diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 86cd281..176e646 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## Unreleased
+
+### Removed
+- Symlink between `/etc/noteable` (old) and `/var/run/noteable` (new)
+
 ## [0.0.2] - 2023-09-20
 ### Fixed
 - Fixed variable generation on release pipelines
diff --git a/deno/base/1.37/Dockerfile b/deno/base/1.37/Dockerfile
index f6f5765..5c75170 100644
--- a/deno/base/1.37/Dockerfile
+++ b/deno/base/1.37/Dockerfile
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ RUN groupadd --gid 4004 noteable && \
   chown --recursive noteable:noteable "${NBL_HOME_DIR}" && \
   mkdir -p "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" && chown --recursive noteable:noteable "${NBL_WORK_DIR}"
 
-# TEMPORARY: symlink the previous /etc/noteable to the new NBL_WORK_DIR (/var/run/noteable) dir
-# until all other services are migrated and the old /etc/noteable can be removed
-RUN ln -s "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" /etc/noteable
-
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
 COPY apt-install /usr/bin/
diff --git a/python/base/3.10/Dockerfile b/python/base/3.10/Dockerfile
index 83b5f7e..84bf2e7 100644
--- a/python/base/3.10/Dockerfile
+++ b/python/base/3.10/Dockerfile
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ RUN groupadd --gid 4004 noteable && \
   mkdir /opt/venv && chown noteable:noteable /opt/venv && \
   mkdir /etc/ipython && chown noteable:noteable /etc/ipython
 
-# TEMPORARY: symlink the previous /etc/noteable to the new NBL_HOME_DIR (/var/run/noteable) dir
-# until all other services are migrated and the old /etc/noteable can be removed
-RUN ln -s "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" /etc/noteable
-
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
 # Install tini to manage passing signals to the child kernel process
diff --git a/python/base/3.11/Dockerfile b/python/base/3.11/Dockerfile
index 52291af..a661165 100644
--- a/python/base/3.11/Dockerfile
+++ b/python/base/3.11/Dockerfile
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ RUN groupadd --gid 4004 noteable && \
   mkdir /opt/venv && chown noteable:noteable /opt/venv && \
   mkdir /etc/ipython && chown noteable:noteable /etc/ipython
 
-# TEMPORARY: symlink the previous /etc/noteable to the new NBL_WORK_DIR (/var/run/noteable) dir
-# until all other services are migrated and the old /etc/noteable can be removed
-RUN ln -s "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" /etc/noteable
-
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
 # Install tini to manage passing signals to the child kernel process
diff --git a/python/base/3.9/Dockerfile b/python/base/3.9/Dockerfile
index 8a7c70f..2eebbaf 100644
--- a/python/base/3.9/Dockerfile
+++ b/python/base/3.9/Dockerfile
@@ -31,10 +31,6 @@ RUN groupadd --gid 4004 noteable && \
   mkdir /opt/venv && chown noteable:noteable /opt/venv && \
   mkdir /etc/ipython && chown noteable:noteable /etc/ipython
 
-# TEMPORARY: symlink the previous /etc/noteable to the new NBL_WORK_DIR (/var/run/noteable) dir
-# until all other services are migrated and the old /etc/noteable can be removed
-RUN ln -s "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" /etc/noteable
-
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
 # Install tini to manage passing signals to the child kernel process
diff --git a/r/base/4.3.0/Dockerfile b/r/base/4.3.0/Dockerfile
index 76c789c..5e45360 100644
--- a/r/base/4.3.0/Dockerfile
+++ b/r/base/4.3.0/Dockerfile
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ RUN groupadd --gid 4004 noteable && \
   mkdir -p "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" && chown --recursive noteable:noteable "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" && \
   chown --recursive noteable:noteable /usr/local/lib/R/site-library
 
-# TEMPORARY: symlink the previous /etc/noteable to the new NBL_WORK_DIR (/var/run/noteable) dir
-# until all other services are migrated and the old /etc/noteable can be removed
-RUN ln -s "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" /etc/noteable
-
 # Install tini to manage passing signals to the child kernel process
 ENV TINI_VERSION v0.19.0
 ADD https://github.com/krallin/tini/releases/download/${TINI_VERSION}/tini /tini
diff --git a/rust/base/1.70/Dockerfile b/rust/base/1.70/Dockerfile
index dc9cbf4..7edb57e 100644
--- a/rust/base/1.70/Dockerfile
+++ b/rust/base/1.70/Dockerfile
@@ -28,10 +28,6 @@ RUN groupadd --gid 4004 noteable && \
   chown --recursive noteable:noteable "${NBL_HOME_DIR}" && \
   mkdir -p "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" && chown --recursive noteable:noteable "${NBL_WORK_DIR}"
 
-# TEMPORARY: symlink the previous /etc/noteable to the new NBL_WORK_DIR (/var/run/noteable) dir
-# until all other services are migrated and the old /etc/noteable can be removed
-RUN ln -s "${NBL_WORK_DIR}" /etc/noteable
-
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
 COPY apt-install /usr/bin/