diff --git a/cmd/symbols/Dockerfile b/cmd/symbols/Dockerfile
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--- a/cmd/symbols/Dockerfile
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@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-# NOTE: This layer of the docker image is also used in local development as a wrapper around universal-ctags
-FROM sourcegraph/alpine-3.14:213466_2023-04-17_5.0-bdda34a71619@sha256:6354a4ff578b685e36c8fbde81f62125ae0011b047fb2cc22d1b0de616b3c59a AS ctags
-# hadolint ignore=DL3002
-COPY cmd/symbols/ctags-install-alpine.sh /ctags-install-alpine.sh
-RUN /ctags-install-alpine.sh
-
-FROM rust:1.73.0-alpine3.18@sha256:200be646c656b180aa9cf6cee1766f05fcf5bb0b94cf2900beeedca3bdf4016d as scip-ctags
-# hadolint ignore=DL3002
-USER root
-RUN apk add --no-cache musl-dev>=1.1.24-r10 build-base
-COPY docker-images/syntax-highlighter /repo
-WORKDIR /repo
-RUN cargo fetch
-
-ARG TARGETARCH
-
-# Because .cargo/config.toml doesnt support triplet-specific env
-COPY cmd/symbols/cargo-config.sh /cargo-config.sh
-RUN /cargo-config.sh
-
-RUN cargo rustc --release --bin scip-ctags
-
-RUN cp ./target/release/scip-ctags /usr/local/bin/scip-ctags
-
-FROM golang:1.19.8-alpine@sha256:841c160ed35923d96c95c52403c4e6db5decd9cbce034aa851e412ade5d4b74f AS symbols-build
-# hadolint ignore=DL3002
-USER root
-
-ENV GO111MODULE on
-ENV GOARCH amd64
-ENV GOOS linux
-ENV CGO_ENABLED 1
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache gcc g++
-
-COPY . /repo
-
-WORKDIR /repo
-
-ARG VERSION="unknown"
-ENV VERSION $VERSION
-
-ARG PKG
-ENV PKG=$PKG
-
-RUN \
-  --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
-  --mount=type=cache,target=/root/go/pkg/mod \
-  go build \
-  -trimpath \
-  -ldflags "-X github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/version.version=$VERSION  -X github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/internal/version.timestamp=$(date +%s)" \
-  -buildmode exe \
-  -tags dist \
-  -o /symbols \
-  $PKG
-
-FROM sourcegraph/alpine-3.14:213466_2023-04-17_5.0-bdda34a71619@sha256:6354a4ff578b685e36c8fbde81f62125ae0011b047fb2cc22d1b0de616b3c59a AS symbols
-
-# TODO(security): This container should not run as root!
-#
-# See https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/issues/13237
-# hadolint ignore=DL3002
-USER root
-
-ARG COMMIT_SHA="unknown"
-ARG DATE="unknown"
-ARG VERSION="unknown"
-
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.revision=${COMMIT_SHA}
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.created=${DATE}
-LABEL org.opencontainers.image.version=${VERSION}
-LABEL com.sourcegraph.github.url=https://github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/commit/${COMMIT_SHA}
-
-# ctags is dynamically linked against jansson
-# libstdc++ and libgcc are for tree-sitter
-RUN apk add --no-cache bind-tools ca-certificates mailcap tini jansson libstdc++ libgcc
-
-COPY --from=ctags /usr/local/bin/universal-ctags /usr/local/bin/universal-ctags
-COPY --from=scip-ctags /usr/local/bin/scip-ctags /usr/local/bin/scip-ctags
-
-COPY --from=symbols-build /symbols /usr/local/bin/symbols
-
-# symbols is cgo, ensure we have the requisite dynamic libraries
-RUN env SANITY_CHECK=true /usr/local/bin/symbols
-
-# Use SYMBOLS_CACHE_DIR to set the cache dir at runtime for the symbols service. Setting CACHE_DIR
-# will also apply to other services and is deprecated.
-ENV CACHE_DIR=/mnt/cache/symbols
-RUN mkdir -p ${CACHE_DIR}
-EXPOSE 3184
-ENTRYPOINT ["/sbin/tini", "--", "/usr/local/bin/symbols"]
diff --git a/cmd/symbols/build-ctags.sh b/cmd/symbols/build-ctags.sh
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--- a/cmd/symbols/build-ctags.sh
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@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script builds the ctags images for local development.
-
-cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.."
-set -eu
-
-# If CTAGS_COMMAND is set to a custom executable, we don't need to build the
-# image. See /dev/universal-ctags-dev.
-
-if [[ "${CTAGS_COMMAND}" != "dev/universal-ctags-dev" ]]; then
-  echo "CTAGS_COMMAND set to custom executable. Building of Docker image not necessary."
-else
-  # Check if we need to build the image or not
-  TARGET=$("./dev/ctags-install.sh" which)
-
-  if [ ! -f "${TARGET}" ]; then
-    echo "CTAGS_COMMAND is not yet available. Building docker container."
-    echo "You can speed up this command by running ./dev/ctags-install."
-
-    # Build ctags docker image for universal-ctags-dev
-    echo "Building universal-ctags docker image"
-    docker build -f cmd/symbols/Dockerfile -t ctags . \
-      --platform linux/amd64 \
-      --target=ctags \
-      --progress=plain
-  else
-    echo "Found prebuilt universal-ctags binary"
-  fi
-fi
-
-# If SCIP_CTAGS_COMMAND is set to a custom executable, we don't need to build the
-# image. See /dev/scip-ctags-dev.
-if [[ "${SCIP_CTAGS_COMMAND}" != "dev/scip-ctags-dev" ]]; then
-  echo "SCIP_CTAGS_COMMAND set to custom executable. Building of Docker image or Rust code not necessary."
-else
-  # Check if we need to build the image or not
-  TARGET=$("./dev/scip-ctags-install.sh" which)
-  if [ ! -f "${TARGET}" ]; then
-    echo "SCIP_CTAGS_COMMAND is not yet available. Building docker container."
-    echo "You can speed up this command by running ./dev/ctags-install."
-
-    if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "arm64" ]]; then
-      # build ctags with cargo; prevent x86-64 slowdown on mac
-      root="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.." >/dev/null
-      "$root"/dev/scip-ctags-install.sh
-    else
-      # Build ctags docker image for scip-ctags-dev
-      echo "Building scip-ctags docker image"
-      docker build -f cmd/symbols/Dockerfile -t scip-ctags . \
-        --platform linux/amd64 \
-        --target=scip-ctags \
-        --progress=plain
-    fi
-  else
-    echo "Found prebuilt scip-ctags binary"
-  fi
-fi
diff --git a/cmd/symbols/build.sh b/cmd/symbols/build.sh
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--- a/cmd/symbols/build.sh
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-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# This script builds the symbols docker image.
-
-cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../.."
-set -eu
-
-echo "--- docker build symbols"
-docker build -f cmd/symbols/Dockerfile -t "$IMAGE" "$(pwd)" \
-  --progress=plain \
-  --build-arg COMMIT_SHA \
-  --build-arg DATE \
-  --build-arg VERSION \
-  --build-arg PKG="${PKG:-github.com/sourcegraph/sourcegraph/cmd/symbols}"