diff --git a/bot_bottle/backend/macos_container/nested-containers-init.sh b/bot_bottle/backend/macos_container/nested-containers-init.sh
index e4a4637..0a18a01 100755
--- a/bot_bottle/backend/macos_container/nested-containers-init.sh
+++ b/bot_bottle/backend/macos_container/nested-containers-init.sh
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ path = Path(os.environ["CONTAINERS_CONF"])
 path.write_text("\n".join([
     "[containers]",
     'cgroups="disabled"',
+    # podman copies the host's proxy vars into every container by default,
+    # and that copy *wins* over the env below — putting the unresolvable
+    # gateway name back. Turn it off so the address-bearing URLs stand.
+    "http_proxy=false",
     'hosts_file="/etc/hosts"',
     f'volumes=["{ca}:{ca}:ro"]',
     "env=[",
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_macos_nested_containers.py b/tests/unit/test_macos_nested_containers.py
index 0b2781b..1391eb2 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_macos_nested_containers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_macos_nested_containers.py
@@ -174,6 +174,13 @@ class TestInitScript(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertIn('$2 == name { print $1; exit }', self.script)
         self.assertIn('value.replace(name, ip)', self.script)
 
+    def test_disables_podmans_own_proxy_passthrough(self) -> None:
+        """podman copies the host's proxy vars into every container by
+        default, and that copy overrides the env we set — putting the
+        unresolvable gateway name back and leaving nested containers at
+        "bad address 'bot-bottle-gateway'"."""
+        self.assertIn('"http_proxy=false"', self.script)
+
     def test_keeps_the_gateway_name_in_no_proxy(self) -> None:
         """NO_PROXY is matched against what a client asks for, and code inside
         a nested container still says bot-bottle-gateway."""