diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 2cd1cfe0..43fbb914 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ __pycache__/
 
 venv/
 .venv/
-.docker-venv/
 node_modules/
 
 build/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9840f7ae..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,85 +0,0 @@
-name: Build Docker image
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-  # pull_request:
-
-env:
-  DOCKER_IMAGE: archivebox-ci
-
-
-jobs:
-  buildx:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-          fetch-depth: 1
-
-      - name: Set up QEMU
-        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
-      
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        id: buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
-        with:
-          version: latest
-          install: true
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7
-      
-      - name: Builder instance name
-        run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
-      
-      - name: Available platforms
-        run: echo ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.platforms }}
-      
-      - name: Cache Docker layers
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
-
-      - name: Docker Login
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
-        with:
-           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      
-      - name: Collect Docker tags
-        id: docker_meta
-        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
-        with:
-          images: archivebox/archivebox,nikisweeting/archivebox
-          flavor: |
-              latest=auto
-          tags: |
-              type=ref,event=branch
-              type=semver,pattern={{version}}
-              type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
-              type=sha
-      
-      - name: Build and push
-        id: docker_build
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
-        with:
-          context: ./
-          file: ./Dockerfile
-          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
-          push: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' }}
-          tags: ${{ steps.docker_meta.outputs.tags }}
-          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
-          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
-          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7
-
-      - name: Image digest
-        run: echo ${{ steps.docker_build.outputs.digest }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f88ab61..856778d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ tests/out/
 # Python and Node dependencies
 venv/
 .venv/
-.docker-venv/
 node_modules/
 
 # Packaging artifacts
@@ -32,4 +31,3 @@ output/
 
 # kotovalexarian
 /deb_dist/
-/docker/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 05a94362..4f03fdc4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1014,7 +1014,7 @@ Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesyst
 
 </details>
 
-#### Build pip package and docker image
+#### Build pip package
 
 <details><summary><i>Click to expand...</i></summary>
 
@@ -1024,7 +1024,6 @@ Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesyst
 
 # or individually:
 ./bin/build_deb.sh
-./bin/build_docker.sh
 ```
 
 </details>
@@ -1039,7 +1038,6 @@ Extractors take the URL of a page to archive, write their output to the filesyst
 
 # or individually:
 ./bin/release_deb.sh
-./bin/release_docker.sh
 ```
 
 </details>
diff --git a/archivebox/.flake8 b/archivebox/.flake8
index 01af646d..57a24adb 100644
--- a/archivebox/.flake8
+++ b/archivebox/.flake8
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ ignore = D100,D101,D102,D103,D104,D105,D202,D203,D205,D400,E131,E241,E252,E266,E
 select = F,E9,W
 max-line-length = 130
 max-complexity = 10
-exclude = migrations,tests,node_modules,vendor,venv,.venv,.venv2,.docker-venv
+exclude = migrations,tests,node_modules,vendor,venv,.venv,.venv2
diff --git a/bin/build.sh b/bin/build.sh
index 7fba4651..1e92b0b6 100755
--- a/bin/build.sh
+++ b/bin/build.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ cd "$REPO_DIR"
 
 # the order matters
 ./bin/build_deb.sh
-./bin/build_docker.sh
 
 echo "[√] Done. Install the built package by running:"
 echo "    python3 setup.py install"
diff --git a/bin/build_dev.sh b/bin/build_dev.sh
index b5acda44..67412469 100755
--- a/bin/build_dev.sh
+++ b/bin/build_dev.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# ./bin/build_docker.sh dev 'linux/arm/v7'
 
