diff --git a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
index ce3549aecb1e8d9d20602cf58b3c4d33703aeb5b..3696ffc4bddce643b40ceea4c2f761256d04f9e8 100644
--- a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ RUN apt-get -yqq update \
         ghostscript \
         gv \
         poppler-utils \
- && apt-get -yqq purge lmod \
  && apt-get -yqq autoremove \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*