diff --git a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
index 1254aa07a20f0baf9b6b5391bcf6a2726a12ce3e..ab76848225fb057362b29f63d21a90696b9497c8 100644
--- a/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/containers/release/Dockerfile.in
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ RUN apt-get -yqq update \
  && apt-get -yqq install --no-install-recommends \
         ghostscript \
         gv \
+ && apt-get -yqq purge lmod \
  && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 ## Copy over files from builder