diff --git a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/Dockerfile b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/Dockerfile
index 6b49d1dca3..36d30ef3a5 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/packaging/kata-deploy/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,25 @@
 #
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-FROM centos/systemd
+FROM registry.centos.org/centos:7 AS base
+
+ENV container docker
+
+RUN (cd /lib/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/; for i in *; do [ $i == systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service ] || rm -f $i; done); \
+rm -f /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/*; \
+rm -f /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/*; \
+rm -f /lib/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/*; \
+rm -f /lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/*udev*; \
+rm -f /lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/*initctl*; \
+rm -f /lib/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/*; \
+rm -f /lib/systemd/system/anaconda.target.wants/*;
+
+VOLUME [ "/sys/fs/cgroup" ]
+
+CMD ["/usr/sbin/init"]
+
+FROM base
+
 ARG KUBE_ARCH=amd64
 ARG KATA_ARTIFACTS=./kata-static.tar.xz
 ARG DESTINATION=/opt/kata-artifacts