diff --git a/container/BUILD b/container/BUILD
index 9f3e7c1b1..574caba1a 100644
--- a/container/BUILD
+++ b/container/BUILD
@@ -66,11 +66,8 @@ py_binary(
 
 py_binary(
     name = "build_tar",
-    srcs = ["build_tar.py", "force_py2.py"],
+    srcs = ["build_tar.py"],
     srcs_version = "PY2AND3",
-    # We enforce Python 2 here because otherwise the checksum of the generated TAR
-    # will not be consistent. See: https://github.com/databricks/rules_docker/pull/5
-    main = "force_py2.py",
     visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
     deps = [
         "@bazel_tools//third_party/py/six",
diff --git a/container/force_py2.py b/container/force_py2.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 56c50eb83..000000000
--- a/container/force_py2.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import sys
-import os
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    argv = sys.argv
-    path, _ = os.path.split(argv[0])
-    argv[0] = os.path.join(path, 'build_tar.py')
-    argv = ['/usr/bin/env', 'python2'] + argv
-    os.execv(argv[0], argv)