diff --git a/fm-rest-api/centos/stx-fm-rest-api.stable_docker_image b/fm-rest-api/centos/stx-fm-rest-api.stable_docker_image
index 7a41410e..5c2c3c03 100644
--- a/fm-rest-api/centos/stx-fm-rest-api.stable_docker_image
+++ b/fm-rest-api/centos/stx-fm-rest-api.stable_docker_image
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ PIP_PACKAGES="
         pecan \
         tsconfig \
         WSME"
+PYTHON3=no