diff --git a/pkg/api/constants/scripts.go b/pkg/api/constants/scripts.go
index dd500e41e..8f18e919b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/constants/scripts.go
+++ b/pkg/api/constants/scripts.go
@@ -50,7 +50,4 @@ const (
 
 	// IgnoreFile is the s2i version for ignore files like we see with .gitignore or .dockerignore .. initial impl mirrors documented .dockerignore capabilities
 	IgnoreFile = ".s2iignore"
-
-	// ClearInjections is the s2i script which removes injected content
-	ClearInjections = "clear-injections"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/build/strategies/dockerfile/dockerfile.go b/pkg/build/strategies/dockerfile/dockerfile.go
index f77fc8364..fe1c5df58 100644
--- a/pkg/build/strategies/dockerfile/dockerfile.go
+++ b/pkg/build/strategies/dockerfile/dockerfile.go
@@ -230,14 +230,18 @@ func (builder *Dockerfile) CreateDockerfile(config *api.Config) error {
 		return err
 	}
 	if len(filesToDelete) > 0 {
-		_, err := util.CreateDeleteFilesScript(filesToDelete, filepath.Join(config.WorkingDir, builder.uploadScriptsDir))
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
+		wroteRun := false
 		buffer.WriteString("# Cleaning up injected secret content\n")
-		rmDestination := filepath.Join(scriptsDestDir, constants.ClearInjections)
-		buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("COPY --chown=%s:0 %s %s\n", sanitize(imageUser), sanitize(filepath.ToSlash(filepath.Join(constants.UploadScripts, constants.ClearInjections))), filepath.ToSlash(rmDestination)))
-		buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("RUN %[1]s && rm %[1]s\n", filepath.ToSlash(rmDestination)))
+		for _, file := range(filesToDelete) {
+			if !wroteRun {
+				buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("RUN rm %s", file))
+				wroteRun = true
+				continue
+			}
+			buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(" && \\\n"))
+			buffer.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("    rm %s", file))
+		}
+		buffer.WriteString("\n")
 	}
 
 	if _, provided := providedScripts[constants.Run]; provided {
diff --git a/pkg/util/injection.go b/pkg/util/injection.go
index 92bba7528..cf1b98763 100644
--- a/pkg/util/injection.go
+++ b/pkg/util/injection.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package util
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/openshift/source-to-image/pkg/api"
-	"github.com/openshift/source-to-image/pkg/api/constants"
 	"github.com/openshift/source-to-image/pkg/util/fs"
 )
 
@@ -129,20 +127,6 @@ func CreateTruncateFilesScript(files []string, scriptName string) (string, error
 	return f.Name(), err
 }
 
-// CreateDeleteFilesScript creates a shell script that contains removal
-// of the provided files injected into the container. The path to the script is returned.
-func CreateDeleteFilesScript(files []string, dir string) (string, error) {
-	rmScript := &bytes.Buffer{}
-	rmScript.WriteString("set -e\n")
-	for _, s := range files {
-		rmScript.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("rm %q\n", s))
-	}
-	rmScript.WriteString("set +e\n")
-	scriptName := filepath.Join(dir, constants.ClearInjections)
-	err := ioutil.WriteFile(scriptName, rmScript.Bytes(), 0700)
-	return scriptName, err
-}
-
 // CreateInjectionResultFile creates a result file with the message from the provided injection
 // error. The path to the result file is returned. If the provided error is nil, an empty file is
 // created.
diff --git a/pkg/util/injection_test.go b/pkg/util/injection_test.go
index 22cc0b2c0..6c9a91a03 100644
--- a/pkg/util/injection_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/injection_test.go
@@ -113,33 +113,3 @@ func TestCreateInjectionResultFile(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestCreateDeleteFilesScript(t *testing.T) {
-	files := []string{
-		"/foo",
-		"/bar/bar",
-	}
-	dir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "s2i-delete-files-script")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("failed to create temp dir: %v", err)
-	}
-	defer os.RemoveAll(dir)
-	name, err := CreateDeleteFilesScript(files, dir)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %v", name)
-	}
-	_, err = os.Stat(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Expected file %q to exists, got: %v", name, err)
-	}
-	data, err := ioutil.ReadFile(name)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Unable to read %q: %v", name, err)
-	}
-	for _, f := range files {
-		if !strings.Contains(string(data), fmt.Sprintf("rm %q", f)) {
-			t.Errorf("Expected script to contain rm %q, got: %q", f, string(data))
-		}
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/test/integration/integration_test.go b/test/integration/integration_test.go
index 21847dbe9..650097b04 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -751,9 +751,12 @@ func TestDockerfileBuildInjections(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Errorf("Unable to create injection dir: %v", err)
 	}
-	_, err = ioutil.TempFile(injection1, "injectfile-1")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("Unable to create injection file: %v", err)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
+		_, err = ioutil.TempFile(injection1, "injectfile-")
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Unable to create injection file: %v", err)
+		}
 	}
 
 	injection2 := filepath.Join(tempdir, "injection2")
@@ -800,8 +803,8 @@ func TestDockerfileBuildInjections(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := []string{
 		"COPY --chown=1001:0 upload/injections" + trimmedInjection1 + " /workdir/injection1",
 		"COPY --chown=1001:0 upload/injections" + trimmedInjection2 + " /destination/injection2",
-		"COPY --chown=1001:0 upload/scripts/clear-injections /tmp/scripts/clear-injections",
-		"RUN /tmp/scripts/clear-injections && rm /tmp/scripts/clear-injections",
+		"RUN rm /workdir/injection1/injectfile-",
+		"    rm /workdir/injection1/injectfile-",
 	}
 	notExpected := []string{
 		"rm -rf /destination/injection2",
@@ -810,7 +813,6 @@ func TestDockerfileBuildInjections(t *testing.T) {
 		filepath.Join(tempdir, "upload/src/server.js"),
 		filepath.Join(tempdir, "upload/injections"+trimmedInjection1),
 		filepath.Join(tempdir, "upload/injections"+trimmedInjection2),
-		filepath.Join(tempdir, "upload/scripts/clear-injections"),
 	}
 	runDockerfileTest(t, config, expected, notExpected, expectedFiles)
 }