diff --git a/glide.lock b/glide.lock
index 049f573dc4cc..1108e0d2b868 100644
--- a/glide.lock
+++ b/glide.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-hash: 43fae334249fe7affafcbdb84cd49cfb0027e7bdb5d09565bce318233cccb195
-updated: 2019-09-23T12:01:56.433081+02:00
+hash: a3b7357c903eb619615a029fa91c27edc7312a5c870ee50dca3895e675d6d4b0
+updated: 2019-09-26T11:48:24.491287968-05:00
 imports:
 - name: bitbucket.org/ww/goautoneg
   version: 2ae31c8b6b30d2f4c8100c20d527b571e9c433bb
@@ -773,7 +773,8 @@ imports:
   - specs-go
   - specs-go/v1
 - name: github.com/opencontainers/runc
-  version: 6cc515888830787a93d82138821f0309ad970640
+  version: b942ff4cc6f8f16ca177cf09c34896bddd000b16
+  repo: https://github.com/openshift/opencontainers-runc
   subpackages:
   - libcontainer
   - libcontainer/apparmor
diff --git a/glide.yaml b/glide.yaml
index 630e2fac8466..eea36a53c705 100644
--- a/glide.yaml
+++ b/glide.yaml
@@ -163,3 +163,8 @@ import:
 - package: github.com/lestrrat/go-structinfo
   repo:    https://github.com/lestrrat/go-structinfo.git
   version: 8204d40bbcd79eb7603cd4c2c998e60eb2479ded
+
+# runc for delegation fix BZ#1755991 
+- package: github.com/opencontainers/runc
+  repo:    https://github.com/openshift/opencontainers-runc
+  version: release-4.3
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
index 3bf723bf9646..3f86d52420dd 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
@@ -72,11 +72,8 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
-	connLock                   sync.Mutex
-	theConn                    *systemdDbus.Conn
-	hasStartTransientUnit      bool
-	hasStartTransientSliceUnit bool
-	hasDelegateSlice           bool
+	connLock sync.Mutex
+	theConn  *systemdDbus.Conn
 )
 
 func newProp(name string, units interface{}) systemdDbus.Property {
@@ -100,67 +97,8 @@ func UseSystemd() bool {
 		if err != nil {
 			return false
 		}
-
-		// Assume we have StartTransientUnit
-		hasStartTransientUnit = true
-
-		// But if we get UnknownMethod error we don't
-		if _, err := theConn.StartTransientUnit("test.scope", "invalid", nil, nil); err != nil {
-			if dbusError, ok := err.(dbus.Error); ok {
-				if dbusError.Name == "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.UnknownMethod" {
-					hasStartTransientUnit = false
-					return hasStartTransientUnit
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Assume we have the ability to start a transient unit as a slice
-		// This was broken until systemd v229, but has been back-ported on RHEL environments >= 219
-		// For details, see: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1370299
-		hasStartTransientSliceUnit = true
-
-		// To ensure simple clean-up, we create a slice off the root with no hierarchy
-		slice := fmt.Sprintf("libcontainer_%d_systemd_test_default.slice", os.Getpid())
-		if _, err := theConn.StartTransientUnit(slice, "replace", nil, nil); err != nil {
-			if _, ok := err.(dbus.Error); ok {
-				hasStartTransientSliceUnit = false
-			}
-		}
-
-		for i := 0; i <= testSliceWait; i++ {
-			if _, err := theConn.StopUnit(slice, "replace", nil); err != nil {
-				if dbusError, ok := err.(dbus.Error); ok {
-					if strings.Contains(dbusError.Name, "org.freedesktop.systemd1.NoSuchUnit") {
-						hasStartTransientSliceUnit = false
-						break
-					}
-				}
-			} else {
-				break
-			}
-			time.Sleep(time.Millisecond)
-		}
-
-		// Not critical because of the stop unit logic above.
-		theConn.StopUnit(slice, "replace", nil)
-
-		// Assume StartTransientUnit on a slice allows Delegate
-		hasDelegateSlice = true
-		dlSlice := newProp("Delegate", true)
-		if _, err := theConn.StartTransientUnit(slice, "replace", []systemdDbus.Property{dlSlice}, nil); err != nil {
-			if dbusError, ok := err.(dbus.Error); ok {
-				// Starting with systemd v237, Delegate is not even a property of slices anymore,
-				// so the D-Bus call fails with "InvalidArgs" error.
-				if strings.Contains(dbusError.Name, "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.PropertyReadOnly") || strings.Contains(dbusError.Name, "org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.InvalidArgs") {
-					hasDelegateSlice = false
-				}
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Not critical because of the stop unit logic above.
-		theConn.StopUnit(slice, "replace", nil)
 	}
-	return hasStartTransientUnit
+	return true
 }
 
 func NewSystemdCgroupsManager() (func(config *configs.Cgroup, paths map[string]string) cgroups.Manager, error) {
@@ -208,10 +146,6 @@ func (m *Manager) Apply(pid int) error {
 
 	// if we create a slice, the parent is defined via a Wants=
 	if strings.HasSuffix(unitName, ".slice") {
-		// This was broken until systemd v229, but has been back-ported on RHEL environments >= 219
-		if !hasStartTransientSliceUnit {
-			return fmt.Errorf("systemd version does not support ability to start a slice as transient unit")
-		}
 		properties = append(properties, systemdDbus.PropWants(slice))
 	} else {
 		// otherwise, we use Slice=
@@ -224,12 +158,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Apply(pid int) error {
 	}
 
 	// Check if we can delegate. This is only supported on systemd versions 218 and above.
-	if strings.HasSuffix(unitName, ".slice") {
-		if hasDelegateSlice {
-			// systemd 237 and above no longer allows delegation on a slice
-			properties = append(properties, newProp("Delegate", true))
-		}
-	} else {
+	if !strings.HasSuffix(unitName, ".slice") {
 		// Assume scopes always support delegation.
 		properties = append(properties, newProp("Delegate", true))
 	}