diff --git a/ros2/source/devel/Dockerfile b/ros2/source/devel/Dockerfile
index 3f3fdcaa7..92a9e8cc5 100644
--- a/ros2/source/devel/Dockerfile
+++ b/ros2/source/devel/Dockerfile
@@ -50,10 +50,6 @@ RUN pip3 install -U \
     flake8-quotes \
     pytest-repeat \
     pytest-rerunfailures
-# This is a workaround for pytest not found causing builds to fail
-# Following RUN statements tests for regression of https://github.com/ros2/ros2/issues/722
-RUN pip3 freeze | grep pytest \
-    && python3 -m pytest --version
 
 # bootstrap rosdep
 RUN rosdep init \