diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 4fd240f03..0424b18e6 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
-FROM golang:alpine as builder
-
+FROM golang:1.12 as builder
 ENV PATH /go/bin:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 ENV GOPATH /go
-
-RUN apk add --no-cache \
-	ca-certificates \
-	--virtual .build-deps \
-	git \
-	gcc \
-	libc-dev \
-	libgcc \
-	make \
-	bash
-
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/virtual-kubelet/virtual-kubelet
 ARG BUILD_TAGS="netgo osusergo"
 RUN make VK_BUILD_TAGS="${BUILD_TAGS}" build
 RUN cp bin/virtual-kubelet /usr/bin/virtual-kubelet
 
-
 FROM scratch
 COPY --from=builder /usr/bin/virtual-kubelet /usr/bin/virtual-kubelet
 COPY --from=builder /etc/ssl/certs/ /etc/ssl/certs