diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 887a26fb..00521df2 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ LABEL org.label-schema.name="indexd" \
 
 RUN mkdir -p /var/www/indexd/ \
     && chmod 777 /var/www/indexd \
-    && a2dissite 000-default \
-    && apt-get update \
-    && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-       libpq5  
+    && a2dissite 000-default 
 
 COPY wsgi.py /var/www/indexd/ 
 COPY bin/indexd /var/www/indexd/