diff --git a/docker/app/Dockerfile b/docker/app/Dockerfile
index df4f754a9d..adc0ddb177 100644
--- a/docker/app/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/app/Dockerfile
@@ -46,9 +46,8 @@ RUN composer install
 
 # PRODUCTION IMAGE
 FROM sillsdev/web-languageforge:base-php AS production-app
-RUN rm /usr/local/bin/install-php-extensions
+RUN rm /usr/local/bin/install-php-extensions /usr/local/bin/composer
 RUN apt-get remove -y gnupg2 git
-# TODO: remove composer - how do we do this?
 RUN mv $PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini-production $PHP_INI_DIR/php.ini
 # had to add /wait into prod image so the prod image could be run through E2E tests.
 COPY --from=sillsdev/web-languageforge:wait-latest /wait /wait