diff --git a/DOCKERFILE.api.development b/DOCKERFILE.api.development
index 062abb8..61c683b 100644
--- a/DOCKERFILE.api.development
+++ b/DOCKERFILE.api.development
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     binutils \
     gdal-bin \
     libproj-dev \
-    libpq-dev \
     postgresql-client-9.6 \
   && apt-get clean
 
diff --git a/DOCKERFILE.api.production b/DOCKERFILE.api.production
index 558645c..8287744 100644
--- a/DOCKERFILE.api.production
+++ b/DOCKERFILE.api.production
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ RUN apt-get update \
     binutils \
     gdal-bin \
     libproj-dev \
-    libpq-dev \
     postgresql-client-9.6 \
   && apt-get clean