diff --git a/18/alpine3.22/Dockerfile b/18/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
index dbfd50a247..78c8c5b2f5 100644
--- a/18/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
+++ b/18/alpine3.22/Dockerfile
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ RUN install --verbose --directory --owner postgres --group postgres --mode 3777
 # NOTE: in 18+, PGDATA has changed to match the pg_ctlcluster standard directory structure, and the VOLUME has moved from /var/lib/postgresql/data to /var/lib/postgresql
 #
 ENV PGDATA /var/lib/postgresql/18/docker
-RUN ln -svT . /var/lib/postgresql/data # https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/1259#issuecomment-2215477494
 VOLUME /var/lib/postgresql
 # ("/var/lib/postgresql" is already pre-created with suitably usable permissions above)
 
diff --git a/18/alpine3.23/Dockerfile b/18/alpine3.23/Dockerfile
index 47a31f6a20..6a8d944015 100644
--- a/18/alpine3.23/Dockerfile
+++ b/18/alpine3.23/Dockerfile
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ RUN install --verbose --directory --owner postgres --group postgres --mode 3777
 # NOTE: in 18+, PGDATA has changed to match the pg_ctlcluster standard directory structure, and the VOLUME has moved from /var/lib/postgresql/data to /var/lib/postgresql
 #
 ENV PGDATA /var/lib/postgresql/18/docker
-RUN ln -svT . /var/lib/postgresql/data # https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/1259#issuecomment-2215477494
 VOLUME /var/lib/postgresql
 # ("/var/lib/postgresql" is already pre-created with suitably usable permissions above)
 
diff --git a/Dockerfile-alpine.template b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
index ad6e1632d6..1f9ffd7592 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-alpine.template
+++ b/Dockerfile-alpine.template
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ RUN install --verbose --directory --owner postgres --group postgres --mode 3777
 # NOTE: in 18+, PGDATA has changed to match the pg_ctlcluster standard directory structure, and the VOLUME has moved from /var/lib/postgresql/data to /var/lib/postgresql
 #
 ENV PGDATA /var/lib/postgresql/{{ .major | tostring }}/docker
-RUN ln -svT . /var/lib/postgresql/data # https://github.com/docker-library/postgres/pull/1259#issuecomment-2215477494
 VOLUME /var/lib/postgresql
 # ("/var/lib/postgresql" is already pre-created with suitably usable permissions above)
 {{ ) else ( -}}