diff --git a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/httpd.conf.j2 b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/httpd.conf.j2
index 5e780bc5ec..5bd0dff20c 100644
--- a/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/httpd.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/bodhi2/base/templates/httpd.conf.j2
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ MaxRequestWorkers 100
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
-<Directory "/usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/bodhi/server/static/">
+<Directory "/srv/bodhi-static/">
     AllowOverride None
     Require all granted
 </Directory>
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ TypesConfig /etc/mime.types
 AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
 CoreDumpDirectory /tmp
 Alias /docs /usr/share/doc/bodhi-docs/html/
-Alias /static/v{{ bodhi_version.split('-')[0] }} /usr/lib/python3.10/site-packages/bodhi/server/static/
+Alias /static/v{{ bodhi_version.split('-')[0] }} /srv/bodhi-static/
 WSGIDaemonProcess bodhi display-name=bodhi processes=4 threads=1 maximum-requests=500 home=/httpdir request-timeout=90
 WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
 WSGISocketPrefix run/wsgi
diff --git a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base
index 6562486e52..21e2e37a4a 100644
--- a/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base
+++ b/roles/openshift-apps/bodhi/templates/dockerfile-base
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# WARNING: When changing the base distribution, adjust the python version in httpd.conf for static files
 FROM fedora:36
 LABEL \
     name="bodhi-base" \
@@ -9,14 +8,15 @@ RUN curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/infra-tags-stg.repo https://infrastructure.fedorapr
 {% else %}
 RUN curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/infra-tags.repo https://infrastructure.fedoraproject.org/infra/ansible/files/common/fedora-infra-tags.repo
 {% endif %}
-# While dnf has a --nodocs, it doesen't have a --docs...
-RUN sed -i '/nodocs/d' /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
 {% if env == "staging" %}
 RUN dnf install -y bodhi-server python3-pyramid_sawing python3-gunicorn --refresh
 {% else %}
 RUN dnf install -y bodhi-server-{{bodhi_version}} python3-pyramid_sawing python3-gunicorn
 {% endif %}
 
+# link the static files for a simpler httpd.conf
+RUN ln -s $(python3 -Ic "import sysconfig; print(sysconfig.get_path('purelib', 'rpm_prefix'))")/bodhi/server/static/ /srv/bodhi-static
+
 # Set up krb5
 RUN rm -f /etc/krb5.conf && \
     ln -sf /etc/bodhi/krb5.conf /etc/krb5.conf && \