diff --git a/docker/pipeline/Dockerfile b/docker/pipeline/Dockerfile
index 75f983b72c9df96fbea42e2a6d4e1d3ebfd4c200..827655ea81f702c892d12df583f114f487d6f0d7 100644
--- a/docker/pipeline/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/pipeline/Dockerfile
@@ -52,8 +52,7 @@ RUN wget -q https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && \
 
 # Install required python packages
 RUN python3 -m pip install \
-    'numpy<2' \
-    pybind11
+    'numpy<2'
 
 # Install the casacore measures data. We purposely do not install these from
 # the Ubuntu repository, but download the latest version directly from the