diff --git a/images/node-cli/22.Dockerfile b/images/node-cli/22.Dockerfile
index 546420f66..4cda97717 100644
--- a/images/node-cli/22.Dockerfile
+++ b/images/node-cli/22.Dockerfile
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ RUN fix-permissions /etc/my.cnf.d/
 
 # SSH Key and Agent Setup
 COPY ssh_config /etc/ssh/ssh_config
-COPY id_ed25519_lagoon_cli.key /home/.ssh/lagoon_cli.key
-RUN chmod 400 /home/.ssh/lagoon_cli.key
+RUN sed -i '/# Deprecated: lagoon_cli.key/,+2d' /etc/ssh/ssh_config
 ENV SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-agent
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "--", "/lagoon/entrypoints.sh"]
diff --git a/images/node-cli/ssh_config b/images/node-cli/ssh_config
index 6a0977ce6..e0b733194 100644
--- a/images/node-cli/ssh_config
+++ b/images/node-cli/ssh_config
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ Host *
   ServerAliveInterval 60
   ServerAliveCountMax 1440
 
+# Deprecated: lagoon_cli.key
 Match localuser root
   IdentityFile /home/.ssh/lagoon_cli.key
diff --git a/images/php-cli/ssh_config b/images/php-cli/ssh_config
index 6a0977ce6..e0b733194 100644
--- a/images/php-cli/ssh_config
+++ b/images/php-cli/ssh_config
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@ Host *
   ServerAliveInterval 60
   ServerAliveCountMax 1440
 
+# Deprecated: lagoon_cli.key
 Match localuser root
   IdentityFile /home/.ssh/lagoon_cli.key