diff --git a/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2 b/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2
index 7e8ffe0e05..8acc2c2e7b 100644
--- a/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/image_build/templates/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -220,7 +220,6 @@ RUN for dir in \
       /vendor ; \
     do mkdir -m 0775 -p $dir ; chmod g+rw $dir ; chgrp root $dir ; done && \
     for file in \
-      /etc/supervisord.conf \
       /var/run/nginx.pid \
       /venv/awx/lib/python3.6/site-packages/awx.egg-link ; \
     do touch $file ; chmod g+rw $file ; done
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose-cluster.yml b/tools/docker-compose-cluster.yml
index 4dc7ef49ce..95f7f5aaa8 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose-cluster.yml
+++ b/tools/docker-compose-cluster.yml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ services:
       - "../:/awx_devel"
       - "./redis/redis_socket_ha_1:/var/run/redis/"
       - "./memcached/:/var/run/memcached"
+      - "./docker-compose/supervisor.conf:/etc/supervisord.conf"
     ports:
       - "5899-5999:5899-5999"
   awx-2:
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ services:
       - "../:/awx_devel"
       - "./redis/redis_socket_ha_2:/var/run/redis/"
       - "./memcached/:/var/run/memcached"
+      - "./docker-compose/supervisor.conf:/etc/supervisord.conf"
     ports:
       - "7899-7999:7899-7999"
   awx-3:
@@ -69,6 +71,7 @@ services:
       - "../:/awx_devel"
       - "./redis/redis_socket_ha_3:/var/run/redis/"
       - "./memcached/:/var/run/memcached"
+      - "./docker-compose/supervisor.conf:/etc/supervisord.conf"
     ports:
       - "8899-8999:8899-8999"
   redis_1:
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose.yml b/tools/docker-compose.yml
index a96c835c02..d4dee7f101 100644
--- a/tools/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tools/docker-compose.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ services:
       - "./redis/redis_socket_standalone:/var/run/redis/"
       - "./memcached/:/var/run/memcached"
       - "./rsyslog/:/var/lib/awx/rsyslog"
+      - "./docker-compose/supervisor.conf:/etc/supervisord.conf"
     privileged: true
     tty: true
   # A useful container that simply passes through log messages to the console
diff --git a/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh b/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
index 00642d5528..095d3e0d04 100755
--- a/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
+++ b/tools/docker-compose/bootstrap_development.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ else
 fi
 
 make awx-link
-yes | cp -rf /awx_devel/tools/docker-compose/supervisor.conf /etc/supervisord.conf
 
 # AWX bootstrapping
 make version_file