diff --git a/Dockerfile.release b/Dockerfile.release
index c7ccf946a..da0ac6a25 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.release
+++ b/Dockerfile.release
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ RUN useradd -m -u 1000 -U -s /bin/sh -d /parallel parallel && \
     mkdir /data && \
     chown -R parallel:parallel /data && \
     ln -s /data /parallel/.local/share && \
-    chown -R parallel:parallel /parallel/.local/share && \
-    rm -rf /usr/bin /usr/sbin
+    chown -R parallel:parallel /parallel/.local/share
 
 USER parallel
 WORKDIR /parallel