diff --git a/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_sas b/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_sas
index bc54ca7e4cec4a630b3f5d41665919515b668575..be3799a44d6be5ad0e50ad01de0f9a348a57b942 100644
--- a/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_sas
+++ b/Docker/lofar-ci/Dockerfile_ci_sas
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ARG BASE_VERSION=latest
 FROM ci_base:$BASE_VERSION
 
 RUN echo "Installing packages for SAS..." && \
-    yum install -y log4cplus log4cplus-devel python3 python3-libs python3-devel boost readline-devel boost-devel binutils-devel boost-python36 boost-python36-devel gettext which openldap-devel npm nodejs git java-11-openjdk python-twisted-core
+    yum install -y log4cplus log4cplus-devel python3 python3-libs python3-devel boost readline-devel boost-devel binutils-devel boost-python36 boost-python36-devel gettext which openldap-devel git java-11-openjdk python-twisted-core
     
 # see https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/redhat/ on how to install postgresql-server > 9.2 on centos7 
 RUN yum erase -y postgresql postgresql-server postgresql-devel && \