diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index e8000701b0..7e1830ae60 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ replace (
 	git.apache.org/thrift.git => github.com/apache/thrift v0.0.0-20180902110319-2566ecd5d999
 	github.com/docker/docker => github.com/docker/docker v1.4.2-0.20190924003213-a8608b5b67c7
 	github.com/docker/machine => github.com/machine-drivers/machine v0.7.1-0.20200323212942-41eb826190d8
+	github.com/google/go-containerregistry => github.com/afbjorklund/go-containerregistry v0.0.0-20200329163843-4f5ebd05922c
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-getter => github.com/afbjorklund/go-getter v1.4.1-0.20190910175809-eb9f6c26742c
 	github.com/samalba/dockerclient => github.com/sayboras/dockerclient v0.0.0-20191231050035-015626177a97
 	k8s.io/api => k8s.io/api v0.17.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d25b4f2065..78b348bbfa 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d h1:G0m3OIz70MZUW
 github.com/StackExchange/wmi v0.0.0-20190523213315-cbe66965904d/go.mod h1:3eOhrUMpNV+6aFIbp5/iudMxNCF27Vw2OZgy4xEx0Fg=
 github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.1.1 h1:MnEK4VOv6n0RSY4vtRe3h11qjxL3+t0B8yOL8iMXdcM=
 github.com/VividCortex/ewma v1.1.1/go.mod h1:2Tkkvm3sRDVXaiyucHiACn4cqf7DpdyLvmxzcbUokwA=
+github.com/afbjorklund/go-containerregistry v0.0.0-20200329163843-4f5ebd05922c h1:6fbgFHLPMCieDysTguJY03Zer8hNr8+GbvpD291DOXA=
+github.com/afbjorklund/go-containerregistry v0.0.0-20200329163843-4f5ebd05922c/go.mod h1:pD1UFYs7MCAx+ZLShBdttcaOSbyc8F9Na/9IZLNwJeA=
 github.com/afbjorklund/go-getter v1.4.1-0.20190910175809-eb9f6c26742c h1:18gEt7qzn7CW7qMkfPTFyyotlPbvPQo9o4IDV8jZqP4=
 github.com/afbjorklund/go-getter v1.4.1-0.20190910175809-eb9f6c26742c/go.mod h1:7qxyCd8rBfcShwsvxgIguu4KbS3l8bUCwg2Umn7RjeY=
 github.com/agnivade/levenshtein v1.0.1/go.mod h1:CURSv5d9Uaml+FovSIICkLbAUZ9S4RqaHDIsdSBg7lM=
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/image/cache.go b/pkg/minikube/image/cache.go
index 01a24e3d79..7b6bcaf43a 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/image/cache.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/image/cache.go
@@ -121,11 +121,7 @@ func saveToTarFile(iname, rawDest string) error {
 		return errors.Wrapf(err, "nil image for %s", iname)
 	}
 
-	tag, err := name.NewTag(iname, name.WeakValidation)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "newtag")
-	}
-	err = writeImage(img, dst, tag)
+	err = writeImage(img, dst, ref)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -134,7 +130,7 @@ func saveToTarFile(iname, rawDest string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func writeImage(img v1.Image, dst string, tag name.Tag) error {
+func writeImage(img v1.Image, dst string, ref name.Reference) error {
 	glog.Infoln("opening: ", dst)
 	f, err := ioutil.TempFile(filepath.Dir(dst), filepath.Base(dst)+".*.tmp")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -151,7 +147,7 @@ func writeImage(img v1.Image, dst string, tag name.Tag) error {
 		}
 	}()
 
-	err = tarball.Write(tag, img, f)
+	err = tarball.Write(ref, img, f)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "write")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/image/image.go b/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
index 7c68a8c588..a3faf05a18 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/image/image.go
@@ -113,27 +113,10 @@ func WriteImageToDaemon(img string) error {
 
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "getting remote image")
 	}
-	tag, err := name.NewTag(strings.Split(img, "@")[0])
+	glog.V(3).Infof("Writing image %v", ref)
+	_, err = daemon.Write(ref, i)
 	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "getting tag")
-	}
-	glog.V(3).Infof("Writing image %v", tag)
-	_, err = daemon.Write(tag, i)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "writing image")
-	}
-
-	//TODO: Make pkg/v1/daemon accept Ref too
-	//      Only added it to pkg/v1/tarball
-	//
-	// https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pull/702
-
-	glog.V(3).Infof("Pulling image %v", ref)
-
-	// Pull digest
-	cmd := exec.Command("docker", "pull", "--quiet", img)
-	if _, err := cmd.Output(); err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "pulling remote image")
+		return errors.Wrap(err, "writing daemon image")
 	}
 
 	return nil