diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1af74fd18f9f..4f5c077005ac 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 FROM lyft/opsbase:caeebb8308bdb84831261a75530a010fbee2478d
 ARG IAM_ROLE
 COPY . /code/superset-private
-RUN cd /code/superset-private && git submodule update --init --recursive
+RUN cd /code/superset-private && make init_submodule
 COPY ops /code/superset-private/ops
 COPY requirements.* piptools_requirements.* /code/superset-private/
 COPY manifest.yaml /code/superset-private/manifest.yaml