diff --git a/images/Containerfile.core.base b/images/Containerfile.core.base
index 6c604809..f5c52d79 100644
--- a/images/Containerfile.core.base
+++ b/images/Containerfile.core.base
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ RUN pip install  \
 	gunicorn \
         python-nginx \
 	"django-storages[boto3,azure]>=1.12.2" \
-	"requests[use_chardet_on_py3]" \
-	pulpcore
+	"requests[use_chardet_on_py3]"
 
 RUN groupadd -g 700 --system pulp
 RUN useradd -d /var/lib/pulp --system -u 700 -g pulp pulp