diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index f3d1b15d..3727e7cc 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -8,15 +8,18 @@ RUN /venv/bin/pip install --upgrade pip wheel setuptools
 RUN conda install -p /venv -y eccodes zarr
 
 # Install packages into the virtualenv as a separate step
-# * Only re-execute this step when the copied files change
-# * This also builds the package into the virtualenv
+# * Only re-execute this step when the requirements files change
+FROM build-venv AS build-reqs
+WORKDIR /app
+COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
+RUN /venv/bin/pip install . --no-cache-dir --no-binary=nwp-consumer
+
+# Build binary for the package
 # * The package is versioned via setuptools_git_versioning
 #   hence the .git directory is required
 # * The README.md is required for the long description
-FROM build-venv AS build-wheels
-WORKDIR /app
+FROM build-reqs AS build-app
 COPY src src
-COPY pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
 COPY .git .git
 COPY README.md README.md
 RUN /venv/bin/pip install .
@@ -25,7 +28,7 @@ RUN /venv/bin/pip install .
 # * These are small images that only contain the runtime dependencies
 FROM gcr.io/distroless/python3-debian11
 WORKDIR /app
-COPY --from=build-wheels /venv /venv
+COPY --from=build-app /venv /venv
 HEALTHCHECK CMD ["/venv/bin/nwp-consumer", "check"]
 ENTRYPOINT ["/venv/bin/nwp-consumer"]
 VOLUME /tmp/nwpc
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c9f27d16..377a6462 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,11 +49,6 @@ nwp-consumer = "nwp_consumer.cmd.main:main" # Set the entrypoint for the CLI
 [project.urls]
 repository = "https://github.com/openclimatefix/nwp-consumer"
 
-[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
-where = ["src"]
-include = ["nwp_consumer"]
-exclude = ["*.tests", "*.tests.*", "tests.*", "tests"]
-
 [tool.setuptools-git-versioning]
 enabled = true