diff --git a/icetray_base/Dockerfile_base-devel-24.04 b/icetray_base/Dockerfile_base-devel-24.04
index b0fa98e..ab62bdf 100644
--- a/icetray_base/Dockerfile_base-devel-24.04
+++ b/icetray_base/Dockerfile_base-devel-24.04
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade -y && \
   python3-healpy python3-urllib3 python3-jsonschema \
   python3-zmq python3-pymysql python3-yaml python3-pandas python3-seaborn \
   python3-dev python3-pip python-is-python3 python3-mysqldb python3-h5py \
-  python3-venv \
+  python3-venv python3-setuptools python3-sphinx python3-breathe \
+  python3-meson python-urllib3 \
   zlib1g-dev liberfa-dev libstarlink-pal-dev \
   libopenblas-dev libsprng2-dev python3-mysqldb \
   libsuitesparse-dev libfftw3-dev \
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get upgrade -y && \
   nano vim sudo man-db lsb-release ninja-build pkg-config doxygen\
   && apt-get clean
 
-RUN pip3 install 'setuptools>=59.5' sphinx breathe 'meson>=1.2.0' urllib3>=2.0.4
+# RUN pip3 install 'setuptools>=59.5' sphinx breathe 'meson>=1.2.0' urllib3>=2.0.4
 
 #  zmqpp is needed, see hand-roll instructions:  https://github.com/zeromq/zmqpp
 RUN curl -L https://github.com/zeromq/zmqpp/archive/refs/tags/4.2.0.tar.gz | tar xz && \