diff --git a/contrib/docker/docker_tacc/Dockerfile b/contrib/docker/docker_tacc/Dockerfile
index 176427fbed8..76b49d99808 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/docker_tacc/Dockerfile
+++ b/contrib/docker/docker_tacc/Dockerfile
@@ -6,35 +6,42 @@ LABEL maintainer <rene.gassmoeller@mailbox.org>
 # we need to disable the key check.
 RUN echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://apt.repos.intel.com/mpi all main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/intel-mpi.list
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -yq upgrade && apt-get -yq install \
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -yq upgrade && apt-get -yq install --no-install-recommends \
     libblas-dev \
     liblapack-dev \
     git \
     zlib1g-dev \
     numdiff \
     bc \
-    ninja-build
+    ninja-build \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
+# Build deal.II dependencies
 RUN cd /opt && \
     git clone https://github.com/dealii/candi.git && \
     cd candi && \
     echo "NATIVE_OPTIMIZATIONS=ON" >> local.cfg && \
     echo "DEAL_II_VERSION=v9.6.0" >> local.cfg && \
-    echo "USE_DEAL_II_CMAKE_MPI_COMPILER=ON" >> local.cfg && \
     echo "BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF" >> local.cfg && \
     echo "USE_64_BIT_INDICES=ON" >> local.cfg && \
     echo "DEAL_CONFOPTS='-DDEAL_II_WITH_COMPLEX_VALUES=OFF -DDEAL_II_WITH_LAPACK=ON'" >> local.cfg && \
-    ./candi.sh -j 32 --packages="once:cmake once:hdf5 once:netcdf once:sundials once:p4est once:trilinos dealii" -p /opt && \
+    ./candi.sh -j 4 --packages="once:cmake once:hdf5 once:netcdf once:sundials once:p4est once:trilinos" -p /opt && \
     rm -rf /opt/tmp
 
-# Build aspect, replace git checkout command to create image for release
+# Build deal.II
+RUN source /opt/configuration/enable.sh && \
+    cd /opt/candi && \
+    ./candi.sh -j 4 --packages="dealii" -p /opt && \
+    rm -rf /opt/tmp
+
+# Build aspect
 ENV Aspect_DIR /opt/aspect
 RUN source /opt/configuration/enable.sh && \
     git clone https://github.com/geodynamics/aspect.git $Aspect_DIR && \
     mkdir ${Aspect_DIR}/build && \
     cd ${Aspect_DIR}/build && \
     cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=DebugRelease -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$Aspect_DIR \
-    -DASPECT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES=ON .. && \
-    make -j 32 && make install && make clean
+    -DASPECT_INSTALL_EXAMPLES=OFF .. && \
+    make -j4 && make install && make clean
 
 ENV PATH ${Aspect_DIR}/bin:${PATH}