diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 5dc3fa36..9fdd2346 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 FROM flatironinstitute/triqs:unstable-ubuntu-clang
 ARG APPNAME=triqs_dft_tools
 
-COPY requirements.txt /src/$APPNAME/requirements.txt
-RUN pip3 install -r /src/$APPNAME/requirements.txt
+RUN apt-get install -y meson ninja-build python3-setuptools
 
 COPY --chown=build . $SRC/$APPNAME
 WORKDIR $BUILD/$APPNAME