diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d895b77..bc97d6f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.16
+ARG ALPINE_VERSION=3.17
 FROM alpine:${ALPINE_VERSION}
 LABEL Maintainer="Tim de Pater <code@trafex.nl>"
 LABEL Description="Lightweight container with Nginx 1.22 & PHP 8.1 based on Alpine Linux."
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ RUN apk add --no-cache \
   php81-xmlreader \
   supervisor
 
-# Create symlink so programs depending on `php` still function
-RUN ln -s /usr/bin/php81 /usr/bin/php
-
 # Configure nginx - http
 COPY config/nginx.conf /etc/nginx/nginx.conf
 # Configure nginx - default server