diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 9186a47116..64433cb052 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports main" >> /etc/apt/s
 	apt-get update -qqy && \
 	apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qqy \
 	curl build-essential ca-certificates git \ 
-	openssh-server rsync libpam-dev && \
+	openssh-server libpam-dev && \
 	apt-get autoclean && \
     apt-get autoremove && \
     rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
diff --git a/docker/start.sh b/docker/start.sh
index 47a835ad8c..cea6e54e7d 100755
--- a/docker/start.sh
+++ b/docker/start.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@ fi
 
 service ssh start
 
-# sync templates
-test -d /data/gogs/templates || cp -ar ./templates /data/gogs/
-rsync -rtv /data/gogs/templates/ ./templates/
-
 ln -sf /data/gogs/log ./log
 ln -sf /data/gogs/data ./data
 ln -sf /data/git /home/git