diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 67b455c..1081f0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 /bin/
 /cache/
 image-ref.out
+/kodata/pkgproxy.yaml
 
 # local openspec setup
 package.json
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 258ace4..cd6f0a7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ image-build: ## Build container image with ko
 	$(info ***********************************************************)
 	$(info ********** EXECUTING 'image-build' MAKE TARGET ************)
 	$(info ***********************************************************)
+	trap 'rm -f kodata/pkgproxy.yaml' EXIT; \
+	mkdir -p kodata; \
+	cp configs/pkgproxy.yaml kodata/pkgproxy.yaml; \
 	KO_DOCKER_REPO=$${KO_DOCKER_REPO:-ko.local} \
 	KO_DATA_DATE_EPOCH=$$(git log -1 --format='%ct') \
 	VERSION=$(VERSION) \
diff --git a/kodata/pkgproxy.yaml b/kodata/pkgproxy.yaml
deleted file mode 120000
index 52061bf..0000000
--- a/kodata/pkgproxy.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-../configs/pkgproxy.yaml
\ No newline at end of file