diff --git a/bitnami/node/Dockerfile b/bitnami/node/Dockerfile
index ee1c48b98085..deaa662e752c 100644
--- a/bitnami/node/Dockerfile
+++ b/bitnami/node/Dockerfile
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ COPY rootfs/ /
 USER $BITNAMI_APP_USER
 
 EXPOSE 3000
-VOLUME ["/app"]
 WORKDIR /app
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["/entrypoint.sh"]
diff --git a/bitnami/node/README.md b/bitnami/node/README.md
index f62f58c7b921..f5c09ec92c8c 100644
--- a/bitnami/node/README.md
+++ b/bitnami/node/README.md
@@ -289,6 +289,12 @@ using the `bats` command.
 bats test.sh
 ```
 
+# Changelog
+
+## 4.1.1-0-r01 (2015-10-07)
+
+- `/app` directory is no longer exported as a volume. This caused problems when building on top of the image, since changes in the volume are not persisted between Dockerfile `RUN` instructions. To keep the previous behavior (so that you can mount the volume in another container), create the container with the `-v /app` option.
+
 # Contributing
 
 We'd love for you to contribute to this Docker image. You can request new features by creating an
diff --git a/bitnami/node/test.sh b/bitnami/node/test.sh
index a7e4cf7c7320..9c0d1ed4a2ed 100644
--- a/bitnami/node/test.sh
+++ b/bitnami/node/test.sh
@@ -57,13 +57,6 @@ teardown() {
   [ "$status" = 0 ]
 }
 
-@test "all the volumes exposed" {
-  docker inspect $CONTAINER_NAME | {
-    run grep "\"Volumes\":" -A 1
-    [[ "$output" =~ "/app" ]]
-  }
-}
-
 @test "port 3000 exposed" {
   add_app
   docker exec -d $CONTAINER_NAME sh -c 'npm install express && node server.js'