diff --git a/templates/rhel8/common/base.dockerfile.j2 b/templates/rhel8/common/base.dockerfile.j2
index a3946223..c30d754a 100644
--- a/templates/rhel8/common/base.dockerfile.j2
+++ b/templates/rhel8/common/base.dockerfile.j2
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2019-2024 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-{%- if 'docker' == rhel_platform %}
-FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8 AS base
-{% else %}
 FROM registry.access.redhat.com/ubi8
 LABEL name="rhel8_{{ distribution }}" \
       maintainer="openvino_docker@intel.com" \
@@ -11,7 +8,6 @@ LABEL name="rhel8_{{ distribution }}" \
       release="{{ product_version }}" \
       summary="Provides the latest release of Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) toolkit." \
       description="This is the {{ distribution }} image for Intel(R) Distribution of OpenVINO(TM) toolkit on RHEL UBI 8"
-{% endif -%}
 
 # hadolint ignore=DL3002
 USER root