diff --git a/txpipe-base/Dockerfile b/txpipe-base/Dockerfile
index f4a105e..6dae35e 100644
--- a/txpipe-base/Dockerfile
+++ b/txpipe-base/Dockerfile
@@ -26,4 +26,3 @@ RUN apt-get update -y  \
     && make install \
     && rm -rf /opt/mpich \
     && apt-get remove --purge -y gcc gfortran
-
diff --git a/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile b/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile
index 045469e..8aaf904 100644
--- a/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile
+++ b/txpipe-dev/Dockerfile
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ ENV RAIL_TAG_FOR_DEPENDENCIES=v1.0.0
 # follow the RAIL instructions. Instead we put the RAIL deps into the conda-extras.yml
 RUN git clone --branch ${TX_TAG_FOR_DEPENDENCIES}  https://github.com/LSSTDESC/TXPipe \
     && cd TXPipe \
-    && sed '/mpich/d' environment-nopip.yml > environment-nopip2.yml \
     && echo cat environment-nopip2.yml \
     && cat environment-nopip2.yml \
     && echo cat ../conda-extras.yml \