diff --git a/Dockerfile.tensorflow b/Dockerfile.tensorflow
index 63ff25005..fdda7cc95 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.tensorflow
+++ b/Dockerfile.tensorflow
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ RUN printenv
 #
 RUN apt-get update && \
     apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-          python3-pip \
+          	  python3-pip \
 		  python3-dev \
 		  gfortran \
 		  build-essential \
@@ -49,13 +49,13 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
 		  zlib1g-dev \
 		  zip \
 		  libjpeg8-dev \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    && apt-get clean
 
 
-RUN pip3 install setuptools Cython wheel
-RUN pip3 install numpy --verbose
-RUN pip3 install h5py==2.10.0 --verbose
-RUN pip3 install future==0.17.1 mock==3.0.5 keras_preprocessing==1.0.5 keras_applications==1.0.8 gast==0.2.2 futures protobuf pybind11 --verbose
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --verbose \
+	setuptools Cython wheel numpy h5py==2.10.0 future==0.17.1 mock==3.0.5 keras_preprocessing==1.0.5 \
+	keras_applications==1.0.8 gast==0.2.2 futures protobuf pybind11
 
 
 #
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ ARG TENSORFLOW_URL=https://nvidia.box.com/shared/static/rummpy6q1km1wivomalpkwt2
 ARG TENSORFLOW_WHL=tensorflow-1.15.2+nv-cp36-cp36m-linux_aarch64.whl
 
 RUN wget --quiet --show-progress --progress=bar:force:noscroll --no-check-certificate ${TENSORFLOW_URL} -O ${TENSORFLOW_WHL} && \
-    pip3 install ${TENSORFLOW_WHL} --verbose && \
+    pip3 install --no-cache-dir --verbose ${TENSORFLOW_WHL} && \
     rm ${TENSORFLOW_WHL}
 
 
@@ -78,7 +78,4 @@ ENV PATH="/usr/local/cuda/bin:${PATH}"
 ENV LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/cuda/lib64:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}"
 RUN echo "$PATH" && echo "$LD_LIBRARY_PATH"
 
-RUN pip3 install pycuda --verbose
-
-
-
+RUN pip3 install --no-cache-dir --verbose pycuda