Try a machine executor I guess?

.circleci/config.yml

@@ -49,22 +49,9 @@ jobs:
 
   unit-test:
     # based on the official golang image with more docker stuff
-    docker:
-      - image: cimg/go:1.19
-        auth:
-          username: $DOCKER_USER
-          password: $DOCKER_PASS
+    machine: ubuntu-2204:2024.05.1
     steps:
-      - run:
-          name: Login to Dockerhub
-          command: |
-            if [ "${DOCKER_USER}" == "" ] || [ "${DOCKER_PASS}" == "" ]; then
-              echo "Skipping Login to Dockerhub, credentials not available."
-            else
-              echo "${DOCKER_PASS}" | docker login -u="${DOCKER_USER}" --password-stdin
-            fi
       - checkout
-      - setup_remote_docker
       - run:
           name: create version.json and other autogenerated files
           command: make generate