diff --git a/src/.docker_modules/multiqc/1.11/Dockerfile b/src/.docker_modules/multiqc/1.11/Dockerfile
index afd7fe082aa6acdf6df573022bb88aa79f8c45c2..cd6e68e662bdd660e3c58f2ad51ff72ec1e7bfa5 100644
--- a/src/.docker_modules/multiqc/1.11/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/.docker_modules/multiqc/1.11/Dockerfile
@@ -1,14 +1,8 @@
-FROM debian:stretch
+FROM python:3.9-slim
 MAINTAINER Laurent Modolo
 
 ENV MULTIQC_VERSION=1.11
-ENV PACKAGES build-essential \
-             python3-pip \
-             python3-setuptools \
-             python3-dev \
-             python3-wheel \
-             procps \
-             locales
+ENV PACKAGES procps locales
 
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES} && \