diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 70fd3b4da..482a98310 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.git
 node_modules
 npm-debug.log
 readme*
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 6fbb44111..5d7527c14 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ RUN \
   echo "*** Cleanup ***" && \
   mv "./docker/docker-entrypoint.sh" "./" && \
   rm -rf "./docker" && \
-  rm -rf "./.git" && \
   echo "*** Make docker-entrypoint.sh executable ***" && \
   chmod +x "./docker-entrypoint.sh" && \
   echo "*** Convert line endings to Unix format ***" && \