diff --git a/images/base-notebook/Dockerfile b/images/base-notebook/Dockerfile
index fd7a265f4c..03c6eed9d9 100644
--- a/images/base-notebook/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/base-notebook/Dockerfile
@@ -55,17 +55,13 @@ EXPOSE $JUPYTER_PORT
 CMD ["start-notebook.py"]
 
 # Copy local files as late as possible to avoid cache busting
-COPY start-notebook.py start-singleuser.py /usr/local/bin/
+COPY start-notebook.py start-notebook.sh start-singleuser.py start-singleuser.sh /usr/local/bin/
 COPY jupyter_server_config.py docker_healthcheck.py /etc/jupyter/
 
 # Fix permissions on /etc/jupyter as root
 USER root
 RUN fix-permissions /etc/jupyter/
 
-# Symlink scripts to their older .sh variants for backwards compatibility
-RUN ln -s /usr/local/bin/start-notebook.py /usr/local/bin/start-notebook.sh && \
-    ln -s /usr/local/bin/start-singleuser.py /usr/local/bin/start-singleuser.sh
-
 # HEALTHCHECK documentation: https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/builder/#healthcheck
 # This healtcheck works well for `lab`, `notebook`, `nbclassic`, `server` and `retro` jupyter commands
 # https://github.com/jupyter/docker-stacks/issues/915#issuecomment-1068528799
diff --git a/images/base-notebook/start-notebook.sh b/images/base-notebook/start-notebook.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c47ebba334
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/base-notebook/start-notebook.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Shim to emit warning and call start-notebook.py
+echo "WARNING: Use start-notebook.py instead"
+
+exec /usr/local/bin/start-notebook.py "$@"
diff --git a/images/base-notebook/start-singleuser.sh b/images/base-notebook/start-singleuser.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ecf0e068ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/images/base-notebook/start-singleuser.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Shim to emit warning and call start-singleuser.py
+echo "WARNING: Use start-singleuser.py instead"
+
+exec /usr/local/bin/start-singleuser.py "$@"