diff --git a/container/stream/streams.go b/container/stream/streams.go
index 371006b64e..aa9b57a4a5 100644
--- a/container/stream/streams.go
+++ b/container/stream/streams.go
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containerd/containerd/cio"
 	"github.com/containerd/log"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/container/stream/bytespipe"
-	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/ioutils"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/pools"
 )
 
@@ -86,9 +85,15 @@ func (c *Config) NewInputPipes() {
 
 // NewNopInputPipe creates a new input pipe that will silently drop all messages in the input.
 func (c *Config) NewNopInputPipe() {
-	c.stdinPipe = ioutils.NopWriteCloser(io.Discard)
+	c.stdinPipe = &nopWriteCloser{io.Discard}
 }
 
+type nopWriteCloser struct {
+	io.Writer
+}
+
+func (w *nopWriteCloser) Close() error { return nil }
+
 // CloseStreams ensures that the configured streams are properly closed.
 func (c *Config) CloseStreams() error {
 	var errs error
diff --git a/pkg/ioutils/writers.go b/pkg/ioutils/writers.go
index bed7c8807e..b896f16ebc 100644
--- a/pkg/ioutils/writers.go
+++ b/pkg/ioutils/writers.go
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 // NopWriter represents a type which write operation is nop.
+//
+// Deprecated: use [io.Discard] instead. This type will be removed in the next release.
 type NopWriter struct{}
 
 func (*NopWriter) Write(buf []byte) (int, error) {
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ type nopWriteCloser struct {
 func (w *nopWriteCloser) Close() error { return nil }
 
 // NopWriteCloser returns a nopWriteCloser.
+//
+// Deprecated: This function is no longer used and will be removed in the next release.
 func NopWriteCloser(w io.Writer) io.WriteCloser {
 	return &nopWriteCloser{w}
 }