diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 15ec8f22ad..b638a422ad 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ ARG MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST=.
 # Supply a channel alias to use for conda. This is needed if the conda channels go down
 ARG CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS="https://conda.anaconda.org"
 
-# Git arguments used for the release build
-ARG GIT_URL=""
-ARG GIT_BRANCH=""
-ARG GIT_COMMIT=""
-
 # ============ Stage: base ============
 # Configure the base conda environment
 FROM ${FROM_IMAGE}:${CUDA_MAJOR_VER}.${CUDA_MINOR_VER}.${CUDA_REV_VER}-base-${LINUX_DISTRO}${LINUX_VER} AS base
@@ -297,14 +292,9 @@ RUN --mount=type=bind,from=conda_bld_morpheus,source=/opt/conda/conda-bld,target
 # unintentionally including build artifacts or other files that shouldn't be in the final image
 FROM conda_env_dev as git_clone
 
-ARG GIT_URL
-ARG GIT_BRANCH
-ARG GIT_COMMIT
-
 RUN source activate morpheus &&\
-    git clone --branch ${GIT_BRANCH} ${GIT_URL} /tmp/morpheus_repo &&\
+    git clone file://${MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST} /tmp/morpheus_repo &&\
     cd /tmp/morpheus_repo &&\
-    git checkout ${GIT_COMMIT} &&\
     git lfs install &&\
     /tmp/morpheus_repo/scripts/fetch_data.py fetch datasets examples
 
diff --git a/docker/build_container.sh b/docker/build_container.sh
index 611daa8c0b..76a4370195 100755
--- a/docker/build_container.sh
+++ b/docker/build_container.sh
@@ -37,11 +37,6 @@ LINUX_VER=${LINUX_VER:-22.04}
 MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA:-"OFF"}
 PYTHON_VER=${PYTHON_VER:-3.10}
 
-# Build args needed for the release build
-GIT_URL=${GIT_URL:-""}
-GIT_BRANCH=${GIT_BRANCH:-""}
-GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT:-""}
-
 # Determine the relative path from $PWD to $MORPHEUS_ROOT
 MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST=${MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST:-"$(realpath --relative-to=${PWD} ${MORPHEUS_ROOT})"}
 
@@ -58,8 +53,6 @@ DOCKER_ARGS="${DOCKER_ARGS} --build-arg MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST=${MORPHEUS_ROOT_HOST}
 DOCKER_ARGS="${DOCKER_ARGS} --build-arg MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA}"
 DOCKER_ARGS="${DOCKER_ARGS} --build-arg PYTHON_VER=${PYTHON_VER}"
 DOCKER_ARGS="${DOCKER_ARGS} --build-arg GIT_URL=${GIT_URL}"
-DOCKER_ARGS="${DOCKER_ARGS} --build-arg GIT_BRANCH=${GIT_BRANCH}"
-DOCKER_ARGS="${DOCKER_ARGS} --build-arg GIT_COMMIT=${GIT_COMMIT}"
 DOCKER_ARGS="${DOCKER_ARGS} --network=host"
 
 # Last add any extra args (duplicates override earlier ones)
diff --git a/docker/build_container_release.sh b/docker/build_container_release.sh
index c466a3d0c3..ee4028a89a 100755
--- a/docker/build_container_release.sh
+++ b/docker/build_container_release.sh
@@ -24,13 +24,6 @@ export DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=${DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:-"nvcr.io/nvidia/morpheus/morpheus"
 export DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=${DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG:-"$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)-runtime"}
 export DOCKER_TARGET=${DOCKER_TARGET:-"runtime"}
 
-export GIT_URL=${GIT_URL:-$(git remote get-url origin)}
-
-# Ensure we have an https url
-GIT_URL=$(echo $url | sed -e 's|^git@github\.com:|https://github.com/|')
-export GIT_BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
-export GIT_COMMIT=$(git log -n 1 --pretty=format:%H)
-
 popd &> /dev/null
 
 # Call the general build script