diff --git a/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/clamd.sh b/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/clamd.sh
index 42c7099d..dad1c56e 100755
--- a/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/clamd.sh
+++ b/data/Dockerfiles/clamd/clamd.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ chmod 750 /run/clamav
 stat /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
 dos2unix /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
 sed -i '/^\s*$/d' /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+# Copying to /etc/clamav to expose file as-is to administrator
+cp -p /var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2 /etc/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+
 
 BACKGROUND_TASKS=()
 
diff --git a/data/conf/clamav/whitelist.ign2 b/data/conf/clamav/whitelist.ign2
deleted file mode 100644
index f961b045..00000000
--- a/data/conf/clamav/whitelist.ign2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-# Please restart ClamAV after changing signatures
-Example-Signature.Ignore-1
-PUA.Pdf.Trojan.EmbeddedJavaScript-1
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 2fc1fd2d..1e88b099 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@ services:
         - TZ=${TZ}
         - SKIP_CLAMD=${SKIP_CLAMD:-n}
       volumes:
-        - ./data/conf/clamav/whitelist.ign2:/var/lib/clamav/whitelist.ign2
         - ./data/conf/clamav/:/etc/clamav/
       networks:
         mailcow-network: