diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
index 36a38513672a004178e60bfffb06439848c1f0f8..0251b2b39297065b1f8ded70150b12362691ce84 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x64/Dockerfile
@@ -51,18 +51,6 @@ 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 8 && 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
-
 
 ##################
 # Ruby dependencies
diff --git a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile
index 0630e44a8529e4020dcf3b43339d041c3340d6b2..2d179c8c45994efe49af1f3a6c9985f43d27673e 100644
--- a/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile
+++ b/tools/dockerfile/grpc_artifact_linux_x86/Dockerfile
@@ -51,18 +51,6 @@ 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 8 && 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
-
 
 ##################
 # Ruby dependencies