diff --git a/src/Dockerfile b/src/Dockerfile
index 865d7f2e..e071165d 100644
--- a/src/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/Dockerfile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# This Dockerfile is used to build the datapump layer for the lambdas.
 FROM public.ecr.aws/lambda/python:3.10
 
 ENV WORKDIR /opt
@@ -8,18 +9,13 @@ RUN mkdir -p /opt/python
 # Make the dir and to install all packages into packages/
 COPY . $WORKDIR
 
-# installing dependencies to build package
+# Installing dependencies to build package. This implicitly uses setup.py for the
+# dependency list.
 RUN pip install . -t python
 
-# This next line needs to be changed (just increment the number) in order
-# to change the hash of the file and get TF to realize it needs to be
-# redeployed. Ticket for a better solution:
-# https://gfw.atlassian.net/browse/GTC-1250
-# change 35
-
 RUN yum install -y zip geos-devel
 
-# Precompile all python packages and remove .py files
+# Remove any precompiled files and __pycache__ dirs
 RUN find python/ -type f -name '*.pyc' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
 RUN find python/ -type d -a -name '__pycache__' -print0 | xargs -0 rm -rf
 
diff --git a/terraform/modules/datapump/data.tf b/terraform/modules/datapump/data.tf
index ed99fd72..ea9c25a2 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/datapump/data.tf
+++ b/terraform/modules/datapump/data.tf
@@ -20,11 +20,48 @@ data "template_file" "sfn_datapump" {
   }
 }
 
-module "py310_datapump_021" {
-  source         = "git::https://github.com/wri/gfw-lambda-layers.git//terraform/modules/lambda_layer"
-  bucket         = var.pipelines_bucket
-  name           = "datapump-${terraform.workspace}"
-  module_version = "0.2.1"
-  runtime        = "python3.10"
-  layer_path     = "${var.lambda_layers_path}/"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+# Terraform to create and upload layer.zip of the datapump source code
+# and dependencies.
+
+locals {
+  layer_name = substr("python3.10-datapump-${terraform.workspace}_0.2.1", 0, 64)
+
+}
+
+# Build the Docker image and copy ZIP file to local folder
+# Always build the zip file so we can do a hash on the entire source.
+resource "null_resource" "build" {
+  triggers = {
+    curtime = timestamp()
+  }
+
+  provisioner "local-exec" {
+    command     = "${path.module}/scripts/build.sh ${var.lambda_layers_path} ${local.layer_name}"
+    interpreter = ["bash", "-c"]
+  }
+}
+
+data "external" "layer_sha256" {
+  program = [ "${path.module}/scripts/hash.sh", "${var.lambda_layers_path}/layer.zip"]
+  depends_on = [null_resource.build]
+}
+
+resource "aws_s3_bucket_object" "py310_datapump_021" {
+  bucket = var.pipelines_bucket
+  key    = "lambda_layers/${local.layer_name}.zip"
+  source = "${var.lambda_layers_path}/layer.zip"
+  # This is what decides if the s3 upload of the layer will happen,
+  # though terraform seems to do its own hash of the zip file as well.
+  etag   = lookup(data.external.layer_sha256.result, "hash")
+}
+
+resource "aws_lambda_layer_version" "py310_datapump_021" {
+  layer_name          = replace(local.layer_name, ".", "")
+  s3_bucket           = aws_s3_bucket_object.py310_datapump_021.bucket
+  s3_key              = aws_s3_bucket_object.py310_datapump_021.key
+  compatible_runtimes = ["python3.10"]
+  # This decides if the actual layer will be replaced in the lambda,
+  # though terraform seems use its own etag of the zip file on S3 as well,
+  # which means we always update the zip file.
+  source_code_hash    = lookup(data.external.layer_sha256.result, "hash")
+}
diff --git a/terraform/modules/datapump/lambdas.tf b/terraform/modules/datapump/lambdas.tf
index 4fb147c3..1b30ef78 100644
--- a/terraform/modules/datapump/lambdas.tf
+++ b/terraform/modules/datapump/lambdas.tf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "dispatcher" {
   publish          = true
   tags             = local.tags
   layers           = [
-    module.py310_datapump_021.layer_arn,
+    aws_lambda_layer_version.py310_datapump_021.arn,
     var.numpy_lambda_layer_arn,
     var.rasterio_lambda_layer_arn,
     var.shapely_lambda_layer_arn
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "executor" {
   timeout          = var.lambda_params.timeout
   publish          = true
   tags             = local.tags
-  layers           = [module.py310_datapump_021.layer_arn]
+  layers           = [aws_lambda_layer_version.py310_datapump_021.arn]
   environment {
     variables = {
       ENV                            = var.environment
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "postprocessor" {
   publish          = true
   tags             = local.tags
   layers           = [
-    module.py310_datapump_021.layer_arn,
+    aws_lambda_layer_version.py310_datapump_021.arn,
     var.numpy_lambda_layer_arn,
     var.rasterio_lambda_layer_arn,
     var.shapely_lambda_layer_arn
@@ -82,4 +82,4 @@ resource "aws_lambda_function" "postprocessor" {
       DATAPUMP_TABLE_NAME            = aws_dynamodb_table.datapump.name
     }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/terraform/modules/datapump/scripts/build.sh b/terraform/modules/datapump/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..79bb2aa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/modules/datapump/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This is the same build script as in gfw-lambda-layers/terraform/modules/lambda_layer/scripts/build.sh
+# It builds and runs a docker as specified in ${1}/Dockerfile to create a layer.zip.
+
+set -e
+
+LAYER_PATH="${1}"
+IMAGE="globalforestwatch/${2}"
+
+echo -n "${LAYER_PATH}" > "${LAYER_PATH}/foo.txt"
+date >> "${LAYER_PATH}/foo.txt"
+CONTAINER_NAME="container_$(sha1sum ${LAYER_PATH}/foo.txt |cut -c 1-8)"
+
+pushd "${LAYER_PATH}"
+
+echo "BUILD image ${IMAGE}"
+docker build --no-cache -t "${IMAGE}"  .
+
+echo "CREATE container ${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+docker run -itd --name "${CONTAINER_NAME}" "${IMAGE}" /bin/bash
+
+echo "COPY ZIP package to host"
+docker cp "${CONTAINER_NAME}":"/opt/layer.zip" layer.zip
+
+echo "STOP container"
+docker stop "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+docker wait "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+
+echo "REMOVE container"
+docker rm -f "${CONTAINER_NAME}"
+
+popd
diff --git a/terraform/modules/datapump/scripts/hash.sh b/terraform/modules/datapump/scripts/hash.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..19925ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/terraform/modules/datapump/scripts/hash.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# This does a hash of the zip file, but that includes all the modified times of the
+# files, which keep changing, even when the file names and contents are the same. I
+# tried generating a hash using only filenames and contents, but terraform seems to
+# create its own hash of the layer.zip file as well, so basically we're always going
+# to update the layer.zip no matter what, which seems fine.
+hash=$(sha256sum $1 | cut -d' ' -f1)
+
+echo '{ "hash": "'"$hash"'" }'