diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile
index a1085e7d877b72747c9514fd5ac0ecab49b464e1..ca63b0d855ca241553fa95a37eb74bb1a3fa0724 100644
--- a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-cpp/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
         git \
         libmariadbclient-dev \
         libmariadbclient-dev-compat \
-        pkg-config python python3
+        pkg-config python3
 
 
 # build and install tangoidl
diff --git a/images/ska-tango-images-tango-java/Dockerfile b/images/ska-tango-images-tango-java/Dockerfile
index 3c92988b2cca6d1a01271049af22814915cb9a7c..bbe4ff446b57c9dd77246fe8bf5409709e0e1232 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 python libmariadb3 python3
+        build-essential curl file libmariadbclient-dev libmariadbclient-dev-compat pkg-config libmariadb3 python3
 
 RUN mkdir /usr/java
 WORKDIR /usr/java