diff --git a/.github/workflows/catalog.yaml b/.github/workflows/catalog.yaml
index 2e9714f9c6..d2b0c0bd77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/catalog.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/catalog.yaml
@@ -22,14 +22,6 @@ jobs:
            fetch-depth: 0
            set-safe-directory: '*'
 
-      - name: install deps
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        run: |
-          remotes::install_deps(".", dep=TRUE)
-          install.packages("bench")
-          install.packages("aws.s3")
-          #reticulate::install_python(version = '3.11.5')
-
       - name: install validator
         run: |
           pip install stac-validator
diff --git a/.github/workflows/combined.yaml b/.github/workflows/combined.yaml
index 008ff6969a..fc807ab7e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/combined.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/combined.yaml
@@ -64,14 +64,6 @@ jobs:
            fetch-depth: 0
            set-safe-directory: '*'
 
-      - name: install deps
-        shell: Rscript {0}
-        run: |
-          remotes::install_deps(".", dep=TRUE)
-          install.packages("bench")
-          install.packages("aws.s3")
-          #reticulate::install_python(version = '3.11.5')
-
       - name: install validator
         run: |
           pip install stac-validator
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 98cecde3df..774744b256 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install libnetcdf-dev
 
 #USER ${NB_USER}
 
-
-
 RUN install2.r devtools remotes reticulate
 
-RUN R -e "remotes::install_github(c('cboettig/minioclient','eco4cast/EFIstandards','cboettig/aws.s3','rqthomas/cronR','eco4cast/score4cast','EcoForecast/ecoforecastR','eco4cast/neon4cast','cboettig/prov', 'eco4cast/read4cast','eco4cast/gefs4cast'))"
+RUN R -e "remotes::install_github(c('cboettig/minioclient','eco4cast/stac4cast', 'eco4cast/EFIstandards','cboettig/aws.s3','rqthomas/cronR','eco4cast/score4cast','EcoForecast/ecoforecastR','eco4cast/neon4cast','cboettig/prov', 'eco4cast/read4cast','eco4cast/gefs4cast'))"
+
+RUN install2.r arrow renv rjags neonstore ISOweek RNetCDF fable fabletools forecast imputeTS duckdbfs gsheet
 
-RUN install2.r arrow renv rjags neonstore ISOweek RNetCDF fable fabletools forecast imputeTS ncdf4 scoringRules tidybayes tidync udunits2 bench contentid yaml RCurl here feasts future furrr
+RUN install2.r ncdf4 scoringRules tidybayes tidync udunits2 bench contentid yaml RCurl here feasts future furrr jsonlite
 
 RUN R -e "reticulate::install_python(version = '3.9:latest', list = FALSE, force = FALSE)"