diff --git a/src/docker_modules/cutadapt/1.14/Dockerfile b/src/docker_modules/cutadapt/1.14/Dockerfile
index b8c5f54f41d5d349453fdb7062e9a1d3f0639c10..ae70b06743a18b1c1f975a9b5ab724c0cecbe504 100644
--- a/src/docker_modules/cutadapt/1.14/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/docker_modules/cutadapt/1.14/Dockerfile
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
-FROM ubuntu:18.04
+FROM alpine:3.8
 MAINTAINER Laurent Modolo
 
 ENV CUTADAPT_VERSION=1.14
-ENV PACKAGES build-essential=12.4* \
-             python3-pip=9.0.1* \
-             python3-setuptools=39.0.1* \
-             python3-dev=3.6.5* \
-             python3-wheel=0.30.0*
+ENV PACKAGES python3 \
+             python3-dev \
+             musl-dev \
+             gcc
 
-RUN apt-get update && \
-    apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends ${PACKAGES} && \
-    apt-get clean
+RUN apk update && \
+    apk add ${PACKAGES}
 
 RUN pip3 install cutadapt==${CUTADAPT_VERSION}