diff --git a/Dockerfile.linux b/Dockerfile.linux
index 6389584d..5ee64c07 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.linux
+++ b/Dockerfile.linux
@@ -130,15 +130,6 @@ RUN git clone -b VER-2-10-2 --depth 1 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/git/freetype/
     make -j$THREADS install && \
     rm -rf $(pwd)
 
-RUN git clone -b R_2_2_9 --depth 1 https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat && \
-    cd libexpat/expat && \
-    git reset --hard a7bc26b69768f7fb24f0c7976fae24b157b85b13 && \
-    ./buildconf.sh && \
-    ./configure --disable-shared --enable-static && \
-    make -j$THREADS && \
-    make -j$THREADS install && \
-    rm -rf $(pwd)
-
 RUN git clone -b 2.13.92 --depth 1 https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/fontconfig/fontconfig && \
     cd fontconfig && \
     git reset --hard b1df1101a643ae16cdfa1d83b939de2497b1bf27 && \