diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile
index 28bd7b2556f2c2b85866bdc1ed7130e726adc4ae..4ca0e53c0a970dd0fca5fc21b957f129ec7d9daa 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_node_base/Dockerfile
@@ -15,8 +15,5 @@ RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc && \
   git pull --recurse-submodules && \
   git submodule update --init --recursive
 
-# Build the C core
-RUN make static_c shared_c -j12 -C /var/local/git/grpc
-
 # Define the default command.
 CMD ["bash"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
index 47266a310e381e6633744e90ae6e09da26b9710d..900d8abe3075f6796c3059897140e954d9b2c6fc 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
@@ -88,8 +88,5 @@ RUN wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar \
   && chmod +x phpunit.phar \
   && mv phpunit.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit
 
-# Build the C core
-RUN make static_c shared_c -j12 -C /var/local/git/grpc
-
 # Define the default command.
 CMD ["bash"]
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile
index ec4544d2fdf73e71fb7f10305a938463571dbddd..787f1290b0fa452954704de3ac77da694490fe7b 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_ruby_base/Dockerfile
@@ -53,6 +53,3 @@ RUN cd /var/local/git/grpc/third_party/protobuf && \
   ./autogen.sh && \
   ./configure --prefix=/usr && \
   make -j12 && make check && make install && make clean
-
-# Build the C core
-RUN make static_c shared_c -j12 -C /var/local/git/grpc