diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 1cc85b3cb4..2b474b9d37 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,10 +44,7 @@ VOLUME /var/lib/zuul
 CMD ["/usr/local/bin/zuul"]
 
 FROM zuul as zuul-executor
-COPY --from=builder /output/ /output
 COPY --from=builder /usr/local/lib/zuul/ /usr/local/lib/zuul
-RUN pip install --cache-dir=/output/wheels -r /output/zuul_executor/requirements.txt \
-  && rm -rf /output
 
 CMD ["/usr/local/bin/zuul-executor"]
 
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 95b33f0f29..64df46555d 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -54,6 +54,3 @@ migrate=
 zuul_base =
     PyMySQL
     psycopg2-binary
-zuul_executor =
-    ara
-    openstacksdk