diff --git a/contrib/docker/minimal-hardened-image/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/minimal-hardened-image/Dockerfile
index 360024aaf5..3f4e41f5c1 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/minimal-hardened-image/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/minimal-hardened-image/Dockerfile
@@ -23,14 +23,13 @@ RUN /home/nonroot/venv/bin/pip install mkdocs-techdocs-core==1.3.3
 # Build Node environment in a separate builder stage
 FROM cgr.dev/chainguard/wolfi-base:latest as node-builder
 
-ENV PYTHON_VERSION 3.12=~3.12
 ENV NODE_VERSION 20=~20.11
 ENV NODE_ENV production
 
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/var/cache/apk,sharing=locked,uid=65532,gid=65532 \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/var/lib/apk,sharing=locked,uid=65532,gid=65532 \
     apk update && \
-    apk add python-$PYTHON_VERSION nodejs-$NODE_VERSION yarn \
+    apk add nodejs-$NODE_VERSION yarn \
     # Install isolate-vm dependencies, these are needed by the @backstage/plugin-scaffolder-backend.
     openssl-dev brotli-dev c-ares-dev nghttp2-dev icu-dev zlib-dev gcc-12 libuv-dev build-base