diff --git a/runtime/defaults/src/main/resources/application.properties b/runtime/defaults/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 6cccec578b..355abd7560 100644
--- a/runtime/defaults/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/runtime/defaults/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
 # Cf. https://quarkus.io/guides/all-config
 
 quarkus.banner.path=/org/apache/polaris/service/banner.txt
+quarkus.application.name=Apache Polaris Server (incubating)
+
+quarkus.container-image.build=false
+quarkus.container-image.push=false
+quarkus.container-image.registry=docker.io
+quarkus.container-image.group=apache
+quarkus.container-image.name=polaris
+quarkus.container-image.additional-tags=latest
+
 quarkus.http.auth.basic=false
 quarkus.http.enable-compression=true
 quarkus.http.enable-decompression=true
diff --git a/runtime/server/src/main/resources/application.properties b/runtime/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
deleted file mode 100644
index cd9d74decc..0000000000
--- a/runtime/server/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-
-# ---- Build-time configuration ----
-# Build-time properties take effect when Quarkus processes java classes
-# and creates Polaris jars. These properties cannot be overridden in runtime.
-# Cf. https://quarkus.io/guides/all-config
-
-quarkus.application.name=Apache Polaris Server (incubating)
-
-quarkus.container-image.build=false
-quarkus.container-image.push=false
-quarkus.container-image.registry=docker.io
-quarkus.container-image.group=apache
-quarkus.container-image.name=polaris
-quarkus.container-image.additional-tags=latest