diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 792677e..36de295 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -32,13 +32,6 @@ RUN pip install gunicorn
 RUN pip install wheel
 RUN pip install flit
 
-RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 RUN flit install --pth-file
 
-# switch back to root to remove header files
-#USER root
-#RUN apk del libc-dev libffi-dev openssl-dev python3-dev
-
-# switch to the created user to run the application
-#USER deploy
 CMD ["gunicorn", "--paster", "/app/production.ini", "-b", "0.0.0.0:8000"]