diff --git a/docker-compose/.env b/docker-compose/.env
index 00b12b0fcb55b351ebf9e56b37ae2c1f0fc6f4a9..49ae59b0047e49fe05702355f96c28facf657263 100644
--- a/docker-compose/.env
+++ b/docker-compose/.env
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST=artefact.skao.int
 DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER=ska-tango-images
 LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST=git.astron.nl:5000
+LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_LOFAR=lofar2.0
 LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_USER=lofar2.0/tango
 
 TANGO_ARCHIVER_VERSION=2021-05-28
diff --git a/docker-compose/pypcc-sim-base/Dockerfile b/docker-compose/pypcc-sim-base/Dockerfile
index ba73b0bcaea5000e2eeee12dec9e1a87bba94c7a..f0f37dec5613b988ba3c471428aa426606cf9d5a 100644
--- a/docker-compose/pypcc-sim-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker-compose/pypcc-sim-base/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
+ARG LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST
+ARG LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_LOFAR
 
-COPY requirements.txt /requirements.txt
+FROM ${LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST}/${LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_LOFAR}/pypcc:latest
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3 python3-pip python3-yaml git && \
-    pip3 install -r requirements.txt && \
-    git clone --depth 1 --branch master https://git.astron.nl/lofar2.0/pypcc
-
-WORKDIR /pypcc
 CMD ["python3", "pypcc2.py", "--simulator", "--port","4843"]
diff --git a/docker-compose/pypcc-sim-base/requirements.txt b/docker-compose/pypcc-sim-base/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cd015945c044fcd1e39a823f49a807fc519ac67..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/docker-compose/pypcc-sim-base/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-opcua
-numpy
-recordclass>=0.16,<0.16.1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose/recv-sim.yml b/docker-compose/recv-sim.yml
index effee8b298b855e2007e50c379fa3df45010bd05..c4b8700935cb2644d6375537b91242d471ce0867 100644
--- a/docker-compose/recv-sim.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/recv-sim.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ services:
   recv-sim:
     build:
         context: pypcc-sim-base
+        args:
+         - LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST=${LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_HOST}
+         - LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_THIRD_PARTY=${LOCAL_DOCKER_REGISTRY_THIRD_PARTY}
     container_name: ${CONTAINER_NAME_PREFIX}recv-sim
     networks:
       - control