diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index b7e03411..9f537919 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -70,16 +70,6 @@ RUN sh -c "$(wget -O- https://github.com/deluan/zsh-in-docker/releases/download/
   -a "export PROMPT_COMMAND='history -a' && export HISTFILE=/commandhistory/.bash_history" \
   -x
 
-# Install Python packages and create symlink
-# Fix for PEP 668 "externally-managed-environment" error in Python 3.11+
-# The --break-system-packages flag is safe to use in this devcontainer environment
-# because we're in an isolated container where system package conflicts won't
-# affect the host system. This allows pip to install packages globally within
-# the container, which is the expected behavior for development environments.
-RUN pip3 install --upgrade pip --break-system-packages && \
-  pip3 install black flake8 isort --break-system-packages && \
-  ln -sf /usr/bin/python3 /usr/local/bin/python
-
 # Install Claude
 RUN npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code