diff --git a/lmod/Dockerfile b/lmod/Dockerfile
index 0557bc08151120310e34ab8d1b258013fb92c174..c0596a75db61a134a5550c0a872121af3a071272 100644
--- a/lmod/Dockerfile
+++ b/lmod/Dockerfile
@@ -16,10 +16,6 @@ RUN dnf -yq update && \
     cat /tmp/dnf_packages.txt | xargs dnf install -yq && \
     dnf clean all && rm /tmp/dnf_packages.txt
 
-# Install python packages
-COPY files/pip_packages.txt /tmp/pip_packages.txt
-RUN pip3 install -r /tmp/pip_packages.txt
-
 # Download and install curlftpfs
 RUN mkdir -p /opt/apps/install
 COPY --chown=root:root ./install_files/curlftpfs /opt/apps/install/curlftpfs
diff --git a/lmod/files/dnf_packages.txt b/lmod/files/dnf_packages.txt
index d5d430f252e3c7cff114ebb936e8fc1df5277d07..eeea490e17682b975c51e52bce62201c36f3304b 100644
--- a/lmod/files/dnf_packages.txt
+++ b/lmod/files/dnf_packages.txt
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ make
 openssh
 openssh-clients
 procps
-python3
-python3-pip
-rsync
 sudo
 tcl-devel
 vim
diff --git a/lmod/files/pip_packages.txt b/lmod/files/pip_packages.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 435a21b6626692c63a0f082e9bdbca55fb72c785..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/lmod/files/pip_packages.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-pyunicore