diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 19de22f303ccdedbfef8f4be333cf02538c20c8a..54ba9cb54342a55ab688ba3560d6d24a6b326d9b 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 FROM debian:latest
 RUN apt-get update && \
 	 apt-get install tox curl python3-pip git python-autopep8 -y
-RUN pip3 install docker-compose
 COPY .docker/wait-for-it.sh /wait-for-it.sh
 RUN git clone https://gitlab.gwdg.de/bmp-caosdb/caosdb-pylib.git && \
    cd caosdb-pylib && pip3 install .