diff --git a/podman/redox-base-containerfile b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
index 5451216d8..8366fa68f 100644
--- a/podman/redox-base-containerfile
+++ b/podman/redox-base-containerfile
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ FROM docker.io/library/debian:trixie
 
 RUN apt-get update \
     && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-        ant \
         appstream \
         appstream-compose \
         autoconf \