diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-pytango-runtime/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-pytango-runtime/Dockerfile
index 0240944d2bd4f9baa899b2b0e08b4283ae940d66..ff750a3472257481f99bba726b0772c61faeb04f 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-pytango-runtime/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-pytango-runtime/Dockerfile
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ COPY pip.conf /etc/pip.conf
 RUN ln -sfn /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python && ln -sfn /opt/poetry/bin/poetry /usr/local/bin/poetry
 
 USER tango
-ENV PATH="home/tango/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:${PATH}"
+ENV PATH="/home/tango/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:${PATH}"
 
 ONBUILD COPY --chown=tango:tango . /app
 ONBUILD COPY --from=buildenv /usr/local/bin/ /usr/local/bin/
diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-itango/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-itango/Dockerfile
index 2428d2f9b2e0ecc56693dae38546085b86534efa..749a998735887eaa0efb941ddc273d25733c7761 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-itango/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-itango/Dockerfile
@@ -23,6 +23,4 @@ RUN python3 -m pip install --no-cache-dir ipython==8.5.0 itango==0.1.9
 # create ipython profile to so that itango doesn't fail if ipython hasn't run yet
 RUN ipython profile create
 
-RUN python3 -m pip install -r /requirements.txt
-
 CMD ["itango3"]
diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-vnc/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-vnc/Dockerfile
index 8f63667229c17ee41dd44a5deeb48a1a8ff4c9e0..98fa5275414f2ee1c89134509852f7b017216fb6 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-vnc/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-vnc/Dockerfile
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-mark hold iptables && \
 
 RUN sed -i 's%<property name="ThemeName" type="string" value="Xfce"/>%<property name="ThemeName" type="string" value="Raleigh"/>%' /etc/xdg/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/xsettings.xml
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \ 
+RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \ 
     git \
     x11vnc \
     software-properties-common \