diff --git a/Dockerfile.sdk b/Dockerfile.sdk
index e1d4110869..e919b3f50d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.sdk
+++ b/Dockerfile.sdk
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
             python3-pip \
             python3-setuptools \
             python3-wheel \
-            software-properties-common \
             vim \
             wget && \
     pip3 install "grpcio<1.68" "grpcio-tools<1.68"
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 6700936046..68c48a2a58 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1384,7 +1384,6 @@ def dockerfile_prepare_container_linux(argmap, backends, enable_gpu, target_mach
               libgoogle-perftools-dev \\
               libjemalloc-dev \\
               libnuma-dev \\
-              software-properties-common \\
               wget \\
               {backend_dependencies} \\
               python3-pip \\