diff --git a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/Dockerfile b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/Dockerfile
index 532c3326..aeb90975 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol-contrib/Dockerfile
+++ b/distributions/otelcol-contrib/Dockerfile
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 FROM alpine:3.16 as certs
 RUN apk --update add ca-certificates
 
-FROM alpine:3.16 AS otelcol-contrib
-COPY otelcol-contrib /otelcol-contrib
-# Note that this shouldn't be necessary, but in some cases the file seems to be
-# copied with the execute bit lost (see #1317)
-RUN chmod 755 /otelcol-contrib
-
 FROM scratch
 
 ARG USER_UID=10001
 USER ${USER_UID}
 
 COPY --from=certs /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
-COPY --from=otelcol-contrib /otelcol-contrib /
+COPY --chmod=755 otelcol-contrib /otelcol-contrib
 COPY configs/otelcol-contrib.yaml /etc/otelcol-contrib/config.yaml
 ENTRYPOINT ["/otelcol-contrib"]
 CMD ["--config", "/etc/otelcol-contrib/config.yaml"]
diff --git a/distributions/otelcol/Dockerfile b/distributions/otelcol/Dockerfile
index bf6220c1..c3160d83 100644
--- a/distributions/otelcol/Dockerfile
+++ b/distributions/otelcol/Dockerfile
@@ -1,19 +1,13 @@
 FROM alpine:3.16 as certs
 RUN apk --update add ca-certificates
 
-FROM alpine:3.16 AS otelcol
-COPY otelcol /otelcol
-# Note that this shouldn't be necessary, but in some cases the file seems to be
-# copied with the execute bit lost (see #1317)
-RUN chmod 755 /otelcol
-
 FROM scratch
 
 ARG USER_UID=10001
 USER ${USER_UID}
 
 COPY --from=certs /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt /etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt
-COPY --from=otelcol /otelcol /
+COPY --chmod=755 otelcol /otelcol
 COPY configs/otelcol.yaml /etc/otelcol/config.yaml
 ENTRYPOINT ["/otelcol"]
 CMD ["--config", "/etc/otelcol/config.yaml"]