diff --git a/build.backend.docker.py b/build.backend.docker.py
index f1bd5cec38..ab88f8a665 100755
--- a/build.backend.docker.py
+++ b/build.backend.docker.py
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 
 import os
+import socket
 import subprocess
 import sys, getopt
 import shutil
-import netifaces as ni
 
 def help():
     # Display Help
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(rd, ".."))
 dockerDir = os.path.join(dir, "buildtools", "install", "docker")
 # local_ip = subprocess.check_output(["ipconfig", "getifaddr", "en0"], text=True)
 
-local_ip = ni.ifaddresses('en0')[ni.AF_INET][0]['addr']
+local_ip = socket.gethostbyname_ex(socket.gethostname())[-1][-1]
 
 doceditor = local_ip + ":5013"
 login = f"{local_ip}:5011"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a04f9a7f5..0000000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-aiohttp==3.8.4
-aiosignal==1.3.1
-APScheduler==3.6.3
-async-timeout==4.0.2
-attrs==23.1.0
-cachetools==4.2.2
-certifi==2023.5.7
-charset-normalizer==3.2.0
-frozenlist==1.3.3
-idna==3.4
-multidict==6.0.4
-netifaces==0.11.0
-openai==0.27.8
-python-telegram-bot==13.6
-pytz==2023.3
-requests==2.31.0
-six==1.16.0
-tornado==6.3.2
-tqdm==4.65.0
-tzlocal==5.0.1
-urllib3==2.0.3
-yarl==1.9.2