diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 82e99472f6ec9a1a054a54e300cdf0524250a686..01d0897b0de50f012209133a1db3303861046fb0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ COPY ./requirements.txt .
 
 # install libleveldb required by plyvel
 RUN apt-get update && \
-    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y sqlite3 libleveldb-dev
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y libleveldb-dev
 
 # install python requirements
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt