diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go b/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
index 06169c7811..d1702be3d7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/lint_test.go
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ func TestLintPackageWithImports(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	findings := []PackageFinding{
+		// unset exists in both the root and imported package
 		{
 			YqPath:              "",
 			Description:         "package template UNSET is not set and won't be evaluated during lint",
@@ -111,68 +112,28 @@ func TestLintPackageWithImports(t *testing.T) {
 			PackagePathOverride: "linted-import",
 			Severity:            SevWarn,
 		},
-		{
-			YqPath:              ".components.[0].images.[0]",
-			Description:         "Image not pinned with digest",
-			Item:                "ghcr.io/zarf-dev/doom-game:0.0.1",
-			PackageNameOverride: "dos-games",
-			PackagePathOverride: "oci://ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/dos-games:1.1.0",
-			Severity:            SevWarn,
-		},
-		{
-			YqPath:              ".components.[1].images.[0]",
-			Description:         "Image not pinned with digest",
-			Item:                "registry.com:9001/whatever/image:latest",
-			PackageNameOverride: "linted-import",
-			PackagePathOverride: "linted-import",
-			Severity:            SevWarn,
-		},
-		{
-			YqPath:              ".components.[1].images.[2]",
-			Description:         "Image not pinned with digest",
-			Item:                "busybox:latest",
-			PackageNameOverride: "linted-import",
-			PackagePathOverride: "linted-import",
-			Severity:            SevWarn,
-		},
 		{
 			YqPath:              "",
-			Description:         "package template UBUNTU_IMAGE is not set and won't be evaluated during lint",
+			Description:         "package template UNSET is not set and won't be evaluated during lint",
 			Item:                "",
 			PackageNameOverride: "lint",
 			PackagePathOverride: ".",
 			Severity:            SevWarn,
 		},
 		{
-			YqPath:              ".components.[1].repos.[0]",
-			Description:         "Unpinned repository",
-			Item:                "https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf-public-test.git",
-			PackageNameOverride: "lint",
-			PackagePathOverride: ".",
-			Severity:            SevWarn,
-		},
-		{
-			YqPath:              ".components.[1].repos.[2]",
-			Description:         "Unpinned repository",
-			Item:                "https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/omnibus-mirror/pcre2/-/tree/vreverse?ref_type=heads",
-			PackageNameOverride: "lint",
-			PackagePathOverride: ".",
-			Severity:            SevWarn,
-		},
-		{
-			YqPath:              ".components.[1].images.[0]",
+			YqPath:              ".components.[0].images.[0]",
 			Description:         "Image not pinned with digest",
-			Item:                "registry.com:9001/whatever/image:1.0.0",
-			PackageNameOverride: "lint",
-			PackagePathOverride: ".",
+			Item:                "ghcr.io/zarf-dev/doom-game:0.0.1",
+			PackageNameOverride: "dos-games",
+			PackagePathOverride: "oci://ghcr.io/zarf-dev/packages/dos-games:1.1.0",
 			Severity:            SevWarn,
 		},
 		{
-			YqPath:              ".components.[1].images.[2]",
+			YqPath:              ".components.[1].images.[0]",
 			Description:         "Image not pinned with digest",
 			Item:                "busybox:latest",
-			PackageNameOverride: "lint",
-			PackagePathOverride: ".",
+			PackageNameOverride: "linted-import",
+			PackagePathOverride: "linted-import",
 			Severity:            SevWarn,
 		},
 		{
diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/linted-import/zarf.yaml b/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/linted-import/zarf.yaml
index d4a190f9e6..ed205ca622 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/linted-import/zarf.yaml
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/linted-import/zarf.yaml
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ variables:
 
 components:
   - name: dont-care
+    images:
+    - image-that-should-not-show-up-in-lint:unpinned
 
   - name: import-test
     images:
-      - registry.com:9001/whatever/image:latest
-      - busybox@sha256:3fbc632167424a6d997e74f52b878d7cc478225cffac6bc977eedfe51c7f4e79
       - busybox:###ZARF_PKG_TMPL_BUSYBOX_IMAGE###
+      - busybox@sha256:3fbc632167424a6d997e74f52b878d7cc478225cffac6bc977eedfe51c7f4e79
       - busybox:###ZARF_PKG_TMPL_UNSET###
 
   - name: oci-games-url
diff --git a/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/zarf.yaml b/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/zarf.yaml
index 6f75f68517..1e646e652c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/zarf.yaml
+++ b/src/pkg/lint/testdata/lint-with-imports/zarf.yaml
@@ -8,21 +8,9 @@ components:
       path: linted-import
 
   - name: full-repo
-    repos:
-      - https://github.com/zarf-dev/zarf-public-test.git
-      - https://dev.azure.com/defenseunicorns/zarf-public-test/_git/zarf-public-test@v0.0.1
-      - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/build/omnibus-mirror/pcre2/-/tree/vreverse?ref_type=heads
     images:
-      - registry.com:9001/whatever/image:1.0.0
       - busybox@sha256:3fbc632167424a6d997e74f52b878d7cc478225cffac6bc977eedfe51c7f4e79
-      - busybox:###ZARF_PKG_TMPL_BUSYBOX_IMAGE###
-      - ubuntu:###ZARF_PKG_TMPL_UBUNTU_IMAGE###
-    files:
-      - source: https://github.com/k3s-io/k3s/releases/download/v1.28.2+k3s1/k3s
-        shasum: 2f041d37a2c6d54d53e106e1c7713bc48f806f3919b0d9e092f5fcbdc55b41cf
-        target: src/
-      - source: file-without-shasum.txt
-        target: src/
+      - busybox:###ZARF_PKG_TMPL_UNSET###
 
   - name: oci-games-url
     import: