diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e37a249..85cba87 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ WORKDIR /usr/src/pylon
 # install dependencies into temp directory
 # this will cache them and speed up future builds
 FROM base AS install
-ARG NODE_VERSION=20
-RUN apt update \
-    && apt install -y curl
-RUN curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tj/n/master/bin/n -o n \
-    && bash n $NODE_VERSION \
-    && rm n \
-    && npm install -g n
 
 RUN mkdir -p /temp/dev
 COPY package.json bun.lockb /temp/dev/