diff --git a/docker/ci/x86_64/Dockerfile b/docker/ci/x86_64/Dockerfile
index 2c7fb0d8d7b..f0f1e242b78 100644
--- a/docker/ci/x86_64/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/ci/x86_64/Dockerfile
@@ -12,15 +12,9 @@ RUN if [ "$TARGETPLATFORM" = "linux/arm/v6" ];   then BIN=stash-linux-arm32v6; \
 FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM alpine:latest AS app
 COPY --from=binary /stash /usr/bin/
 
-# vips version 8.15.0-r0 breaks thumbnail generation on arm32v6
-# need to use 8.14.3-r0 from alpine 3.18 instead
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache --virtual .build-deps gcc python3-dev musl-dev \
-    && apk add --no-cache ca-certificates python3 py3-requests py3-requests-toolbelt py3-lxml py3-pip ffmpeg ruby tzdata \
-    && apk add --no-cache --repository http://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/v3.18/community vips=8.14.3-r0 vips-tools=8.14.3-r0 \
-    && pip install --user --break-system-packages mechanicalsoup cloudscraper bencoder.pyx stashapp-tools \
-    && gem install faraday \
-    && apk del .build-deps
+RUN apk add --no-cache ca-certificates python3 py3-requests py3-requests-toolbelt py3-lxml py3-pip ffmpeg ruby tzdata vips vips-tools \
+    && pip install --user --break-system-packages mechanicalsoup cloudscraper stashapp-tools \
+    && gem install faraday
 ENV STASH_CONFIG_FILE=/root/.stash/config.yml
 
 # Basic build-time metadata as defined at https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec/blob/main/annotations.md#pre-defined-annotation-keys