diff --git a/images/Dockerfile b/images/Dockerfile
index 15b55149..247bd642 100644
--- a/images/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/Dockerfile
@@ -44,9 +44,6 @@ RUN curl -O "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/io/prometheus/jmx/jmx_prometheus_jav
 
 WORKDIR $KAFKA_HOME
 
-COPY scripts/start-kafka.sh /opt/kafka/bin/
 COPY scripts/metrics-config.yml /opt/kafka/
-COPY scripts/generate-configuration.sh /opt/kafka/
-COPY scripts/readiness-check.sh /opt/kafka/
 
 USER $UNAME
diff --git a/images/docker-version.sh b/images/docker-version.sh
index 7a222b20..49e9403c 100644
--- a/images/docker-version.sh
+++ b/images/docker-version.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION="0.2.0"
+DOCKER_IMAGE_VERSION="0.2.1"
 KAFKA_BASE_TECH_VERSION="2.3.0"
diff --git a/images/scripts/generate-configuration.sh b/images/scripts/generate-configuration.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bdbcc958..00000000
--- a/images/scripts/generate-configuration.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-KAFKA_BROKER_ID=${HOSTNAME##*-}
-
-# LISTENERS CONFIGURATION
-LISTENERS="PLAINTEXT://0.0.0.0:${KAFKA_BROKER_PORT}"
-# ADVERTISED LISTENERS
-ADVERTISED_LISTENERS="PLAINTEXT://$(hostname -f):${KAFKA_BROKER_PORT}"
-LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP="PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT"
-SASL_ENABLED_MECHANISMS=""
-
-if [[ "$KAFKA_CLIENT_ENABLED" = "true" ]]; then
-  LISTENERS="${LISTENERS},CLIENT://0.0.0.0:${KAFKA_CLIENT_PORT}"
-  ADVERTISED_LISTENERS="${ADVERTISED_LISTENERS},CLIENT://$(hostname -f):${KAFKA_CLIENT_PORT}"
-
-  if [[ "$KAFKA_CLIENT_AUTHENTICATION" = "scram-sha-512" ]]; then
-    SASL_ENABLED_MECHANISMS="SCRAM-SHA-512\n$SASL_ENABLED_MECHANISMS"
-    LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP="${LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP},CLIENT:SASL_PLAINTEXT"
-    CLIENT_LISTENER=$(cat <<EOF
-# CLIENT listener authentication
-listener.name.client.scram-sha-512.sasl.jaas.config=org.apache.kafka.common.security.scram.ScramLoginModule required;
-EOF
-)
-  else
-    LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP="${LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP},CLIENT:PLAINTEXT"
-  fi
-fi
-
-export KAFKA_LOG_DIR_PATH="${LOG_DIR}/log${KAFKA_BROKER_ID}"
-
-if [[ -e ${KAFKA_HOME}/init/rack.id ]]; then
-  export RACK_ID=$(cat ${KAFKA_HOME}/init/rack.id)
-fi
-
-KAFKA_CONFIGURATION=$(cat /config/server.properties)
-# Write the config file
-cat <<EOF
-broker.id=${KAFKA_BROKER_ID}
-broker.rack=${RACK_ID}
-# Listeners
-listeners=${LISTENERS}
-advertised.listeners=${ADVERTISED_LISTENERS}
-listener.security.protocol.map=${LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP}
-inter.broker.listener.name=PLAINTEXT
-# Logs
-log.dirs=${KAFKA_LOG_DIR_PATH}
-# Provided configuration
-${KAFKA_CONFIGURATION}
-EOF
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/images/scripts/readiness-check.sh b/images/scripts/readiness-check.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index cdc915eb..00000000
--- a/images/scripts/readiness-check.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-netcat -z -n -v 127.0.0.1 ${KAFKA_BROKER_PORT} 2>&1 | grep -q 'open'
diff --git a/images/scripts/start-kafka.sh b/images/scripts/start-kafka.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 22f1d86b..00000000
--- a/images/scripts/start-kafka.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-${KAFKA_HOME}/generate-configuration.sh > ${KAFKA_HOME}/server.properties
-
-echo "starting the kafka broker using broker.id ${HOSTNAME##*-}..."
-KAFKA_OPTS="${KAFKA_OPTS} ${METRICS_OPTS}" exec ${KAFKA_HOME}/bin/kafka-server-start.sh ${KAFKA_HOME}/server.properties