diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index f515471..5c3caa4 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -5,9 +5,6 @@ ENV LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ENV PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1
 ENV PYTHONDONTWRITEBYTECODE=1
-ENV MAMBA_NO_BANNER=1
-
-ARG MINIFORGE_VERSION="24.3.0-0"
 
 # base packages
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
@@ -34,31 +31,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
 #    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
     ;
 
-
-# create base conda environment using mambaforge
-RUN set -x && \
-    pwd && \
-    MINIFORGE_FILENAME="Mambaforge-$(uname)-$(uname -m).sh" && \
-    MINIFORGE_DOWNLOAD_URL="https://github.com/conda-forge/miniforge/releases/download/${MINIFORGE_VERSION}/${MINIFORGE_FILENAME}" && \
-    curl -L -o "Miniforge3.sh" "$MINIFORGE_DOWNLOAD_URL" && \
-    bash "./Miniforge3.sh" -b -p /opt/mambaforge && \
-    /opt/mambaforge/bin/python --version && \
-    /opt/mambaforge/condabin/mamba clean --all && \
-    rm "./Miniforge3.sh" && \
-    echo "done";
-
-
-# add base conda utils to path
-ENV PATH="/opt/mambaforge/condabin:$PATH"
-
-RUN set -x && \
-    conda config --file /opt/mambaforge/.condarc --add envs_dirs /opt/envs;
-
-RUN set -x && \
-    mamba install conda-tree -n base && \
-    mamba clean --all && \
-    echo "done";
-
 ##
 
 RUN mkdir /app-build
@@ -66,43 +38,8 @@ RUN mkdir /app
 
 ##
 
-COPY environment.yml /app-build
-#COPY environment-pinned-linux.yml /app-build/environment.yml
-
-# create new conda environment named "main"
-RUN set -x && \
-    mamba env create -n main --file=/app-build/environment.yml && \
-    /opt/envs/main/bin/python --version && \
-    mamba clean --all && \
-    echo "done";
-
-RUN set -x && \
-    conda env export -n main && \
-    echo "done";
-
-
-
-
-# "activate" "main" conda environment
-ENV CONDA_PREFIX="/opt/envs/main"
-ENV PATH="$CONDA_PREFIX/bin:$PATH"
-
-
-RUN set -x && \
-    conda env export -n main > /app-build/environment-final.yml && \
-    cat /app-build/environment-final.yml && \
-    echo "done";
-
-RUN set -x && \
-    /opt/mambaforge/bin/conda-tree -n main deptree --small > /app-build/deptree.txt && \
-    cat /app-build/deptree.txt && \
-    echo "done";
-
 WORKDIR /app
 COPY . /app
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["tini", "-g", "--"]
-
-#CMD ["/bin/bash"]
-CMD ["bash"]
-#CMD ["/app/run_app.sh"]
+CMD ["bash"]
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