diff --git a/icecube_ml/Dockerfile_ubuntu_22.04_cuda12.1_cudann_pytorch2.2.2 b/icecube_ml/Dockerfile_ubuntu_22.04_cuda12.1_cudann_pytorch2.2.2
index b8e2d15..b33b043 100644
--- a/icecube_ml/Dockerfile_ubuntu_22.04_cuda12.1_cudann_pytorch2.2.2
+++ b/icecube_ml/Dockerfile_ubuntu_22.04_cuda12.1_cudann_pytorch2.2.2
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ENV I3_DATA /opt/i3-data
 ENV TMPDIR /scratch
 
 # build the matplotlib font cache (prevents warnings about the font cache on startup)
-RUN python3 -c 'from matplotlib import pyplot'
+# RUN python3 -c 'from matplotlib import pyplot'
 
 # create the scratch directory
 RUN mkdir -p /scratch