diff --git a/pybind_interface/Dockerfile b/pybind_interface/Dockerfile
index c51563de..331ed789 100644
--- a/pybind_interface/Dockerfile
+++ b/pybind_interface/Dockerfile
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ FROM qsim
 # Install additional requirements
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-pybind11 python3-pytest python3-pip
 
-# The --force-reinstall flag is used mainly so that the old numpy installation from pybind
-# gets replaced with the one cirq requires
-RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages --prefer-binary cirq-core --force-reinstall
+# The --force and --break-system-packages flags are used mainly so that the old numpy
+# installation from pybind gets replaced with the one cirq requires
+RUN pip3 install --break-system-packages --prefer-binary cirq-core --force
 
 # Copy relevant files
 COPY ./pybind_interface/ /qsim/pybind_interface/