diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
index 15c7b31816788af13782e6d70ad5cdb4b7e4fc14..3271d1b2c2dcd22dd835a32516d76c72d3f5fc14 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_java_base/Dockerfile
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ RUN cd /var/local/git/protobuf && \
   ./configure --prefix=/usr && \
   make -j12 && make check && make install && make clean
 
-# Get the source from GitHub
-RUN git clone --recursive git@github.com:google/grpc-java.git /var/local/git/grpc-java
-
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc-java/lib/okhttp && \
   mvn -pl okhttp -am validate
 RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc-java/lib/netty && \