diff --git a/controller/controller.Dockerfile b/controller/controller.Dockerfile
index c42772e531672780737fb946955150196e2398f8..43368bc07eb880c0e8e27a80b7c74375fe103adf 100644
--- a/controller/controller.Dockerfile
+++ b/controller/controller.Dockerfile
@@ -20,8 +20,5 @@ COPY --from=builder /gosdn/controller/configs/integration-test-gosdn.toml ./conf
 COPY --from=builder /gosdn/controller/configs/containerlab-gosdn.toml.example ./configs/containerlab-gosdn.toml
 COPY --from=builder /gosdn/controller/configs/gNMISubscriptions.txt.example ./configs/gNMISubscriptions.txt
 
-COPY controller/start_controller_later.sh .
-RUN chmod +x start_controller_later.sh
-
 EXPOSE 55055 8080 40000
 ENTRYPOINT ["./gosdn"]