diff --git a/docker/datahub-gms/start.sh b/docker/datahub-gms/start.sh
index cc4b42c4ed..474eef5276 100755
--- a/docker/datahub-gms/start.sh
+++ b/docker/datahub-gms/start.sh
@@ -53,10 +53,15 @@ if [[ $ENABLE_PROMETHEUS == true ]]; then
   PROMETHEUS_AGENT="-javaagent:jmx_prometheus_javaagent.jar=4318:/datahub/datahub-gms/scripts/prometheus-config.yaml "
 fi
 
-# for container based deployments the default directory is /etc/datahub/plugins/auth/resources and it can be different for
+# For container based deployments the default directory is /etc/datahub/plugins/auth/resources and it can be different for
 # kubernetes deployments
 auth_resource_dir=${AUTH_RESOURCES_DIR:-"/etc/datahub/plugins/auth/resources"}
 # Option --classes ${AUTH_RESOURCE_LOOK_UP_DIR} is added for Apache Ranger library to load the ranger-datahub-security.xml from classpath
+CLASSES_DIR=""
+if [[ ${RANGER_AUTHORIZER_ENABLED} == true ]]; then
+  CLASSES_DIR="--classes ${auth_resource_dir}"
+fi
+
 COMMON="
     $WAIT_FOR_EBEAN \
     $WAIT_FOR_CASSANDRA \
@@ -68,7 +73,7 @@ COMMON="
     $PROMETHEUS_AGENT \
     -jar /jetty-runner.jar \
     --jar jetty-util.jar \
-    --jar jetty-jmx.jar --classes ${auth_resource_dir} \
+    --jar jetty-jmx.jar ${CLASSES_DIR} \
     --config /datahub/datahub-gms/scripts/jetty.xml \
     /datahub/datahub-gms/bin/war.war"
 
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml b/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml
index 1ccd71c74f..8aa33e5f88 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose-without-neo4j.override.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ services:
       - mysql
     volumes:
       - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins:/etc/datahub/plugins
-      - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins/auth/resources/:/etc/datahub/plugins/auth/resources
 
 
 volumes:
diff --git a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 7e3c056679..e8b11c4e95 100644
--- a/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ services:
       - ../metadata-models/src/main/resources/:/datahub/datahub-gms/resources
       - ../metadata-service/war/build/libs/:/datahub/datahub-gms/bin
       - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins:/etc/datahub/plugins
-      - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins/auth/resources/:/etc/datahub/plugins/auth/resources
 
   datahub-frontend-react:
     image: linkedin/datahub-frontend-react:debug
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml
index 82eb2157b5..40dad574ff 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j-m1.quickstart.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ services:
     - ${DATAHUB_MAPPED_GMS_PORT:-8080}:8080
     volumes:
     - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins:/etc/datahub/plugins
-    - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins/auth/resources/:/etc/datahub/plugins/auth/resources
   elasticsearch:
     container_name: elasticsearch
     environment:
diff --git a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
index 98448769f5..d1a65b0140 100644
--- a/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
+++ b/docker/quickstart/docker-compose-without-neo4j.quickstart.yml
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ services:
     - 8080:8080
     volumes:
     - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins:/etc/datahub/plugins
-    - ${HOME}/.datahub/plugins/auth/resources/:/etc/datahub/plugins/auth/resources
   elasticsearch:
     container_name: elasticsearch
     environment: