diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6fc034f9..581daab3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -73,4 +73,4 @@ democracy_club/static
 
 .cache
 .pytest_cache/
-
+lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/requirements.txt
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5433ec91..f7075101 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all: clean lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/requirements.txt
 clean: ## Delete any generated static asset or req.txt files and git-restore the rendered API documentation file
 	rm -rf lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/requirements.txt
 
-lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/requirements.txt: requirements/* ## Update the requirements.txt file used to build this Lambda function's DependenciesLayer
+lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/requirements.txt:
 	pipenv lock -r | sed "s/^-e //" >lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/requirements.txt
 
 
diff --git a/lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/Makefile b/lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78934c68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lambda-layers/DependenciesLayer/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+build-DependenciesLayer:
+	pip install --upgrade pip
+	pip install --upgrade -r requirements.txt --target "$(ARTIFACTS_DIR)/python/" --log /dev/null
+	cp requirements.txt "$(ARTIFACTS_DIR)/python/installed-requirements.txt"