diff --git a/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image.go b/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image.go
index 60841ea49..2394e5f30 100644
--- a/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image.go
+++ b/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/log"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
 )
 
 type ContainersImageRegistry struct {
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func (i *ContainersImageRegistry) Unpack(ctx context.Context, bundle *BundleSour
 	}
 
 	if bundle.Image == nil {
-		return nil, NewUnrecoverable(fmt.Errorf("error parsing bundle, bundle %s has a nil image source", bundle.Name))
+		return nil, reconcile.TerminalError(fmt.Errorf("error parsing bundle, bundle %s has a nil image source", bundle.Name))
 	}
 
 	//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ func (i *ContainersImageRegistry) Unpack(ctx context.Context, bundle *BundleSour
 	//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 	imgRef, err := reference.ParseNamed(bundle.Image.Ref)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, NewUnrecoverable(fmt.Errorf("error parsing image reference %q: %w", bundle.Image.Ref, err))
+		return nil, reconcile.TerminalError(fmt.Errorf("error parsing image reference %q: %w", bundle.Image.Ref, err))
 	}
 
 	canonicalRef, err := resolveCanonicalRef(ctx, imgRef, i.SourceContext)
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ func resolveCanonicalRef(ctx context.Context, imgRef reference.Named, imageCtx *
 
 	srcRef, err := docker.NewReference(imgRef)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, NewUnrecoverable(fmt.Errorf("error creating reference: %w", err))
+		return nil, reconcile.TerminalError(fmt.Errorf("error creating reference: %w", err))
 	}
 
 	imgSrc, err := srcRef.NewImageSource(ctx, imageCtx)
diff --git a/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image_test.go b/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image_test.go
index 1d1c42dcd..32b43d2fc 100644
--- a/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image_test.go
+++ b/internal/rukpak/source/containers_image_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/go-digest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/reconcile"
 
 	"github.com/operator-framework/operator-controller/internal/rukpak/source"
 )
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ func TestUnpackNameOnlyImageReference(t *testing.T) {
 	// Attempt to pull and unpack the image
 	_, err := unpacker.Unpack(context.Background(), bundleSource)
 	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "tag or digest is needed")
-	assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &source.Unrecoverable{})
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, reconcile.TerminalError(nil))
 }
 
 func TestUnpackUnservedTaggedImageReference(t *testing.T) {
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ func TestUnpackInvalidNilImage(t *testing.T) {
 	result, err := unpacker.Unpack(context.Background(), bundleSource)
 	assert.Nil(t, result)
 	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "nil image source")
-	assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &source.Unrecoverable{})
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, reconcile.TerminalError(nil))
 	assert.NoDirExists(t, filepath.Join(unpacker.BaseCachePath, bundleSource.Name))
 }
 
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ func TestUnpackInvalidImageRef(t *testing.T) {
 	result, err := unpacker.Unpack(context.Background(), bundleSource)
 	assert.Nil(t, result)
 	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "error parsing image reference")
-	assert.ErrorAs(t, err, &source.Unrecoverable{})
+	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, reconcile.TerminalError(nil))
 	assert.NoDirExists(t, filepath.Join(unpacker.BaseCachePath, bundleSource.Name))
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/rukpak/source/unpacker.go b/internal/rukpak/source/unpacker.go
index 5d2b5f633..f56de0010 100644
--- a/internal/rukpak/source/unpacker.go
+++ b/internal/rukpak/source/unpacker.go
@@ -13,17 +13,6 @@ type ImageSource struct {
 	Ref string
 }
 
-// Unrecoverable represents an error that can not be recovered
-// from without user intervention. When this error is returned
-// the request should not be requeued.
-type Unrecoverable struct {
-	error
-}
-
-func NewUnrecoverable(err error) Unrecoverable {
-	return Unrecoverable{err}
-}
-
 // Unpacker unpacks bundle content, either synchronously or asynchronously and
 // returns a Result, which conveys information about the progress of unpacking
 // the bundle content.