diff --git a/DOCKER/.gitignore b/DOCKER/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9059c6848..000000000
--- a/DOCKER/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-tendermint
diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
index 2785d7e24..a4792981d 100644
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile
+++ b/DOCKER/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 FROM golang:1.17-alpine as builder
 RUN apk update && \
     apk upgrade && \
-    apk --no-cache add make
+    apk --no-cache add make git
 COPY / /tendermint
 WORKDIR /tendermint
 RUN make build-linux
@@ -53,4 +53,3 @@ CMD ["start"]
 
 # Expose the data directory as a volume since there's mutable state in there
 VOLUME [ "$TMHOME" ]
-
diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.build_c-amazonlinux b/DOCKER/Dockerfile.build_c-amazonlinux
deleted file mode 100644
index df492d188..000000000
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.build_c-amazonlinux
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM amazonlinux:2
-
-RUN yum -y update && \
-    yum -y install wget
-
-RUN wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm && \
-    rpm -ivh epel-release-latest-7.noarch.rpm
-
-RUN yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
-RUN yum -y install leveldb-devel which
-
-ENV GOVERSION=1.16.5
-
-RUN cd /tmp && \
-    wget https://dl.google.com/go/go${GOVERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
-    tar -C /usr/local -xf go${GOVERSION}.linux-amd64.tar.gz && \
-    mkdir -p /go/src && \
-    mkdir -p /go/bin
-
-ENV PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin:/go/bin
-ENV GOBIN=/go/bin
-ENV GOPATH=/go/src
-
-RUN mkdir -p /tendermint
-WORKDIR /tendermint
-
-CMD ["/usr/bin/make", "build", "TENDERMINT_BUILD_OPTIONS=cleveldb"]
-
diff --git a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.testing b/DOCKER/Dockerfile.testing
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f86ee180..000000000
--- a/DOCKER/Dockerfile.testing
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-FROM golang:latest
-
-# Grab deps (jq, hexdump, xxd, killall)
-RUN apt-get update && \
-  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-  jq bsdmainutils vim-common psmisc netcat
-
-# Add testing deps for curl
-RUN echo 'deb http://httpredir.debian.org/debian testing main non-free contrib' >> /etc/apt/sources.list && \
-  apt-get update && \
-  apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends curl
-
-VOLUME /go
-
-EXPOSE 26656
-EXPOSE 26657
diff --git a/DOCKER/Makefile b/DOCKER/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f6dff372..000000000
--- a/DOCKER/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-build:
-	@sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/build.sh'"
-
-push:
-	@sh -c "'$(CURDIR)/push.sh'"
-
-build_testing:
-	docker build --tag tendermint/testing -f ./Dockerfile.testing .
-
-build_amazonlinux_buildimage:
-	docker build -t "tendermint/tendermint:build_c-amazonlinux" -f Dockerfile.build_c-amazonlinux .
-
-.PHONY: build push build_testing build_amazonlinux_buildimage
diff --git a/DOCKER/build.sh b/DOCKER/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 2aa42a6cd..000000000
--- a/DOCKER/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-# Get the tag from the version, or try to figure it out.
-if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
-	TAG=$(awk -F\" '/TMCoreSemVer =/ { print $2; exit }' < ../version/version.go)
-fi
-if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
-		echo "Please specify a tag."
-		exit 1
-fi
-
-TAG_NO_PATCH=${TAG%.*}
-
-read -p "==> Build 3 docker images with the following tags (latest, $TAG, $TAG_NO_PATCH)? y/n" -n 1 -r
-echo
-if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
-then
-		docker build -t "tendermint/tendermint" -t "tendermint/tendermint:$TAG" -t "tendermint/tendermint:$TAG_NO_PATCH" .
-fi
diff --git a/DOCKER/push.sh b/DOCKER/push.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f228406d4..000000000
--- a/DOCKER/push.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-
-# Get the tag from the version, or try to figure it out.
-if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
-	TAG=$(awk -F\" '/TMCoreSemVer =/ { print $2; exit }' < ../version/version.go)
-fi
-if [ -z "$TAG" ]; then
-		echo "Please specify a tag."
-		exit 1
-fi
-
-TAG_NO_PATCH=${TAG%.*}
-
-read -p "==> Push 3 docker images with the following tags (latest, $TAG, $TAG_NO_PATCH)? y/n" -n 1 -r
-echo
-if [[ $REPLY =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]
-then
-	docker push "tendermint/tendermint:latest"
-	docker push "tendermint/tendermint:$TAG"
-	docker push "tendermint/tendermint:$TAG_NO_PATCH"
-fi
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 13d6ada56..85cd3202d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -243,10 +243,8 @@ build-docs:
 ###                            Docker image                                 ###
 ###############################################################################
 
-build-docker: build-linux
-	cp $(BUILDDIR)/tendermint DOCKER/tendermint
+build-docker:
 	docker build --label=tendermint --tag="tendermint/tendermint" -f DOCKER/Dockerfile .
-	rm -rf DOCKER/tendermint
 .PHONY: build-docker
 
 
@@ -343,4 +341,3 @@ split-test-packages:$(BUILDDIR)/packages.txt
 	split -d -n l/$(NUM_SPLIT) $< $<.
 test-group-%:split-test-packages
 	cat $(BUILDDIR)/packages.txt.$* | xargs go test -mod=readonly -timeout=5m -race -coverprofile=$(BUILDDIR)/$*.profile.out
-