diff --git a/docker-compose.production.yml b/docker-compose.production.yml
index db2b0182..0218ee29 100644
--- a/docker-compose.production.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.production.yml
@@ -146,10 +146,8 @@ services:
 
     # Production volumes
     volumes:
-      # Mount application code from rsync deployment (read-only)
-      - /home/deploy/michaelschiemer/current:/var/www/html:ro
-      # Mount storage directory as writable volume (overlays the read-only code mount)
-      - storage:/var/www/html/storage:rw
+      # Mount application code from rsync deployment (read-write for storage/var directories)
+      - /home/deploy/michaelschiemer/current:/var/www/html:rw
 
   # Database service removed - using external PostgreSQL Stack (deployment/stacks/postgresql/)
   # Connection via app-internal network using docker-compose.postgres-override.yml
@@ -244,12 +242,8 @@ services:
 
     # Production volumes
     volumes:
-      # Mount application code from rsync deployment (read-only)
-      - /home/deploy/michaelschiemer/current:/var/www/html:ro
-      # Mount storage directory as writable volume (overlays the read-only code mount)
-      - storage:/var/www/html/storage:rw
-      # Mount var directory as writable volume for cache and logs (overlays read-only code mount)
-      - var-data:/var/www/html/var:rw
+      # Mount application code from rsync deployment (read-write for storage/var directories)
+      - /home/deploy/michaelschiemer/current:/var/www/html:rw
 
     environment:
       - APP_ENV=production
@@ -317,12 +311,8 @@ services:
 
     # Production volumes
     volumes:
-      # Mount application code from rsync deployment (read-only)
-      - /home/deploy/michaelschiemer/current:/var/www/html:ro
-      # Mount storage directory as writable volume (overlays the read-only code mount)
-      - storage:/var/www/html/storage:rw
-      # Mount var directory as writable volume for cache and logs (overlays read-only code mount)
-      - var-data:/var/www/html/var:rw
+      # Mount application code from rsync deployment (read-write for storage/var directories)
+      - /home/deploy/michaelschiemer/current:/var/www/html:rw
 
     environment:
       - TZ=Europe/Berlin