diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3366ae3c..850642e1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ ARG USER_ID="1000"
 # drawback still pays off as running this image as root is a corner case.
 ENV USER="${USER}"
 ENV HOME="/home/${USER}"
-ENV PATH="${HOME}/.local/bin:${HOME}/.volta/bin:${PATH}"
+ENV VOLTA_HOME="/opt/volta"
+ENV PKGX_DIR="/opt/pkgx"
+ENV PATH="${VOLTA_HOME}/bin:${HOME}/.local/bin:${PATH}"
 
 RUN --mount=type=bind,source=devcontainer/scripts/prepare_user.sh,target=/prepare_user.sh \
     /prepare_user.sh
diff --git a/devcontainer/scripts/prepare_user.sh b/devcontainer/scripts/prepare_user.sh
index 8f1d0a4e..283648e7 100755
--- a/devcontainer/scripts/prepare_user.sh
+++ b/devcontainer/scripts/prepare_user.sh
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ VOLTA_VERSION="1.1.1"
 sudo -u "${USER}" pkgx install "volta.sh@${VOLTA_VERSION}"
 
 # cleanup
-sudo -u "${USER}" rm -rf "${HOME}/.pkgx" "${HOME}/.cache/pkgx" "${HOME}/.local/share/pkgx"
+sudo -u "${USER}" rm -rf "${PKGX_DIR}" "${HOME}/.cache/pkgx" "${HOME}/.local/share/pkgx"
 
 shopt -s nullglob dotglob
 rm -rf /tmp/* /var/cache/* /var/lib/apt/lists/*