diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 97f6bee1..8e1b7284 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
-src/settings.py
-givenergy_modbus
\ No newline at end of file
+src/settings.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5a12f46f..d4692e7d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ settings.old
 __pycache__
 givtcp_debug.log
 .venv
-.vscode
-/givenergy_modbus
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 3fb7bd13..b1d0f8f0 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ RUN pip install -r requirements.txt
 
 # copy the content of the local src directory to the working directory
 COPY src/ .
-ADD givenergy_modbus /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/givenergy_modbus
 
 ENV INVERTOR_IP=""
 ENV MQTT_OUTPUT="True"