diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
index c49d3fef6682f4b40bbb324b76206f4e60c8be2b..23e95baff0cbe8df0132c48fce552d3220e79ee2 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_php_base/Dockerfile
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
     libyaml-dev \
     make \
     patch \
-    procps \
     php5-common \
     php5-cli \
     php5-dev \