diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 5cc00e06..ef9b39dd 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ deployment:
         - docker login -e $DOCKER_EMAIL -u $DOCKER_USER -p $DOCKER_PASS
         #build cymetric-deps:latest docker container and push it
         - docker/cymetric-deps/build_dockerfile_deps.sh latest
-        - docker build -t cyclus/cymetric-deps:latest docker/cymetric-deps
+        - docker build -t cyclus/cymetric-deps:latest .
         - docker push cyclus/cymetric-deps:latest
         #build cymetric:latest docker container and push it
         - docker/cymetric-ci/build_dockerfile_cymetric.sh latest
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ deployment:
         - docker login -e $DOCKER_EMAIL -u $DOCKER_USER -p $DOCKER_PASS
         #build cymetric-deps:stable docker container and push it
         - docker/cymetric-deps/build_dockerfile_deps.sh stable
-        - docker build -t cyclus/cymetric-deps:stable docker/cymetric-deps
+        - docker build -t cyclus/cymetric-deps:stable .
         - docker push cyclus/cymetric-deps:stable
         #build cymetric-ci:stable docker container and push it
         - docker/cymetric-ci/build_dockerfile_cymetric.sh stable
diff --git a/docker/cymetric-deps/Dockerfile b/docker/cymetric-deps/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29b..00000000