diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/fix-eos-container-build.md b/changelog/unreleased/fix-eos-container-build.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3cb804f28d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/fix-eos-container-build.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Bugfix: Fix ulimits for EOS container deployment
+
+https://github.com/cs3org/reva/pull/4620
diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile.revad-ceph b/docker/Dockerfile.revad-ceph
index 8d6fc2e244..a190c20199 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile.revad-ceph
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile.revad-ceph
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 
 FROM quay.io/ceph/ceph:v18
 
-# replace repo url with one that allows downloading the repo metadata
-# if http://download.ceph.com/rpm-reef/el8/x86_64/repodata/repomd.xml works again this can be dropped
-RUN sed -i 's/download.ceph.com/de.ceph.com/' /etc/yum.repos.d/ceph.repo
 RUN mkdir -p /etc/selinux/config
 
 RUN dnf update --exclude=ceph-iscsi,chrony -y && dnf install -y \
diff --git a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
index bb54bc3ba7..334955260b 100644
--- a/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/tests/docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ services:
       - seccomp:unconfined
     ulimits:
       nproc: 57875
-      nofile: 1024
+      nofile: 1024000
       core: -1
     privileged: true
     sysctls:
diff --git a/tests/docker/eos-storage/Dockerfile b/tests/docker/eos-storage/Dockerfile
index 8afb99af03..587331fa0d 100644
--- a/tests/docker/eos-storage/Dockerfile
+++ b/tests/docker/eos-storage/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
+# Changing ulimits inside the container may not be allowed.
+# This container is usually called from docker compose, 
+# where the ulimits are set in the docker compose file.
+# If the container needs to be run manually, the following flag
+# needs to be passed, else the container will run out of fd.
+# docker run myeoscontainer --ulimit nofiles:1024000:1024000
+
 FROM gitlab-registry.cern.ch/dss/eos/eos-ci:5.1.25
 
 COPY scripts/eos-run.sh /mnt/scripts/eos-run.sh
 COPY sssd/sssd.conf /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
 
-RUN ulimit -n 1024000 && yum install -y sssd sssd-client
+
+RUN yum install -y sssd sssd-client
 
 RUN chmod 0600 /etc/sssd/sssd.conf && chown root:root /etc/sssd/sssd.conf
 
-ENTRYPOINT /mnt/scripts/eos-run.sh
\ No newline at end of file
+ENTRYPOINT /mnt/scripts/eos-run.sh