diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 7fc6ddc..4466279 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,21 +9,8 @@ COPY . /root/ros2_ws/src
 
 # install dependencies
 RUN source /opt/ros/${ROS_DISTRO}/setup.bash
-RUN apt-get update \
-    && apt-get -y --quiet --no-install-recommends install \
-    gcc \
-    git \
-    python3 \
-    python3-pip
-RUN rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y
-RUN if [ "$ROS_DISTRO" = "jazzy" ] || [ "$ROS_DISTRO" = "rolling" ]; then \
-    pip3 install -r src/requirements.txt --break-system-packages; \
-    else \
-    pip3 install -r src/requirements.txt; \
-    fi
-RUN if [ "$ROS_DISTRO" = "rolling" ]; then \
-    apt install -y ros-rolling-action-tutorials-interfaces; \
-    fi
+RUN apt-get update
+RUN rosdep update && rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y
 
 # colcon the ws
 FROM deps AS builder
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7e19909..ddc4027 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ $ git clone https://github.com/uleroboticsgroup/yasmin.git
 # dependencies
 $ cd ~/ros2_ws
 $ rosdep install --from-paths src --ignore-src -r -y
-$ cd src/yasmin
-$ pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
 # colcon
 $ cd ~/ros2_ws
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 497396f..0000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-flask
-waitress
-expiringdict
-
-pytest
-pytest-cov
-unittest2
\ No newline at end of file