diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
deleted file mode 100644
index c3ad15cdd..000000000
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-*.so filter=lfs diff=lfs merge=lfs -text
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 61c851e3c..a296473ae 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@
     with even-numbered patch versions). Also when updating FoundationDB, make sure to update the version of FoundationDB
     used by GitHub Actions. -->
     <foundationdb.version>7.3.62</foundationdb.version>
+    <foundationdb.client-library-sha256>bfed237b787fae3cde1222676e6bfbb0d218fc27bf9e903397a7a7aa96fb2d33</foundationdb.client-library-sha256>
     <google-cloud-libraries.version>26.57.0</google-cloud-libraries.version>
     <grpc.version>1.70.0</grpc.version> <!-- should be kept in sync with the value from Google libraries-bom -->
     <gson.version>2.12.1</gson.version>
diff --git a/service/pom.xml b/service/pom.xml
index 40ce2b6ee..7a4202516 100644
--- a/service/pom.xml
+++ b/service/pom.xml
@@ -543,6 +543,28 @@
       <id>exclude-spam-filter</id>
       <build>
         <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>io.github.download-maven-plugin</groupId>
+            <artifactId>download-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>2.0.0</version>
+
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>install-foundationdb-client-library</id>
+                <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>wget</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+
+            <configuration>
+              <url>https://github.com/apple/foundationdb/releases/download/${foundationdb.version}/libfdb_c.x86_64.so</url>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/jib-extra/usr/local</outputDirectory>
+              <sha256>${foundationdb.client-library-sha256}</sha256>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -659,14 +681,14 @@
               </container>
               <extraDirectories>
                 <paths>
-                  <path>
-                    <from>${project.basedir}/src/main/jib</from>
-                  </path>
                   <path>
                     <from>${project.basedir}/config</from>
                     <includes>*.yml</includes>
                     <into>/usr/share/signal/</into>
                   </path>
+                  <path>
+                    <from>${project.build.directory}/jib-extra</from>
+                  </path>
                 </paths>
               </extraDirectories>
             </configuration>
diff --git a/service/src/main/jib/usr/lib/libfdb_c.x86_64.so b/service/src/main/jib/usr/lib/libfdb_c.x86_64.so
deleted file mode 100644
index de1868063..000000000
--- a/service/src/main/jib/usr/lib/libfdb_c.x86_64.so
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:bfed237b787fae3cde1222676e6bfbb0d218fc27bf9e903397a7a7aa96fb2d33
-size 23671800