diff --git a/daliuge-common/build_common.sh b/daliuge-common/build_common.sh
index 077fbb908..ab613541d 100755
--- a/daliuge-common/build_common.sh
+++ b/daliuge-common/build_common.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ case "$1" in
         exit 0;;
     "devcuda")
         export VCS_TAG=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
-        echo "Building daliuge-common development version using tag ${VCS_TAG}"
+        echo "Building daliuge-common cuda development version using tag ${VCS_TAG}"
         docker build --build-arg VCS_TAG=${VCS_TAG} --no-cache -t icrar/daliuge-common:${VCS_TAG} -f docker/Dockerfile.cuda .
         echo "Build finished!"
         exit 0;;
diff --git a/daliuge-common/docker/Dockerfile.cuda b/daliuge-common/docker/Dockerfile.cuda
index cd93affac..6ff772ba9 100644
--- a/daliuge-common/docker/Dockerfile.cuda
+++ b/daliuge-common/docker/Dockerfile.cuda
@@ -7,21 +7,16 @@ FROM ubuntu:20.04
 ARG BUILD_ID
 LABEL stage=builder
 LABEL build=$BUILD_ID
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y gcc python3 python3.8-venv && apt-get clean
+RUN apt-get update && \
+    apt-get install -y gcc python3 python3.8-venv python3-pip python3-distutils libmetis-dev curl git sudo && \
+    apt-get clean
 
 COPY / /daliuge
 
-RUN cd && python3 -m venv dlg && cd /daliuge && \
-    . ${HOME}/dlg/bin/activate && \
-    pip install numpy && \
-    pip install . && \
-    apt-get remove -y gcc && \
-    apt-get autoremove -y
-
-
-FROM ubuntu:20.04
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y bash
-COPY --from=0 /root/dlg /root/dlg
+RUN cd / && python3 -m venv dlg && cd /daliuge && \
+    . /dlg/bin/activate && \
+    pip install wheel numpy && \
+    pip install .
 
 RUN apt install -y wget gnupg2 software-properties-common
 RUN mkdir -p /code && cd /code &&\
@@ -35,4 +30,6 @@ RUN DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt -y --no-install-recommends install \
     cuda-minimal-build-11-2 cuda-libraries-11-2 cuda-libraries-dev-11-2 &&\
     ln -s /usr/local/cuda-11.2 /usr/local/cuda &&\
     ln -s /usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/lib /usr/local/cuda/lib &&\
-    ln -s /usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/include /usr/local/cuda/include
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+    ln -s /usr/local/cuda/targets/x86_64-linux/include /usr/local/cuda/include
+
+# we don't clean this up, will be done in the derived images
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