diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
index c667655afb27f65524053a62134ab6a082b47f63..0251b2b39297065b1f8ded70150b12362691ce84 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -49,19 +49,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-key update && apt-get install -y \
 # Install Node dependencies
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm install -g node-pre-gyp"
-
-##################
-# Python dependencies
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    python-all-dev \
-    python3-all-dev \
-    python-pip
-
-RUN pip install pip --upgrade
-RUN pip install virtualenv
-RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.2.0
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 8 && npm install -g node-pre-gyp"
 
 
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diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile
index 79f230186f04f7d44611d7ae35e66f244a14e49e..2d179c8c45994efe49af1f3a6c9985f43d27673e 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile
@@ -49,19 +49,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-key update && apt-get install -y \
 # Install Node dependencies
 RUN touch .profile
 RUN curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/v0.25.4/install.sh | bash
-RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 4 && npm install -g node-pre-gyp"
-
-##################
-# Python dependencies
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-    python-all-dev \
-    python3-all-dev \
-    python-pip
-
-RUN pip install pip --upgrade
-RUN pip install virtualenv
-RUN pip install futures==2.2.0 enum34==1.0.4 protobuf==3.2.0
+RUN /bin/bash -l -c "nvm install 8 && npm install -g node-pre-gyp"
 
 
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