diff --git a/cmd/podman/artifact/pull.go b/cmd/podman/artifact/pull.go
index 4d6853fbab..68db8773e2 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/artifact/pull.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/artifact/pull.go
@@ -116,28 +116,6 @@ func artifactPull(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO Once we have a decision about the flag removal above, this should be safe to delete
-	/*
-		platform, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("platform")
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		if platform != "" {
-			if pullOptions.Arch != "" || pullOptions.OS != "" {
-				return errors.New("--platform option can not be specified with --arch or --os")
-			}
-
-			specs := strings.Split(platform, "/")
-			pullOptions.OS = specs[0] // may be empty
-			if len(specs) > 1 {
-				pullOptions.Arch = specs[1]
-				if len(specs) > 2 {
-					pullOptions.Variant = specs[2]
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	*/
-
 	if pullOptions.CredentialsCLI != "" {
 		creds, err := util.ParseRegistryCreds(pullOptions.CredentialsCLI)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/artifact.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/artifact.go
index a65e40f7cf..cea9c791ca 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/artifact.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/artifact.go
@@ -63,12 +63,18 @@ func (ir *ImageEngine) ArtifactPull(ctx context.Context, name string, opts entit
 	pullOptions.CertDirPath = opts.CertDirPath
 	pullOptions.Username = opts.Username
 	pullOptions.Password = opts.Password
-	// pullOptions.Architecture = opts.Arch
 	pullOptions.SignaturePolicyPath = opts.SignaturePolicyPath
 	pullOptions.InsecureSkipTLSVerify = opts.InsecureSkipTLSVerify
 	pullOptions.Writer = opts.Writer
 	pullOptions.OciDecryptConfig = opts.OciDecryptConfig
 	pullOptions.MaxRetries = opts.MaxRetries
+	if opts.RetryDelay != "" {
+		duration, err := time.ParseDuration(opts.RetryDelay)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		pullOptions.RetryDelay = &duration
+	}
 
 	if !opts.Quiet && pullOptions.Writer == nil {
 		pullOptions.Writer = os.Stderr
diff --git a/test/e2e/artifact_test.go b/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
index dba86eb931..b738ff5cbb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman artifact", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman artifact push and pull", func() {
+		// Before starting a registry, try to pull a bogus image from a bogus registry
+		// using retry-delay
+		retrySession := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"artifact", "pull", "--retry", "1", "--retry-delay", "100ms", "127.0.0.1/mybadimagename"})
+		retrySession.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(retrySession).Should(ExitWithError(125, "connect: connection refused"))
+		Expect(retrySession.ErrorToString()).To(ContainSubstring("retrying in 100ms ..."))
+
 		artifact1File, err := createArtifactFile(1024)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())