diff --git a/dev.Dockerfile b/dev.Dockerfile
index 348ef521..82c3ef49 100644
--- a/dev.Dockerfile
+++ b/dev.Dockerfile
@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ RUN apt-get update -y && \
     apt-get install -y libpq-dev && \
     apt-get install -y gcc && \
     apt-get install -y wget && \
-    apt-get install -y libcurl4 && \
-    apt-get install build-essential -y  # cpp compiler required for hsnwlib
+    apt-get install -y libcurl4
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install https://github.com/pepkit/pipestat/archive/refs/heads/dev.zip
@@ -17,10 +16,6 @@ RUN wget http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/bigBedToBed -P /u
 RUN wget http://hgdownload.cse.ucsc.edu/admin/exe/linux.x86_64/bedIntersect -P /usr/local/bin
 RUN chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/bigBedToBed /usr/local/bin/bedIntersect
 
-COPY geniml /geniml
-RUN pip install /geniml
-RUN pip install gtokenizers
-
 COPY . /app
 RUN pip install -r requirements/requirements-all.txt
 RUN pip install -r requirements/requirements-dev.txt