diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djd b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djd
index baa5e60c7..4df9d27e8 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djd
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djd
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-FROM    debian:12-slim
+FROM    DO_NOT_USE_THIS_DOCKER_IMAGE
+# this image is an unmaintained experiment to see whether alpine was the correct choice (it was)
+
+#FROM    debian:12-slim
 WORKDIR /z
 LABEL   org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/9001/copyparty" \
         org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/scripts/docker" \
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djf b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djf
index 57167512c..28c64c1d8 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djf
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djf
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-FROM    fedora:39
+FROM    DO_NOT_USE_THIS_DOCKER_IMAGE
+# this image is an unmaintained experiment to see whether alpine was the correct choice (it was)
+
+#FROM    fedora:39
 WORKDIR /z
 LABEL   org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/9001/copyparty" \
         org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/scripts/docker" \
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djff b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djff
index c46c9f12e..748881a17 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djff
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.djff
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-FROM    fedora:38
+FROM    DO_NOT_USE_THIS_DOCKER_IMAGE
+# this image is an unmaintained experiment to see whether alpine was the correct choice (it was)
+
+#FROM    fedora:38
 WORKDIR /z
 LABEL   org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/9001/copyparty" \
         org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/scripts/docker" \
diff --git a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dju b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dju
index 7ea6699a8..aa07f930a 100644
--- a/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dju
+++ b/scripts/docker/Dockerfile.dju
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-FROM    ubuntu:23.04
+FROM    DO_NOT_USE_THIS_DOCKER_IMAGE
+# this image is an unmaintained experiment to see whether alpine was the correct choice (it was)
+
+#FROM    ubuntu:23.04
 WORKDIR /z
 LABEL   org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/9001/copyparty" \
         org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/9001/copyparty/tree/hovudstraum/scripts/docker" \