diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index d1939616d..6af603ab0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ RUN pip install -U pip
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.dev.txt manage.py ./
 RUN pip install -U --no-cache-dir pip
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip uninstall python-dotenv -y
 
 # Re-enable dev packages
 RUN python3 -m venv --system-site-packages dev-packages \
diff --git a/Dockerfile_EKS b/Dockerfile_EKS
index b3b6dbb48..f3fbd8a1e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile_EKS
+++ b/Dockerfile_EKS
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ RUN pip install -U pip
 COPY requirements.txt requirements.dev.txt manage.py ./
 RUN pip install -U --no-cache-dir pip
 RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip uninstall python-dotenv -y
 
 # Re-enable dev packages
 RUN python3 -m venv --system-site-packages dev-packages \