diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/artifact/oci/client.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/artifact/oci/client.go
index 87e0189a8..4e5acef3c 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/artifact/oci/client.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/artifact/oci/client.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-containerregistry/pkg/authn"
@@ -69,33 +68,10 @@ func (c LiveClient) GetImageDigest(imgName string) (*v1.Hash, name.Reference, er
 	return &desc.Digest, name, nil
 }
 
-type noncompliantRegistryTransport struct{}
-
-// RoundTrip will check if a request and associated response fulfill the following:
-// 1. The response returns a 406 status code
-// 2. The request path contains /referrers/
-// If both conditions are met, the response's status code will be overwritten to 404
-// This is a temporary solution to handle non compliant registries that return
-// an unexpected status code 406 when the go-containerregistry library used
-// by this code attempts to make a request to the referrers API.
-// The go-containerregistry library can handle 404 response but not a 406 response.
-// See the related go-containerregistry issue: https://github.com/google/go-containerregistry/issues/1962
-func (a *noncompliantRegistryTransport) RoundTrip(req *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
-	resp, err := http.DefaultTransport.RoundTrip(req)
-	if err != nil {
-		return resp, err
-	}
-	if resp.StatusCode == http.StatusNotAcceptable && strings.Contains(req.URL.Path, "/referrers/") {
-		resp.StatusCode = http.StatusNotFound
-	}
-
-	return resp, nil
-}
-
 func (c LiveClient) GetAttestations(ref name.Reference, digest string) ([]*api.Attestation, error) {
 	attestations := make([]*api.Attestation, 0)
 
-	transportOpts := []remote.Option{remote.WithTransport(&noncompliantRegistryTransport{}), remote.WithAuthFromKeychain(authn.DefaultKeychain)}
+	transportOpts := []remote.Option{remote.WithAuthFromKeychain(authn.DefaultKeychain)}
 	referrers, err := remote.Referrers(ref.Context().Digest(digest), transportOpts...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return attestations, fmt.Errorf("error getting referrers: %w", err)
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
index fdfd667bd..db419ebac 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation.go
@@ -29,43 +29,37 @@ type FetchRemoteAttestationsParams struct {
 
 // GetLocalAttestations returns a slice of attestations read from a local bundle file.
 func GetLocalAttestations(path string) ([]*api.Attestation, error) {
+	var attestations []*api.Attestation
+	var err error
 	fileExt := filepath.Ext(path)
-	switch fileExt {
-	case ".json":
-		attestations, err := loadBundleFromJSONFile(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			var pathErr *os.PathError
-			if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle could not be loaded from JSON file at %s", path)
-			} else if errors.Is(err, bundle.ErrValidation) {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle content could not be parsed")
-		}
-		return attestations, nil
-	case ".jsonl":
-		attestations, err := loadBundlesFromJSONLinesFile(path)
-		if err != nil {
-			var pathErr *os.PathError
-			if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundles could not be loaded from JSON lines file at %s", path)
-			} else if errors.Is(err, bundle.ErrValidation) {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle content could not be parsed")
-		}
-		return attestations, nil
+	if fileExt == ".json" {
+		attestations, err = loadBundleFromJSONFile(path)
+	} else if fileExt == ".jsonl" {
+		attestations, err = loadBundlesFromJSONLinesFile(path)
+	} else {
+		return nil, ErrUnrecognisedBundleExtension
 	}
-	return nil, ErrUnrecognisedBundleExtension
+
+	if err != nil {
+		var pathErr *os.PathError
+		if errors.As(err, &pathErr) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not load content from file path %s: %w", path, err)
+		} else if errors.Is(err, bundle.ErrValidation) {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("bundle content could not be parsed: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return attestations, nil
 }
 
 func loadBundleFromJSONFile(path string) ([]*api.Attestation, error) {
-	localAttestation, err := bundle.LoadJSONFromPath(path)
+	b, err := bundle.LoadJSONFromPath(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
-	return []*api.Attestation{{Bundle: localAttestation}}, nil
+	return []*api.Attestation{{Bundle: b}}, nil
 }
 
 func loadBundlesFromJSONLinesFile(path string) ([]*api.Attestation, error) {
diff --git a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go
index 08f0ccfef..8acff0c37 100644
--- a/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cmd/attestation/verification/attestation_test.go
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ func TestGetLocalAttestations(t *testing.T) {
 		path := "../test/data/not-found-bundle.json"
 		attestations, err := GetLocalAttestations(path)
 
-		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "bundle could not be loaded from JSON file")
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "could not load content from file path")
 		require.Nil(t, attestations)
 	})
 
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestGetLocalAttestations(t *testing.T) {
 		path := "../test/data/not-found-bundle.jsonl"
 		attestations, err := GetLocalAttestations(path)
 
-		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "bundles could not be loaded from JSON lines file")
+		require.ErrorContains(t, err, "could not load content from file path")
 		require.Nil(t, attestations)
 	})