diff --git a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/create_private_ssh_key_from_env b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/create_private_ssh_key_from_env
deleted file mode 100755
index f44671978..000000000
--- a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/create_private_ssh_key_from_env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-echo $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
-chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
diff --git a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
index 24ae0fca5..d24936e3b 100755
--- a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
+++ b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/binaries/import_legacy_uploads
@@ -9,5 +9,4 @@ do
   fi
 done
 
-[ -z "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" ] || create_private_ssh_key_from_env
 rsync --archive --update --verbose ${SSH_USERNAME}@${SSH_HOST}:${UPLOADS_DIRECTORY}/* /uploads/
diff --git a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/docker-compose.yml b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/docker-compose.yml
index a45a5163a..03b545982 100644
--- a/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/deployment/legacy-migration/maintenance-worker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ services:
       - uploads:/uploads
       - neo4j-data:/data
       - ./migration/:/migration
+      - ./ssh/:/root/.ssh
     networks:
       - hc-network
     environment:
@@ -19,12 +20,10 @@ services:
       - MOCK=false
       - MAPBOX_TOKEN=pk.eyJ1IjoiaHVtYW4tY29ubmVjdGlvbiIsImEiOiJjajl0cnBubGoweTVlM3VwZ2lzNTNud3ZtIn0.KZ8KK9l70omjXbEkkbHGsQ
       - PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE=a7dsf78sadg87ad87sfagsadg78
-      - NEO4J_URI=bolt://localhost:7687
       - NEO4J_apoc_import_file_enabled=true
       - NEO4J_AUTH=none
       - "SSH_USERNAME=${SSH_USERNAME}"
       - "SSH_HOST=${SSH_HOST}"
-      - "SSH_PRIVATE_KEY=${SSH_PRIVATE_KEY}"
       - "MONGODB_USERNAME=${MONGODB_USERNAME}"
       - "MONGODB_PASSWORD=${MONGODB_PASSWORD}"
       - "MONGODB_AUTH_DB=${MONGODB_AUTH_DB}"