diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 77827770c6..313d22ea1a 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1333,8 +1333,9 @@ def dockerfile_prepare_container_linux(argmap, backends, enable_gpu, target_mach
         gperftools-devel \\
         patchelf \\
         wget \\
-        numactl-devel \\
-        python3-pip
+        python3-pip \\
+        numactl-devel
+
 """
     else:
         df += """
@@ -1403,7 +1404,7 @@ def dockerfile_prepare_container_linux(argmap, backends, enable_gpu, target_mach
     if "python" in backends:
         if target_platform() == "rhel":
             df += """
-# python3, python3-pip and some pip installs required for the python backend
+# python3 and some pip installs required for the python backend
 RUN yum install -y \\
         libarchive-devel \\
         openssl-devel \\
@@ -1423,7 +1424,7 @@ def dockerfile_prepare_container_linux(argmap, backends, enable_gpu, target_mach
 """
         else:
             df += """
-# python3, python3-pip and some pip installs required for the python backend
+# python3 and some pip installs required for the python backend
 RUN apt-get update \\
       && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \\
             python3 \\