diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 330933d..2177583 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RUN mkdir /libreoffice_ext && cd libreoffice_ext \
 ###########################################
 # Dangerzone image
 
-FROM alpine:latest AS dangerzone-image
+FROM alpine:latest
 
 # Install dependencies
 RUN apk --no-cache -U upgrade && \
@@ -66,14 +66,6 @@ COPY conversion /opt/dangerzone/dangerzone/conversion
 RUN addgroup -g 1000 dangerzone && \
     adduser -u 1000 -s /bin/true -G dangerzone -h /home/dangerzone -D dangerzone
 
-###########################################
-# gVisor wrapper image
-
-FROM alpine:latest
-
-RUN apk --no-cache -U upgrade && \
-    apk --no-cache add python3
-
 RUN GVISOR_URL="https://storage.googleapis.com/gvisor/releases/release/latest/$(uname -m)"; \
     wget "${GVISOR_URL}/runsc" "${GVISOR_URL}/runsc.sha512" && \
     sha512sum -c runsc.sha512 && \
@@ -81,18 +73,12 @@ RUN GVISOR_URL="https://storage.googleapis.com/gvisor/releases/release/latest/$(
     chmod 555 runsc && \
     mv runsc /usr/bin/
 
-# Add the unprivileged `dangerzone` user.
-RUN addgroup dangerzone && \
-    adduser -s /bin/true -G dangerzone -h /home/dangerzone -D dangerzone
+RUN touch /config.json
+RUN chown dangerzone:dangerzone /config.json
 
 # Switch to the dangerzone user for the rest of the script.
 USER dangerzone
 
-# Copy the Dangerzone image, as created by the previous steps, into the home
-# directory of the `dangerzone` user.
-RUN mkdir /home/dangerzone/dangerzone-image
-COPY --from=dangerzone-image / /home/dangerzone/dangerzone-image/rootfs
-
 # Create a directory that will be used by gVisor as the place where it will
 # store the state of its containers.
 RUN mkdir /home/dangerzone/.containers
diff --git a/dangerzone/container_helpers/entrypoint.py b/dangerzone/container_helpers/entrypoint.py
index 8d09eb2..80a6455 100755
--- a/dangerzone/container_helpers/entrypoint.py
+++ b/dangerzone/container_helpers/entrypoint.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ oci_config: dict[str, typing.Any] = {
             {"type": "RLIMIT_NOFILE", "hard": 4096, "soft": 4096},
         ],
     },
-    "root": {"path": "rootfs", "readonly": True},
+    "root": {"path": "/", "readonly": True},
     "hostname": "dangerzone",
     "mounts": [
         {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ if os.environ.get("RUNSC_DEBUG"):
     json.dump(oci_config, sys.stderr, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
     # json.dump doesn't print a trailing newline, so print one here:
     log("")
-with open("/home/dangerzone/dangerzone-image/config.json", "w") as oci_config_out:
+with open("/config.json", "w") as oci_config_out:
     json.dump(oci_config, oci_config_out, indent=2, sort_keys=True)
 
 # Run gVisor.
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ if os.environ.get("RUNSC_DEBUG"):
     runsc_argv += ["--debug=true", "--alsologtostderr=true"]
 if os.environ.get("RUNSC_FLAGS"):
     runsc_argv += [x for x in shlex.split(os.environ.get("RUNSC_FLAGS", "")) if x]
-runsc_argv += ["run", "--bundle=/home/dangerzone/dangerzone-image", "dangerzone"]
+runsc_argv += ["run", "--bundle=/", "dangerzone"]
 log(
     "Running gVisor with command line: {}", " ".join(shlex.quote(s) for s in runsc_argv)
 )
diff --git a/docs/developer/gvisor.md b/docs/developer/gvisor.md
index e85f84c..6898fcd 100644
--- a/docs/developer/gvisor.md
+++ b/docs/developer/gvisor.md
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # gVisor integration
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> **Update on 2025-01-13:** There is no longer a copied container image under
+> `/home/dangerzone/dangerzone-image/rootfs`. We now reuse the same container
+> image both for the inner and outer container. See
+> [#1048](https://github.com/freedomofpress/dangerzone/issues/1048).
+
 Dangerzone has relied on the container runtime available in each supported
 operating system (Docker Desktop on Windows / macOS, Podman on Linux) to isolate
 the host from the sanitization process. The problem with this type of isolation