diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 83e50c57..09cd32a7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ## build ergo binary
 FROM docker.io/golang:1.22-alpine AS build-env
 
-RUN apk upgrade -U --force-refresh --no-cache && apk add --no-cache --purge --clean-protected -l -u make git
+RUN apk upgrade -U --force-refresh --no-cache
+RUN apk add --no-cache --purge --clean-protected -l -u make git
 
 # copy ergo source
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/ergochat/ergo
@@ -18,13 +19,6 @@ RUN make install
 ## build ergo container
 FROM docker.io/alpine:3.19
 
-# metadata
-LABEL maintainer="Daniel Oaks <daniel@danieloaks.net>,Daniel Thamdrup <dallemon@protonmail.com>" \
-      description="Ergo is a modern, experimental IRC server written in Go"
-
-# standard ports listened on
-EXPOSE 6667/tcp 6697/tcp
-
 # ergo itself
 COPY --from=build-env /go/bin/ergo \
                       /go/src/github.com/ergochat/ergo/default.yaml \
@@ -39,10 +33,4 @@ WORKDIR /ircd
 # default motd
 COPY --from=build-env /go/src/github.com/ergochat/ergo/ergo.motd /ircd/ergo.motd
 
-# launch
 ENTRYPOINT ["/ircd-bin/run.sh"]
-
-# # uncomment to debug
-# RUN apk add --no-cache bash
-# RUN apk add --no-cache vim
-# CMD /bin/bash