diff --git a/base/Dockerfile b/base/Dockerfile
index a30e1e4f7996c529827d304d709b6363fe3e20f7..82f900034626d417526b83f81512e29e2f9bf9cd 100644
--- a/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/base/Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ RUN apt-get update --yes && \
     gcc \
     gettext \
     git \
-    libnss-wrapper \
     llvm \
     lsof \
     mpich \
@@ -119,10 +118,6 @@ RUN fix-permissions /opt/app-root/ && \
     fix-permissions /usr/local/lib/R/site-library && \
     fix-permissions /usr/etc/jupyter/
 
-# to support OpenShift's arbitrary UIDs
-# more info: https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.1/creating_images/guidelines.html
-COPY base/passwd.template /tmp/passwd.template
-COPY base/group.template /tmp/group.template
 COPY base/start-notebook.sh /opt/app-root/etc/
 COPY base/.spynnaker.cfg /opt/app-root/src/
 RUN chmod +x /opt/app-root/etc/start-notebook.sh
diff --git a/base/group.template b/base/group.template
deleted file mode 100644
index a957d0695246d100aae8a5ed23b5922d2688f361..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/base/group.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-nb_group:x:${GROUP_ID}:
-nb_group_user:x:${USER_ID}:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/base/passwd.template b/base/passwd.template
deleted file mode 100644
index bb42cf7afc363193bab1ddbab51a1d8b76341105..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/base/passwd.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash
-bin:x:1:1:bin:/bin:/sbin/nologin
-daemon:x:2:2:daemon:/sbin:/sbin/nologin
-adm:x:3:4:adm:/var/adm:/sbin/nologin
-lp:x:4:7:lp:/var/spool/lpd:/sbin/nologin
-sync:x:5:0:sync:/sbin:/bin/sync
-shutdown:x:6:0:shutdown:/sbin:/sbin/shutdown
-halt:x:7:0:halt:/sbin:/sbin/halt
-mail:x:8:12:mail:/var/spool/mail:/sbin/nologin
-operator:x:11:0:operator:/root:/sbin/nologin
-games:x:12:100:games:/usr/games:/sbin/nologin
-ftp:x:14:50:FTP User:/var/ftp:/sbin/nologin
-nobody:x:99:99:Nobody:/:/sbin/nologin
-${USER}:x:${USER_ID}:${GROUP_ID}:${USER_DESCRIPTION}:${HOME}:/bin/bash
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/base/start-notebook.sh b/base/start-notebook.sh
index 0acc0fb45174f4bd899b1cd6357bf8f530cff31c..4c2eb7c368cd4baf9da4a7deda9ac389ddf21edb 100644
--- a/base/start-notebook.sh
+++ b/base/start-notebook.sh
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-# to support OpenShift's arbitrary UIDs
-# more info: https://docs.openshift.com/enterprise/3.1/creating_images/guidelines.html
-export USER_ID=$(id -u)
-export GROUP_ID=$(id -g)
-export USER_DESCRIPTION="Notebook User"
-envsubst < /tmp/passwd.template > /tmp/passwd
-envsubst < /tmp/group.template > /tmp/group
-export LD_PRELOAD=libnss_wrapper.so
-export NSS_WRAPPER_PASSWD=/tmp/passwd
-export NSS_WRAPPER_GROUP=/tmp/group
 # Disable core dumps
 ulimit -c 0
 exec jupyter labhub --NotebookApp.default_url=/lab --config=/opt/app-root/etc/jupyter_notebook_config.py $@