diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a91f6a1d4c2cec6380db46edd9a30af735c9aef..4090b8d90b7265ed7f3882d43ee7e8b64ea69ba4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ variables:
   GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: "gitlab@runner"
   NUM_SERVER_TO_KEEP: 5
   NUM_IMAGE_TO_KEEP: 30
-  PACKER_VER: 1.8.3
   PKR_VAR_root_ssh_key: "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBAFqqWgmYpEaGtHBeTu27ntVJpYjwq/x5aBefrvfhk8Z9lE3cuZ26vJ9n/9tGE4Zn2Pew1mpZgi6PzfJ3vMt8yA= root@master"
   DEV_KEY: "ssh-rsa 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 louistw@uab.edu"
 
@@ -50,10 +49,6 @@ build_docker_image:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y%m%d)
     - docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
   script:
-    - |
-      wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/$PACKER_VER/packer_${PACKER_VER}_linux_amd64.zip -O packer.zip
-      unzip packer.zip
-      rm packer.zip
     - docker build -t $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$BUILD_DATE -t $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest .
     - >
       docker run --rm $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE bash -c
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index be481fc5693df9930e79af337f426fa0e4555b3d..3be4c924c183203ab9c0927a93d5ec57856e4cf3 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ ENV S3CMD_VER=2.3.0
 ENV ANSIBLE_VER=4.10.0
 ENV OSC_VER=5.8.0
 ENV TF_VER=1.4.6
+ENV PACKER_VER=1.8.3
 
-ADD ./packer /usr/local/bin
 RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     git \
     ssh \
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y \
     wget \
     unzip \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/packer/${PACKER_VER}/packer_${PACKER_VER}_linux_amd64.zip \
+    && unzip packer_${PACKER_VER}_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin \
+    && rm packer_${PACKER_VER}_linux_amd64.zip
 RUN wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TF_VER}/terraform_${TF_VER}_linux_amd64.zip \
     && unzip terraform_${TF_VER}_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin \
     && rm terraform_${TF_VER}_linux_amd64.zip