diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 97679c37f9..d41b599900 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1282,10 +1282,6 @@ def create_dockerfile_linux(
     pip3 install --no-cache-dir  grpcio-tools==1.64.0 && \\
     pip3 uninstall -y setuptools
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/tensorrt/lib/:/opt/tritonserver/backends/tensorrtllm:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        libprotobuf-dev \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 """
     with open(os.path.join(ddir, dockerfile_name), "w") as dfile:
         dfile.write(df)