diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
index e4bbf930fe7..9b65bf74d7e 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/checksums.ini
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 tarball=configure-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=dca19f73642b76f1f96b860bb6603499f586380d
-sha256=843e060687a9a2360ea3e9499e5c20eb744fcfc2acd4b13c01444ecd961fd43e
+sha1=3071e275e8a5582253b9ec5f491744e85c1279a7
+sha256=756f05a294aa6effe91300f5f229a4db618952be524fcc6e87f86ceefb84d3ee
diff --git a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
index 8da0a664f61..e75f893ef88 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/configure/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-f5e78840b108412e1e26382910af993f874c6933
+c848dbee50babf84a03317d92bcf2aa028bf692d
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index cc0701d8d81..a74b451bc3b 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -230,8 +230,10 @@ FROM run-time-dependencies as sagemath
 ARG HOME=/home/sage
 ARG SAGE_ROOT=/home/sage/sage
 COPY --chown=sage:sage --from=make-release $SAGE_ROOT/ $SAGE_ROOT/
-# Put scripts to start gap, gp, maxima, ... in /usr/bin
-RUN sudo $SAGE_ROOT/sage --nodotsage -c "install_scripts('/usr/bin')"
+# set path in bashrc to start gap, gp, maxima, ... this does not
+# affect Sage (see https://github.com/sagemath/sage/pull/38049)
+RUN echo "export PATH=$SAGE_ROOT/local/bin:$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc
+
 COPY ./docker/entrypoint.sh /usr/local/bin/sage-entrypoint
 WORKDIR $HOME
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/sage-entrypoint"]