diff --git a/api/Dockerfile_alerts b/api/Dockerfile_alerts
index 495d1969f..908d4826c 100644
--- a/api/Dockerfile_alerts
+++ b/api/Dockerfile_alerts
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ ENV APP_NAME=alerts \
 
 WORKDIR /work
 COPY requirements-alerts.txt ./requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade uv
+RUN uv pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt --system
 
 COPY . .
 RUN mv env.default .env && mv app_alerts.py app.py && mv entrypoint_alerts.sh entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/ee/api/Dockerfile_alerts b/ee/api/Dockerfile_alerts
index 8e1eda530..f8fd78232 100644
--- a/ee/api/Dockerfile_alerts
+++ b/ee/api/Dockerfile_alerts
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ ENV APP_NAME=alerts \
 
 WORKDIR /work
 COPY requirements-alerts.txt ./requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade uv
+RUN uv pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt --system
 
 COPY . .
 RUN mv env.default .env && mv app_alerts.py app.py && mv entrypoint_alerts.sh entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/ee/api/Dockerfile_crons b/ee/api/Dockerfile_crons
index 686516b11..e6337b8a9 100644
--- a/ee/api/Dockerfile_crons
+++ b/ee/api/Dockerfile_crons
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ ENV APP_NAME=crons \
 
 WORKDIR /work
 COPY requirements-crons.txt ./requirements.txt
-RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade uv
+RUN uv pip install --no-cache-dir --upgrade -r requirements.txt --system
 
 COPY . .
 RUN mv env.default .env && mv entrypoint_crons.sh entrypoint.sh
diff --git a/ee/api/clean-dev.sh b/ee/api/clean-dev.sh
index 9a9a9947f..b952bc94b 100755
--- a/ee/api/clean-dev.sh
+++ b/ee/api/clean-dev.sh
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ rm -rf ./schemas/transformers_validators.py
 rm -rf ./orpy.py
 rm -rf ./chalicelib/core/usability_testing/
 rm -rf ./chalicelib/core/db_request_handler.py
-rm -rf ./chalicelib/core/db_request_handler.py
 rm -rf ./chalicelib/utils/or_cache
 rm -rf ./routers/subs/health.py
 rm -rf ./chalicelib/core/spot.py