diff --git a/deploy.py b/deploy.py
index c19229310a28df0b637da10cb0548250ee61ba62..2c838b60898ff7bff027412b13b811227ec86ff0 100755
--- a/deploy.py
+++ b/deploy.py
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ PROGRAMS = ['eic-shell',
             'ipython']
 
 ## URL for the current container (git tag will be filled in by the script)
-CONTAINER_URL = r'https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/{group}/{project}/-/jobs/artifacts/{version}/raw/build/{img}.sif?job={img}_singularity'
-
-CONTAINER_ENV=r'''source /etc/profile'''
+CONTAINER_URL = r'https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/{group}/{project}/-/jobs/artifacts/{version}/raw/build/{img}.sif?job=release_singularity'
 
 ## Singularity bind directive
 BIND_DIRECTIVE= '-B {0}:{0}'
@@ -66,10 +64,13 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             dest='local',
             help='Local deploy, will not install the modulefiles (you will have to run'
                   'the launchers scripts from their relative paths).')
-    parser.add_argument(
-            '--install-builder',
-            dest='builder',
-            help='(opt.) Install fat builder image, instead of normal slim image')
+    ## deprecated, we should just make sure the release image is good enough
+    ## builder singularity image will most likely be removed from the CI
+    ## in a future release
+    #parser.add_argument(
+            #'--install-builder',
+            #dest='builder',
+            #help='(opt.) Install fat builder image, instead of normal slim image')
 
     args = parser.parse_args()
 
@@ -119,8 +120,9 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     ## Get the container
     ## We want to slightly modify our version specifier: if it leads with a 'v' drop the v
     img = IMAGE_ROOT
-    if args.builder:
-        img += "_builder"
+    ## Builder SIF is not built anymore, deprecated
+    #if args.builder:
+        #img += "_builder"
     container = '{}/{}.sif.{}'.format(libdir, img, version)
     if not os.path.exists(container) or args.force:
         url = CONTAINER_URL.format(group=GROUP_NAME, project=PROJECT_NAME,
@@ -145,8 +147,6 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
             exe = prog[1]
         make_launcher(app, container, bindir,
                       bind=bind_directive,
-                      libexecdir=libexecdir,
-                      exe=exe,
-                      env=CONTAINER_ENV)
+                      exe=exe)
 
     print('Container deployment successful!')
diff --git a/install/launcher.py b/install/launcher.py
index 00742a6262502cdb365bafd912dbc8604358a1e8..535ffcf6c59e6bb4d6396d42c0914a6ec4c110ed 100644
--- a/install/launcher.py
+++ b/install/launcher.py
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 '''
 Generic launcher script to launch applications in this container.
 
-The launcher script fires off an auxilary wrapper script in the container,
-responsible to correctly setup the environment and then launch the application
-of choice.
+The launcher script calls the desired executable from the singularity image.
+As the new images have the environment properly setup, we can accomplish this
+without using any wrapper scripts.
 
 Authors:
     - Whitney Armstrong <warmstrong@anl.gov>
@@ -32,37 +32,9 @@ fi
 
 ## Fire off the application wrapper
 if [ ${{piped_args}} ]  ; then
-    echo -e ${{piped_args}} | singularity exec {bind} {container} {wrapper} $@
+    echo -e ${{piped_args}} | singularity exec {bind} {container} {exe} $@
 else
-    singularity exec {bind} {container} {wrapper} $@
-fi
-'''
-
-## Wrapper script called from within the container that loads the propper environment and
-## to then actually call our app
-_WRAPPER='''#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-## setup container environment
-{env}
-
-## Boilerplate to make pipes work
-piped_args=
-if [ -p /dev/stdin ]; then
-  # If we want to read the input line by line
-  while IFS= read line; do
-    if [ -z "$piped_args" ]; then
-      piped_args="${{line}}"
-    else 
-      piped_args="${{piped_args}}\n${{line}}"
-    fi
-  done
-fi
-
-## Launch the exe
-if [ ${{piped_args}} ]  ; then
-    echo -e ${{piped_args}} | {exe} $@
-else
-    {exe} $@
+    singularity exec {bind} {container} {exe} $@
 fi
 '''
 
@@ -73,8 +45,8 @@ def _write_script(path, content):
     os.system('chmod +x {}'.format(path))
     
 def make_launcher(app, container, bindir, 
-                  bind='', libexecdir=None, exe=None, env=''):
-    '''Configure and install a launcher/wrapper pair.
+                  bind='', exe=None):
+    '''Configure and install a launcher.
 
     Arguments:
         - app: our application
@@ -82,30 +54,22 @@ def make_launcher(app, container, bindir,
         - bindir: absolute launcher install path
     Optional:
         - bind: singularity bind directives
-        - libexecdir: absolute wrapper install path. 
-                      Default is bindir.
         - exe: executable to be associated with app. 
                Default is app.
         - env: environment directives to be added to the wrapper. 
                Multiline string. Default is nothing
     '''
-    ## assume bindir and libexecdir exist, are absolute, and are writable
-    if libexecdir is None:
-        libexecdir = bindir
+    if not exe:
+        exe = app
+
 
-    ## actual exe we want to run, default: same as app
-    exe=exe
-    
     ## paths
     launcher_path = '{}/{}'.format(bindir, app)
-    wrapper_path = '{}/{}_wrap'.format(libexecdir, app)
 
     ## scripts --> use absolute path for wrapper path inside launcher
     launcher = _LAUNCHER.format(container=container, 
                                 bind=bind,
-                                wrapper=wrapper_path)
-    wrapper = _WRAPPER.format(env=env, exe=exe)
+                                exe=exe)
 
     ## write our scripts
     _write_script(launcher_path, launcher)
-    _write_script(wrapper_path, wrapper)