diff --git a/containers/builder/Dockerfile b/containers/builder/Dockerfile
index 697eaf47fbb4df7fdbf7a9e5ab9a553e805575a6..b225b4353180402301c88f91ba25fff036104701 100644
--- a/containers/builder/Dockerfile
+++ b/containers/builder/Dockerfile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ RUN cd /opt/spack-environment \
  && spack env activate . \
  && export PODIO=`spack find -p podio | grep software | awk '{print $2}'` \
  && echo "export PODIO=${PODIO};" >> /etc/profile.d/z10_spack_environment.sh \
- && echo "export BINARY_TAG=x86_64-linux-gcc10-opt" >> /etc/profile.d/z10_spack_environment.sh
+ && echo "export BINARY_TAG=x86_64-linux-gcc9-opt" >> /etc/profile.d/z10_spack_environment.sh
 
 ## make sure we have the entrypoints setup correctly
 ENTRYPOINT []
diff --git a/deploy.py b/deploy.py
index dbc6480211d9b3ef449c4d382672181cd4d9bde7..f1e713bbf4a54a0f8798ddaef93599636fcfb920 100755
--- a/deploy.py
+++ b/deploy.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ IMAGE_ROOT='eic'
 
 PROGRAMS = ['eic-shell',
             'container_dev',
-            'root', 
+            #'root', 
             'ipython']
 
 ## URL for the current container (git tag will be filled in by the script)