diff --git a/client/allocrunner/interfaces/task_lifecycle.go b/client/allocrunner/interfaces/task_lifecycle.go
index ee99a507b..680c0d9c2 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/interfaces/task_lifecycle.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/interfaces/task_lifecycle.go
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ type TaskPrestartHook interface {
 	// Prestart is called before the task is started including after every
 	// restart. Prestart is not called if the allocation is terminal.
 	//
-	// The context is cancelled if the task is killed or shutdown.
+	// The context is cancelled if the task is killed.
 	Prestart(context.Context, *TaskPrestartRequest, *TaskPrestartResponse) error
 }
 
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_hooks.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_hooks.go
index 374f29f42..25d1b59bc 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_hooks.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_hooks.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/LK4D4/joincontext"
 	multierror "github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocrunner/interfaces"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/state"
@@ -193,11 +192,8 @@ func (tr *TaskRunner) prestart() error {
 		}
 
 		// Run the prestart hook
-		// use a joint context to allow any blocking pre-start hooks
-		// to be canceled by either killCtx or shutdownCtx
-		joinedCtx, _ := joincontext.Join(tr.killCtx, tr.shutdownCtx)
 		var resp interfaces.TaskPrestartResponse
-		if err := pre.Prestart(joinedCtx, &req, &resp); err != nil {
+		if err := pre.Prestart(tr.killCtx, &req, &resp); err != nil {
 			tr.emitHookError(err, name)
 			return structs.WrapRecoverable(fmt.Sprintf("prestart hook %q failed: %v", name, err), err)
 		}
diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_test.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_test.go
index 25124c3fd..8a6ab8cf5 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_test.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/task_runner_test.go
@@ -1742,69 +1742,6 @@ func TestTaskRunner_Template_Artifact(t *testing.T) {
 	require.NoErrorf(t, err, "%v not rendered", f2)
 }
 
-// TestTaskRunner_Template_BlockingPreStart asserts that a template
-// that fails to render in PreStart can gracefully be shutdown by
-// either killCtx or shutdownCtx
-func TestTaskRunner_Template_BlockingPreStart(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
-	alloc := mock.BatchAlloc()
-	task := alloc.Job.TaskGroups[0].Tasks[0]
-	task.Templates = []*structs.Template{
-		{
-			EmbeddedTmpl: `{{ with secret "foo/secret" }}{{ .Data.certificate }}{{ end }}`,
-			DestPath:     "local/test",
-			ChangeMode:   structs.TemplateChangeModeNoop,
-		},
-	}
-
-	task.Vault = &structs.Vault{Policies: []string{"default"}}
-
-	conf, cleanup := testTaskRunnerConfig(t, alloc, task.Name)
-	defer cleanup()
-
-	tr, err := NewTaskRunner(conf)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	go tr.Run()
-	defer tr.Shutdown()
-
-	testutil.WaitForResult(func() (bool, error) {
-		ts := tr.TaskState()
-
-		if len(ts.Events) == 0 {
-			return false, fmt.Errorf("no events yet")
-		}
-
-		for _, e := range ts.Events {
-			if e.Type == "Template" && strings.Contains(e.DisplayMessage, "vault.read(foo/secret)") {
-				return true, nil
-			}
-		}
-
-		return false, fmt.Errorf("no missing vault secret template event yet: %#v", ts.Events)
-
-	}, func(err error) {
-		require.NoError(t, err)
-	})
-
-	shutdown := func() <-chan bool {
-		finished := make(chan bool)
-		go func() {
-			tr.Shutdown()
-			finished <- true
-		}()
-
-		return finished
-	}
-
-	select {
-	case <-shutdown():
-		// it shut down like it should have
-	case <-time.After(10 * time.Second):
-		require.Fail(t, "timeout shutting down task")
-	}
-}
-
 // TestTaskRunner_Template_NewVaultToken asserts that a new vault token is
 // created when rendering template and that it is revoked on alloc completion
 func TestTaskRunner_Template_NewVaultToken(t *testing.T) {