diff --git a/scripts/README.md b/scripts/README.md
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--- a/scripts/README.md
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@@ -48,19 +48,3 @@ the build machine (ask your friendly sysadmin on #deltachat Libera Chat) to type
 
 This will **rsync** your current checkout to the remote build machine 
 (no need to commit before) and then run either rust or python tests. 
-
-# coredeps Dockerfile
-
-`coredeps/Dockerfile` specifies an image that contains all 
-of Delta Chat's core dependencies. It is used to
-build python wheels (binary packages for Python).
-
-You can build the docker images yourself locally
-to avoid the relatively large download:
- 
-    cd scripts  # where all CI things are 
-    docker build -t deltachat/coredeps coredeps
-
-Additionally, you can install qemu and build arm64 docker image on x86\_64 machine:
-    apt-get install qemu binfmt-support qemu-user-static
-    docker build -t deltachat/coredeps-arm64 --build-arg BASEIMAGE=quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_aarch64 coredeps
diff --git a/scripts/coredeps/Dockerfile b/scripts/coredeps/Dockerfile
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index 55b90d9f6..000000000
--- a/scripts/coredeps/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-ARG BASEIMAGE=quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_x86_64
-#ARG BASEIMAGE=quay.io/pypa/musllinux_1_1_x86_64
-#ARG BASEIMAGE=quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_aarch64
-
-FROM $BASEIMAGE
-RUN pipx install tox
-COPY install-rust.sh /scripts/
-RUN /scripts/install-rust.sh
-RUN if command -v yum; then yum install -y perl-IPC-Cmd; fi
diff --git a/scripts/coredeps/install-rust.sh b/scripts/coredeps/install-rust.sh
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Install Rust
-#
-# Path from https://forge.rust-lang.org/infra/other-installation-methods.html
-#
-# Avoid using rustup here as it depends on reading /proc/self/exe and
-# has problems running under QEMU.
-RUST_VERSION=1.94.0
-
-ARCH="$(uname -m)"
-test -f "/lib/libc.musl-$ARCH.so.1" && LIBC=musl || LIBC=gnu
-
-curl "https://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-${RUST_VERSION}-$ARCH-unknown-linux-$LIBC.tar.gz" | tar xz
-cd "rust-${RUST_VERSION}-$ARCH-unknown-linux-$LIBC"
-./install.sh --prefix=/usr --components=rustc,cargo,"rust-std-$ARCH-unknown-linux-$LIBC"
-rustc --version
-cd ..
-rm -fr "rust-${RUST_VERSION}-$ARCH-unknown-linux-$LIBC"