diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 021657535..f0a1c0470 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -24,9 +24,9 @@ USER $MAMBA_USER
 ARG MAMBA_DOCKERFILE_ACTIVATE=1
 RUN micromamba install -y -c conda-forge -c bioconda -cbiocore -c etetoolkit \
     python biopython pandas psutil pysam scons seaborn zlib pyyaml scikit-learn \
-    mafft circlify ete3 # ete_toolchain
+    mafft circlify ete3
 RUN pip install colored-traceback dendropy levenshtein
-ENV XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/xdgrd  # this xdg runtime dir is for plotting (i think it's required for headless/xvfb-run)
+ENV XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/tmp/xdgrd
 RUN mkdir /tmp/xdgrd
 RUN chmod 0700 /tmp/xdgrd
 COPY --chown=$MAMBA_USER:$MAMBA_USER_GID . /partis