diff --git a/Dockerfile.vm-compute-node b/Dockerfile.vm-compute-node
index 9929c9b675..dff40485de 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.vm-compute-node
+++ b/Dockerfile.vm-compute-node
@@ -11,22 +11,15 @@ RUN set -e \
 	&& touch /etc/inittab
 
 RUN set -e \
-	&& echo "::sysinit:cgconfigparser -l /etc/cgconfig.conf -s 1664" >> /etc/inittab \
-	&& echo "::respawn:su vm-informant -c '/usr/local/bin/vm-informant --auto-restart --cgroup=neon-postgres'" >> /etc/inittab
+	&& echo "::respawn:su vm-informant -c '/usr/local/bin/vm-informant --auto-restart'" >> /etc/inittab
 
 # Combine, starting from non-VM compute node image.
 FROM $SRC_IMAGE as base
 
-# Temporarily set user back to root so we can run apt update and adduser
+# Temporarily set user back to root so we can run adduser
 USER root
-RUN apt update && \
-	apt install --no-install-recommends -y \
-        cgroup-tools
 RUN adduser vm-informant --disabled-password --no-create-home
 USER postgres
 
-ADD vm-cgconfig.conf /etc/cgconfig.conf
 COPY --from=informant /etc/inittab /etc/inittab
 COPY --from=informant /usr/bin/vm-informant /usr/local/bin/vm-informant
-
-ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/sbin/cgexec", "-g", "*:neon-postgres", "/usr/local/bin/compute_ctl"]
diff --git a/vm-cgconfig.conf b/vm-cgconfig.conf
deleted file mode 100644
index a2e201708e..0000000000
--- a/vm-cgconfig.conf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# Configuration for cgroups in VM compute nodes
-group neon-postgres {
-    perm {
-        admin {
-            uid = vm-informant;
-        }
-        task {
-            gid = users;
-        }
-    }
-    memory {}
-}