diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 7f886c49..7b5d0f67 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 .bash_history
 
 # Git
-.git
 .github
 .gitignore
 
diff --git a/docker/production/Dockerfile b/docker/production/Dockerfile
index 4433d13a..76c5dc6d 100644
--- a/docker/production/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/production/Dockerfile
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ USER ${USERNAME}
 
 ADD --chown=${USERNAME}:${GROUPNAME} . ${USER_DIR}/
 
+
 # Install dependencies. Note: Base image already contains several of the
 # heaviest ones.
 RUN pip3 install -r requirements.txt -r deploy_requirements.txt
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ RUN pip3 install .
 RUN python3 setup.py build_sphinx
 RUN pip3 install .
 
+# Remove .git after building
+RUN rm -rf ${USER_DIR}/.git
+
 # gunicorn.conf is set up so that one can tune gunicorn settings when
 # running the container by setting environment an variable
 # GUNICORN_[setting], where setting is any of the parameters in this