diff --git a/sms-service/bin/build_sms_image.sh b/sms-service/bin/build_sms_image.sh
index 5dead3f..9384843 100755
--- a/sms-service/bin/build_sms_image.sh
+++ b/sms-service/bin/build_sms_image.sh
@@ -33,17 +33,8 @@
     cp ../target/preload .
 }
 
-function copy_certificates {
-    cp ../src/sms/certs/aaf_root_ca.cer .
-    cp ../src/sms/certs/aaf-sms.pub .
-    cp ../src/sms/certs/aaf-sms.pr .
-}
-
 function cleanup {
     rm sms preload
-    rm aaf-sms.pub
-    rm aaf-sms.pr
-    rm aaf_root_ca.cer
 }
 
 function build_image {
@@ -66,7 +57,6 @@
 }
 
 generate_binary
-copy_certificates
 build_image
 push_image
 cleanup
diff --git a/sms-service/bin/smsdockerfile b/sms-service/bin/smsdockerfile
index 829f89b..19f44d9 100644
--- a/sms-service/bin/smsdockerfile
+++ b/sms-service/bin/smsdockerfile
@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@
 EXPOSE 10443
 RUN addgroup aaf && adduser -H -D -g "" -G aaf aaf && \
     mkdir -p /sms/auth && \
+    mkdir -p /sms/certs && \
     chown -R aaf:aaf /sms
-ADD aaf_root_ca.cer /sms/certs/aaf_root_ca.cer
-ADD aaf-sms.pub /sms/certs/aaf-sms.pub
-ADD aaf-sms.pr /sms/certs/aaf-sms.pr
 ADD sms /sms/bin/sms
 RUN chmod +x /sms/bin/sms
 ADD preload /sms/bin/preload