diff --git a/config/node.options b/config/node.options
index abcb40a5c19d4..2bc49f5db1f4a 100644
--- a/config/node.options
+++ b/config/node.options
@@ -13,3 +13,7 @@
 
 ## enable OpenSSL 3 legacy provider
 --openssl-legacy-provider
+
+# Enable capturing heap snapshots. See https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--heapsnapshot-signalsignal
+--heapsnapshot-signal=SIGUSR2
+--diagnostic-dir=./data
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
index 1869086b51ab7..2284e504229a8 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/os_packages/docker_generator/templates/base/Dockerfile
@@ -157,9 +157,6 @@ COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.ym
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.es.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.es.yml
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.oblt.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.oblt.yml
 COPY --chown=1000:0 config/serverless.security.yml /usr/share/kibana/config/serverless.security.yml
-# Supportability enhancement: enable capturing heap snapshots. See https://nodejs.org/api/cli.html#--heapsnapshot-signalsignal
-RUN /usr/bin/echo -e '\n--heapsnapshot-signal=SIGUSR2' >> config/node.options
-RUN /usr/bin/echo '--diagnostic-dir=./data' >> config/node.options
 ENV PROFILER_SIGNAL=SIGUSR1
 {{/serverless}}
 {{^opensslLegacyProvider}}