diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile
index ca63b0d855ca241553fa95a37eb74bb1a3fa0724..cf1dd07f61eb4895574c966898d303fead28b3ff 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         curl \
         file \
         git \
-        libmariadbclient-dev \
         libmariadbclient-dev-compat \
         pkg-config python3
 
diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-java/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-java/Dockerfile
index bbe4ff446b57c9dd77246fe8bf5409709e0e1232..e95c0bcd967a7039f1100bea3522ae5dece97e78 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-java/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-java/Dockerfile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends \
         wget sudo libxrender1 libxtst6 libxi6 \
-        build-essential curl file libmariadbclient-dev libmariadbclient-dev-compat pkg-config libmariadb3 python3
+        build-essential curl file libmariadbclient-dev-compat pkg-config libmariadb3 python3
 
 RUN mkdir /usr/java
 WORKDIR /usr/java