 ### Bash Environment Setup
 # http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
@@ -32,4 +31,4 @@ docker build . --no-cache -t archivebox-dev --load
 #                -t archivebox \
 #                -t archivebox:$TAG_NAME \
 #                -t archivebox:$VERSION \
-#                -t archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
+#                -t archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION
diff --git a/bin/build_docker.sh b/bin/build_docker.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index c88ed54c..00000000
--- a/bin/build_docker.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# ./bin/build_docker.sh dev 'linux/arm/v7'
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-which docker > /dev/null || exit 1
-which jq > /dev/null || exit 1
-# which pdm > /dev/null || exit 1
-
-SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7"
-
-TAG_NAME="${1:-$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)}"
-VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' < "$REPO_DIR/package.json")"
-SHORT_VERSION="$(echo "$VERSION" | perl -pe 's/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/$1.$2/g')"
-SELECTED_PLATFORMS="${2:-$SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS}"
-
-echo "[+] Building Docker image: tag=$TAG_NAME version=$SHORT_VERSION arch=$SELECTED_PLATFORMS"
-
-function check_platforms() {
-    INSTALLED_PLATFORMS="$(docker buildx inspect | grep 'Platforms:' )"
-
-    for REQUIRED_PLATFORM in ${SELECTED_PLATFORMS//,/$IFS}; do
-        echo "[+] Checking for: $REQUIRED_PLATFORM..."
-        if ! (echo "$INSTALLED_PLATFORMS" | grep -q "$REQUIRED_PLATFORM"); then
-            return 1
-        fi
-    done
-    echo
-    return 0
-}
-
-function remove_builder() {
-    # remove existing xbuilder
-    docker buildx stop xbuilder || true
-    docker buildx rm xbuilder || true
-}
-
-function create_builder() {
-    docker buildx use xbuilder && return 0
-    echo "[+] Creating new xbuilder for: $SELECTED_PLATFORMS"
-    echo
-
-    # Switch to buildx builder if already present / previously created
-    docker buildx create --name xbuilder --driver docker-container --bootstrap --use --platform "$SELECTED_PLATFORMS" || true
-    docker buildx inspect --bootstrap || true
-}
-
-function recreate_builder() {
-    # Install QEMU binaries for cross-platform building if not installed
-    docker run --privileged --rm 'tonistiigi/binfmt' --install all
-
-    remove_builder
-    create_builder
-}
-
-# Check if docker is ready for cross-plaform builds, if not, recreate builder
-docker buildx use xbuilder 2>&1 >/dev/null || create_builder
-check_platforms || (recreate_builder && check_platforms) || exit 1
-
-
-# Build python package lists
-echo "[+] Generating requirements.txt and pdm.lock from pyproject.toml..."
-pdm lock --group=':all' --strategy="cross_platform" --production
-pdm export --group=':all' --production --without-hashes -o requirements.txt
-
-echo "[+] Building archivebox:$VERSION docker image..."
-# docker builder prune
-# docker build . --no-cache -t archivebox-dev \
-# replace --load with --push to deploy
-docker buildx build --platform "$SELECTED_PLATFORMS" --load . \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:$TAG_NAME \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:$VERSION \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:latest \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:$TAG_NAME \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:$VERSION \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:latest \
-               -t ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox/archivebox:$TAG_NAME \
-               -t ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox/archivebox:$VERSION \
-               -t ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox/archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION
diff --git a/bin/release.sh b/bin/release.sh
index 7798a112..922f70c8 100755
--- a/bin/release.sh
+++ b/bin/release.sh
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@ cd "$REPO_DIR"
 # Run all the build scripts
 ./bin/build_git.sh
 ./bin/build_deb.sh
-./bin/build_docker.sh
 
 # Push relase to public repositories
 ./bin/release_git.sh
 ./bin/release_deb.sh
-./bin/release_docker.sh
 
 VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' < "$REPO_DIR/package.json")"
 echo "[√] Done. Published version v$VERSION"
diff --git a/bin/release_docker.sh b/bin/release_docker.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 15e1b666..00000000
--- a/bin/release_docker.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-### Bash Environment Setup
-# http://redsymbol.net/articles/unofficial-bash-strict-mode/
-# https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/The-Set-Builtin.html
-# set -o xtrace
-set -o errexit
-set -o errtrace
-set -o nounset
-set -o pipefail
-IFS=$'\n'
-
-REPO_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" >/dev/null 2>&1 && cd .. && pwd )"
-cd "$REPO_DIR"
-
-SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS="linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7"
-
-TAG_NAME="${1:-$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)}"
-VERSION="$(jq -r '.version' < "$REPO_DIR/package.json")"
-SHORT_VERSION="$(echo "$VERSION" | perl -pe 's/(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)/$1.$2/g')"
-SELECTED_PLATFORMS="${2:-$SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS}"
-
-
-# echo "[*] Logging in to Docker Hub & Github Container Registry"
-# docker login --username=nikisweeting
-# docker login ghcr.io --username=pirate
-
-echo "[^] Building docker image"
-./bin/build_docker.sh "$TAG_NAME" "$SELECTED_PLATFORMS"
-
-echo "[^] Uploading docker image"
-docker buildx build --platform "$SELECTED_PLATFORMS" --push . \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:$TAG_NAME \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:$VERSION \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION \
-               -t archivebox/archivebox:latest \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:$TAG_NAME \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:$VERSION \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION \
-               -t nikisweeting/archivebox:latest \
-               -t ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox/archivebox:$TAG_NAME \
-               -t ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox/archivebox:$VERSION \
-               -t ghcr.io/archivebox/archivebox/archivebox:$SHORT_VERSION
\ No newline at end of file