diff --git a/contrib/docker/kubernetes-example-backend/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/kubernetes-example-backend/Dockerfile
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-FROM node:14-buster
-
-WORKDIR /usr/src/app
-
-# (workaround) Install cookiecutter and mkdocs to avoid the need to run docker in docker
-RUN cd /tmp && curl -O https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.8.2/Python-3.8.2.tar.xz && \
-    tar -xvf Python-3.8.2.tar.xz && \
-    cd Python-3.8.2 && \
-    ./configure --enable-optimizations && \
-    make -j 4 && \
-    make altinstall
-
-RUN apt update
-RUN apt install -y mkdocs
-
-RUN pip3.8 install mkdocs-techdocs-core
-
-RUN pip3.8 install cookiecutter && \
-    apt remove -y build-essential zlib1g-dev libncurses5-dev libgdbm-dev libnss3-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev libreadline-dev libffi-dev libbz2-dev g++ python-pip python-dev && \
-    rm -rf /var/cache/apt/* /tmp/Python-3.8.2
-
-# Copy repo skeleton first, to avoid unnecessary docker cache invalidation.
-# The skeleton contains the package.json of each package in the monorepo,
-# and along with yarn.lock and the root package.json, that's enough to run yarn install.
-ADD yarn.lock package.json skeleton.tar ./
-
-RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile --production
-
-# This will copy the contents of the dist-workspace when running the build-image command.
-# Do not use this Dockerfile outside of that command, as it will copy in the source code instead.
-COPY . .
-
-CMD ["node", "packages/backend", "--config", "app-config.yaml", "--config", "app-config.development.yaml"]
diff --git a/contrib/docker/kubernetes-example-backend/README.md b/contrib/docker/kubernetes-example-backend/README.md
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-# Example backend Dockerfile
-
-This Dockerfile will build the example backend with certain additional binaries needed to workaround
-the docker requirement in the scaffolder and techdocs.
-
-# Usage
-
-```bash
-yarn docker-build -f <absolute_path_to_the_dockerfile> --tag <your_tag>
-```
-
-> The absolute path is necessary as this directory is not copied to the build workspace when building
-> the docker image.