diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index a9c941f80e08962d62329b7dd268e77f5a44d3f8..626c5c48cf7b02a68e28bdbec1e870fac0572b92 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -127,14 +127,14 @@ USER $USER
 WORKDIR $HOME
 
 # build the conda environment
-ENV ENV_PREFIX $HOME/env
-RUN conda update --name base --channel defaults conda \
- && conda env create --prefix $ENV_PREFIX --file /tmp/environment.yml --force \
- && conda clean --all --yes \
- # run the postBuild script to install any JupyterLab extensions
- && conda activate $ENV_PREFIX \
- && /usr/local/bin/postBuild.sh \
- && conda deactivate
+# ENV ENV_PREFIX $HOME/env
+# RUN conda update --name base --channel defaults conda \
+# && conda env create --prefix $ENV_PREFIX --file /tmp/environment.yml --force \
+# && conda clean --all --yes \
+# # run the postBuild script to install any JupyterLab extensions
+# && conda activate $ENV_PREFIX \
+# && /usr/local/bin/postBuild.sh \
+# && conda deactivate
 
 ENV LANG=C.UTF-8 LC_ALL=C.UTF-8
 ENV PATH /opt/conda/bin:$PATH