diff --git a/container/Dockerfile b/container/Dockerfile
index 8fa42ae..88296c2 100644
--- a/container/Dockerfile
+++ b/container/Dockerfile
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ RUN groupadd --gid "$USER_GID" "$USERNAME" \
 # Set work directory
 WORKDIR /workspaces/art-bot
 
+# Fixes issue "ERROR: Cannot uninstall requests 2.25.1, RECORD file not found. Hint: The package was installed by rpm."
+RUN rpm -e --nodeps python3-requests
+
 # Clone art-tools and run install.sh script
 RUN git clone https://github.com/openshift-eng/art-tools.git art-tools \
  && cd art-tools \
@@ -68,4 +71,4 @@ RUN cp -r /tmp/art-bot/{artbotlib,art-bot.py,art_bot_dev.py} . \
  && rm -rf /tmp/art-bot
 
 # Set non-root user
-USER "$USER_UID"
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+USER "$USER_UID"
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index 7f4223c..3ae3005 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ coverage
 flake8
 flexmock
 mock
-pygit2 == 1.10.1 # https://github.com/libgit2/pygit2/issues/1176
 pylint
 pytest
 tox
-Cmake
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+Cmake