diff --git a/images/ubuntu-2204/Dockerfile b/images/ubuntu-2204/Dockerfile
index c11c8d6..d599acf 100644
--- a/images/ubuntu-2204/Dockerfile
+++ b/images/ubuntu-2204/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ FROM ubuntu:22.04 as skeleton
 ENV NODE_VERSION "20.12.2"
 ENV NVM_VERSION "0.37.2"
 
-ENV PYTHON_VERSION "3.12"
-
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND noninteractive
 ENV TZ Etc/UTC
 
@@ -17,39 +15,15 @@ RUN apt update && \
             git \
             xz-utils \
             ca-certificates \
+            python3 \
+            python3-venv \
+            python3-pip \
             --no-install-recommends \
             --autoremove && \
             apt-get clean
 
 COPY ./files/registries.conf /etc/containers/registries.conf
 
-FROM skeleton AS build-python
-
-RUN apt update && \
-        apt upgrade -y && \
-        apt install -y \
-            build-essential \
-            libssl-dev \
-            zlib1g-dev \
-            libbz2-dev \
-            libreadline-dev \
-            libsqlite3-dev \
-            libncursesw5-dev \
-            tk-dev \
-            libxml2-dev \
-            libxmlsec1-dev \
-            libffi-dev \
-            liblzma-dev \
-            --no-install-recommends \
-            --autoremove && \
-            apt-get clean
-
-RUN curl https://pyenv.run | bash
-
-ENV PATH /root/.pyenv/bin:$PATH
-
-RUN pyenv install $PYTHON_VERSION
-
 FROM skeleton as runner
 
 WORKDIR /runner
@@ -68,12 +42,4 @@ RUN node --version
 
 RUN corepack enable
 
-COPY --from=build-python /root/.pyenv /root/.pyenv
-
-ENV PATH /root/.pyenv/bin:/root/.pyenv/shims:$PATH
-
-RUN pyenv global $PYTHON_VERSION
-
-RUN python --version
-
-RUN pip install pipx
+RUN python3 -m pip install pipx