diff --git a/.devcontainer/post-create-command.sh b/.devcontainer/post-create-command.sh
index b64a1c4f..8c7c15c3 100755
--- a/.devcontainer/post-create-command.sh
+++ b/.devcontainer/post-create-command.sh
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@ if [ ! git remote | grep -q "fork" ]; then
     git remote add fork https://github.com/${GIT_USER}/flask
 fi
 
-# Create and activate a virtualenv
-python3 -m venv .venv
-. .venv/bin/activate
-
 # Upgrade pip and setuptools
 python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
 
diff --git a/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt b/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
index 4066fab7..0d2865b8 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
+++ b/.devcontainer/welcome-message.txt
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 🛠️  Your environment is setup with all the required dependencies and your fork has been added as a remote.
 
-📝  Wait for the "postCreateCommand" to finish setting things up.
-
-🚀  To start coding:
+🚀  To start coding, wait for the "postCreateCommand" to finish setting things up, then:
     - run `. .venv/bin/activate` to activate your virtualenv
     - run `git checkout -b your-branch-name origin/{main-or-latest-release}` to start working on a new feature or bug fix