diff --git a/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py b/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py
index 7daf10924807cea31c6674a29f6ff621998a5ca2..7c780af556fcd343f04a611fee1eb53dec2f57ee 100755
--- a/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py
+++ b/MAC/Services/src/PipelineControl.py
@@ -492,16 +492,6 @@ runcmd {setStatus_active}
 # notify ganglia
 wget -O - -q "http://ganglia.control.lofar/ganglia/api/events.php?action=add&start_time=now&summary=Pipeline {obsid} ACTIVE&host_regex="
 
-# pull docker image from repository on all nodes
-srun --nodelist=$SLURM_NODELIST --cpus-per-task=1 --job-name=docker-pull \
-      --kill-on-bad-exit=0 --wait=0 \
-  docker pull {repository}/{image}
-
-# put a local tag on the pulled image
-srun --nodelist=$SLURM_NODELIST --cpus-per-task=1 --job-name=docker-tag \
-      --kill-on-bad-exit=0 --wait=0 \
-  docker tag -f {repository}/{image} {image}
-
 # run the pipeline
 runcmd docker run --rm --net=host \
       -e LOFARENV={lofarenv} \