec "github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/specs-go/v1"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
@@ -84,42 +80,25 @@ func EnsureImage(ctx context.Context, client *containerd.Client, stdout io.Write
 	resolver := docker.NewResolver(resovlerOpts)
 
 	var containerdImage containerd.Image
+	config := &contentutil.PullConfig{
+		Resolver:       resolver,
+		ProgressOutput: stdout,
+		RemoteOpts: []containerd.RemoteOpt{
+			containerd.WithPullUnpack,
+			containerd.WithPullSnapshotter(snapshotter),
+		},
+	}
 	sgz := isStargz(snapshotter)
 	if sgz {
-		h := images.HandlerFunc(func(ctx context.Context, desc ocispec.Descriptor) ([]ocispec.Descriptor, error) {
-			if desc.MediaType != images.MediaTypeDockerSchema1Manifest {
-				fmt.Fprintf(stdout, "fetching %v... %v\n", desc.Digest.String()[:15], desc.MediaType)
-			}
-			return nil, nil
-		})
 		// TODO: support "skip-content-verify"
-		opts := []containerd.RemoteOpt{
-			containerd.WithResolver(resolver),
-			containerd.WithImageHandler(h),
-			containerd.WithSchema1Conversion,
-			containerd.WithPullUnpack,
-			containerd.WithPullSnapshotter(snapshotter),
+		config.RemoteOpts = append(
+			config.RemoteOpts,
 			containerd.WithImageHandlerWrapper(source.AppendDefaultLabelsHandlerWrapper(ref, 10*1024*1024)),
-		}
-		containerdImage, err = client.Pull(ctx, ref, opts...)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-	} else {
-		config := &contentutil.FetchConfig{
-			Resolver:        resolver,
-			ProgressOutput:  stdout,
-			PlatformMatcher: platforms.Default(),
-		}
-
-		img, err := contentutil.Fetch(ctx, client, ref, config)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		containerdImage = containerd.NewImageWithPlatform(client, img, config.PlatformMatcher)
-		if err := containerdImage.Unpack(ctx, snapshotter); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
+		)
+	}
+	containerdImage, err = contentutil.Pull(ctx, client, ref, config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	res := &EnsuredImage{
 		Ref:         ref,