diff --git a/containers/apps/freeradius/Dockerfile b/containers/apps/freeradius/Dockerfile
index 98b48293087..a137448c504 100644
--- a/containers/apps/freeradius/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/apps/freeradius/Dockerfile
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@ VOLUME /config
 # hadolint ignore=DL3008,DL3015,SC2086,SC2155
 RUN \
   rm /docker-entrypoint.sh && \
-  rm -Rf /etc/raddb && \
-  ln -s  /config /etc/raddb
+  rm -Rf /etc/raddb
 
 
 COPY ./containers/apps/freeradius/entrypoint.sh /docker-entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/containers/apps/freeradius/docker-entrypoint.sh b/containers/apps/freeradius/docker-entrypoint.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 041a74ece93..00000000000
--- a/containers/apps/freeradius/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-set -e
-
-if [ -f "/config/clients.conf" ]; then
-  echo "Radius config already exists, skipping config copy..."
-else
-  echo "Radius config does not exist, copying..."
-  cp -Rf /defaults/raddb/* /config/
-fi
-
-chown -R freerad:freerad /config
-
-# this if will check if the first argument is a flag
-# but only works if all arguments require a hyphenated flag
-# -v; -SL; -f arg; etc will work, but not arg1 arg2
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || [ "${1#-}" != "$1" ]; then
-    set -- freeradius "$@"
-fi
-
-# check for the expected command
-if [ "$1" = 'freeradius' ]; then
-    shift
-    exec freeradius -f "$@"
-fi
-
-# many people are likely to call "radiusd" as well, so allow that
-if [ "$1" = 'radiusd' ]; then
-    shift
-    exec freeradius -f "$@"
-fi
-
-# else default to run whatever the user wanted like "bash" or "sh"
-exec "$@"
diff --git a/containers/apps/freeradius/entrypoint.sh b/containers/apps/freeradius/entrypoint.sh
index 9c70a235654..a41f263e1a7 100755
--- a/containers/apps/freeradius/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/containers/apps/freeradius/entrypoint.sh
@@ -10,24 +10,5 @@ fi
 
 chown -R freerad:freerad /config
 
-# this if will check if the first argument is a flag
-# but only works if all arguments require a hyphenated flag
-# -v; -SL; -f arg; etc will work, but not arg1 arg2
-if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] || [ "${1#-}" != "$1" ]; then
-    set -- freeradius "$@"
-fi
 
-# check for the expected command
-if [ "$1" = 'freeradius' ]; then
-    shift
-    exec freeradius -f "$@"
-fi
-
-# many people are likely to call "radiusd" as well, so allow that
-if [ "$1" = 'radiusd' ]; then
-    shift
-    exec freeradius -f "$@"
-fi
-
-# else default to run whatever the user wanted like "bash" or "sh"
-exec "$@"
+exec freeradius -f -d /config "$@"