diff --git a/deploy.sh b/deploy.sh
index 18ad6bb579e381f663c16f001d94ac4b155e6b74..a6502656eaf40639b73204098d7b44c5eee5adbb 100644
--- a/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy.sh
@@ -15,30 +15,7 @@ LOCUSER_DIR=`eval echo "~$LOCUSER"`
 # IFB_DATADIR is set in profile ‘ifb.sh'
 ln -s $IFB_DATADIR $LOCUSER_DIR/data
 # Allow local user to run docker
-usermod -a -G docker $LOCUSER
-
-# Manage ephemeral disk
-EPHEM_DIR=`df | grep vdb | awk '{print $6}'`
-if [ -n "$EPHEM_DIR" ]; then
-  chown $LOCUSER:$LOCUSER $EPHEM_DIR
-  ln -s $EPHEM_DIR $IFB_DATADIR/mydatalocal
-
-  # Move docker data dir to ephemeral disk
-  DOCKER_DJSON=/etc/docker/daemon.json
-  export DOCKER_DATADIR=${EPHEM_DIR}/docker-data
-  mkdir $DOCKER_DATADIR
-  if [ -e $DOCKER_DJSON ]
-  then
-    curjson="$(jq '."data-root"=env.DOCKER_DATADIR' $DOCKER_DJSON)"
-    echo "${curjson}" > $DOCKER_DJSON
-  else
-    echo -e "{\n  \"data-root\": \"$DOCKER_DATADIR\"\n}" > $DOCKER_DJSON
-  fi
-  systemctl restart docker
-
-else
-  mkdir $IFB_DATADIR/mydatalocal
-fi
+mkdir $IFB_DATADIR/mydatalocal
 
 # Mount IFB shared volumes
 ifb_sharedvols=$(ss-get --timeout=5 ifb_share_endpoints)