diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
index c5087ffee..51ce99af6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-docker.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ jobs:
           - binary: tangle
             features: default
             image_name: tangle
-          - binary: tangle
-            features: txpool
-            image_name: tangle-txpool
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
diff --git a/docker/Tangle.Dockerfile b/docker/Tangle.Dockerfile
index 9a44c8aea..8730af4a2 100644
--- a/docker/Tangle.Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Tangle.Dockerfile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y git \
   libgmp3-dev protobuf-compiler ca-certificates \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* && update-ca-certificates
 
-RUN cargo build --locked --release
+RUN cargo build --locked --release --features txpool
 
 # This is the 2nd stage: a very small image where we copy the tangle binary."
 FROM docker.io/parity/base-bin:latest