diff --git a/Dockerfile.bullseye b/Dockerfile.bullseye
index d1cd9c4a3ffb787104d8ebd79f40b952101ad73a..00cefbfc24d4a8c7cad9df40057f3a44da2ba49c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.bullseye
+++ b/Dockerfile.bullseye
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update && \
         sqlite3 locales-all git \
         python3 python3-venv python3-coverage python3-ldap3 python3-flask python3-flask-sqlalchemy python3-flask-migrate \
         python3-pip python3-qrcode python3-fido2 python3-oauthlib python3-flask-babel python3-pytest python3-all python3-pip \
-        git-buildpackage debhelper dh-python mariadb-server && \
+        git-buildpackage debhelper dh-python mariadb-server python3-mysqldb && \
     pip3 install pylint html5validator twine build --upgrade && \
-    mysql_secure_installation && \
     apt-get -qq clean
 
 FROM uffd-base AS openldap-base
diff --git a/Dockerfile.buster b/Dockerfile.buster
index 22da9cda56a40cee0ba82eb776f3a110f044c08d..f973e24d657366f60068c8547f6cc13a280a300c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.buster
+++ b/Dockerfile.buster
@@ -7,9 +7,8 @@ RUN apt-get -qq update && \
         sqlite3 locales-all git \
         python3 python3-venv python3-coverage python3-ldap3 python3-flask python3-flask-sqlalchemy python3-flask-migrate \
         python3-pip python3-qrcode python3-fido2 python3-oauthlib python3-flask-babel python3-pytest python3-all python3-pip \
-        git-buildpackage debhelper dh-python mariadb-server && \
+        git-buildpackage debhelper dh-python mariadb-server python3-mysqldb && \
     pip3 install pylint html5validator twine build --upgrade && \
-    mysql_secure_installation && \
     apt-get -qq clean
 
 FROM uffd-base AS openldap-base