diff --git a/backend/Dockerfile b/backend/Dockerfile
index 5f6a63dae51150684d2843b0d4d95c49c9e75027..30d0196fca1fbfa81ac1cb83df1ff2454365c52f 100644
--- a/backend/Dockerfile
+++ b/backend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 FROM node:16-alpine as base
 LABEL maintainer="Paolo Brasolin <paolo.brasolin@eurac.edu>"
 
-# TODO: drop sqlite3 and delete this
-RUN apk add --update python2 build-base
-
 WORKDIR /app
 
 COPY package*.json ./