diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 952b5701d4f..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-image.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#
-# GitHub Actions configuration to automatically build and publish a Docker image
-# for Omicron.  See README for details.
-#
-name: docker-image
-on: push
-jobs:
-  docker-image:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    steps:
-      # actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/checkout@28c7f3d2b5162b5ddd3dfd9a45aa55eaf396478b
-      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
-        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
-      - name: Cache Docker layers
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
-      - name: Login to GitHub Packages Docker Registry
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1
-        with:
-          registry: ghcr.io
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Extract branch name
-        shell: bash
-        run: BRANCH="${GITHUB_HEAD_REF//\//-}"; echo "::set-output name=branch::${BRANCH:-main}"
-        id: extract_branch
-      - name: Build and push
-        # This pushes a docker image to github's container registry.
-        # It is not a public image by default.
-        # The docs are here: https://github.com/docker/build-push-action
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@9379083e426e2e84abb80c8c091f5cdeb7d3fd7a
-        with:
-          push: ${{ ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/dependabot') }}
-          file: ./Dockerfile
-          tags: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/omicron:${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }},ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/omicron:${{ github.sha }}
-          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
-          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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index 4afcf1f7a99..00000000000
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Dockerfile: build a Docker image for Omicron.  This is used by the console for
-# prototyping and development.  This will not be used for deployment to a real 
-# rack.
-# 
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Cargo Build Stage
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-FROM rust:latest as cargo-build
-
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-WORKDIR /usr/src/omicron
-
-COPY . .
-
-WORKDIR /usr/src/omicron
-RUN cargo build --release
-
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Final Stage
-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-FROM debian:sid-slim
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y \
-	ca-certificates \
-	libpq5 \
-	libssl1.1 \
-	libsqlite3-0 \
-	--no-install-recommends \
-	&& rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-
-COPY --from=cargo-build /usr/src/omicron/target/release/nexus /usr/bin/nexus
-COPY --from=cargo-build /usr/src/omicron/target/release/omicron-dev /usr/bin/omicron-dev
-COPY --from=cargo-build /usr/src/omicron/target/release/omicron-package /usr/bin/omicron-package
-COPY --from=cargo-build /usr/src/omicron/target/release/sled-agent-sim /usr/bin/sled-agent-sim
-
-CMD ["sled-agent-sim"]
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 123d016493e..85fa7580301 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -49,10 +49,6 @@ This mode of operation will be used in production.
 
 See: xref:docs/how-to-run.adoc[].
 
-== Docker image
-
-This repo includes a Dockerfile that builds an image containing the Nexus and sled agent.  There's a GitHub Actions workflow that builds and publishes the Docker image.  This is used by the https://github.com/oxidecomputer/console/[console] project for prototyping, demoing, and testing.  This is **not** the way Omicron will be deployed on production systems, but it's a useful vehicle for working with it.
-
 == Configuration reference
 
 `nexus` requires a TOML configuration file.  There's an example in