diff --git a/installer/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2 b/installer/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
index 0364a5a591..edcfbefede 100644
--- a/installer/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
+++ b/installer/roles/dockerfile/templates/Dockerfile.j2
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ COPY . /tmp/src/
 WORKDIR /tmp/src/
 RUN make sdist && \
     /var/lib/awx/venv/awx/bin/pip install dist/awx-$(cat VERSION).tar.gz
-RUN ln -s /var/lib/awx/venv/awx/bin/awx-manage /usr/bin/awx-manage
 {% endif %}
 
 # Final container(s)
@@ -173,6 +172,8 @@ RUN dnf --enablerepo=debuginfo -y install python3-debuginfo || :
 # Copy app from builder
 COPY --from=builder /var/lib/awx /var/lib/awx
 
+RUN ln -s /var/lib/awx/venv/awx/bin/awx-manage /usr/bin/awx-manage
+
 {%if build_dev|bool %}
 RUN openssl req -nodes -newkey rsa:2048 -keyout /etc/nginx/nginx.key -out /etc/nginx/nginx.csr \
         -subj "/C=US/ST=North Carolina/L=Durham/O=Ansible/OU=AWX Development/CN=awx.localhost" && \