diff --git a/dockerfiles/course-discovery.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/course-discovery.Dockerfile
index 4f7d83a..dfa8857 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/course-discovery.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/course-discovery.Dockerfile
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
   libcairo2-dev \
   python3-pip \
   python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-  python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
-  python${PYTHON_VERSION}-distutils && \
+  python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # Use UTF-8.
diff --git a/dockerfiles/edx-exams.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/edx-exams.Dockerfile
index 574d69c..7e97db2 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/edx-exams.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/edx-exams.Dockerfile
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends \
  curl \
  python3-pip \
  python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-distutils
+ python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
 
 RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/enterprise-access.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/enterprise-access.Dockerfile
index f7e5e7b..7e7b951 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/enterprise-access.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/enterprise-access.Dockerfile
@@ -53,8 +53,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends \
  libsqlite3-dev \
  python3-pip \
  python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-distutils
+ python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
 
 RUN ln -snf /usr/share/zoneinfo/$TZ /etc/localtime && echo $TZ > /etc/timezone
 
diff --git a/dockerfiles/portal-designer.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/portal-designer.Dockerfile
index 0ba5c45..24f1aae 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/portal-designer.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/portal-designer.Dockerfile
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends \
  curl \
  python3-pip \
  python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-distutils
+ python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
 
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
 # delete apt package lists because we do not need them inflating our image
diff --git a/dockerfiles/program-intent-engagement.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/program-intent-engagement.Dockerfile
index 217684d..c4da02e 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/program-intent-engagement.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/program-intent-engagement.Dockerfile
@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -qy install --no-install-recommends \
  curl \
  python3-pip \
  python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
- python${PYTHON_VERSION}-distutils
+ python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
 
 
 # need to use virtualenv pypi package with Python 3.12
diff --git a/dockerfiles/registrar.Dockerfile b/dockerfiles/registrar.Dockerfile
index 56bb02f..ebfaf31 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/registrar.Dockerfile
+++ b/dockerfiles/registrar.Dockerfile
@@ -26,8 +26,7 @@ RUN apt-get install -qy \
 	curl \
 	python3-pip \
 	python${PYTHON_VERSION} \
-	python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev \
-	python${PYTHON_VERSION}-distutils
+	python${PYTHON_VERSION}-dev
 
 # need to use virtualenv pypi package with Python 3.12
 RUN curl -sS https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python${PYTHON_VERSION}