diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
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+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,61 +1,26 @@
 #
-# cargo-chef
+# cargo-nextest
 # We only pay the installation cost once, 
 # it will be cached from the second build onwards
 #
-FROM rust:1-bullseye AS chef 
+FROM rust:1-bullseye AS builder
 
 WORKDIR /app
-
-# # cargo binstall provides a low-complexity mechanism for installing rust binaries as an alternative to building from source (via cargo install) or manually downloading packages.
-# # This is intended to work with existing CI artifacts and infrastructure, and with minimal overhead for package maintainers.
-# # TODO: more mount type cache?
-# # TODO: this works on some architectures, but is failing on others.
-# RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-#     cargo install cargo-binstall
-
-# cache the dependencies of your Rust project and speed up your Docker builds. 
-# TODO: more mount type cache?
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-    cargo install cargo-chef
+ENV CARGO_TERM_COLOR always
 
 # a next-generation test runner for Rust projects.
 # TODO: more mount type cache?
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
     cargo install cargo-nextest
 
-#
-# prepare examines your project and builds a recipe that captures the set of information required to build your dependencies.
-# The recipe.json is the equivalent of the Python requirements.txt file - it is the only input required for cargo chef cook, the command that will build out our dependencies:
-#
-FROM chef AS prepare
-COPY . .
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target \
-    cargo chef prepare --recipe-path recipe.json
-
-#
-# test and build web3-proxy
-#
-FROM chef AS builder
-
 # foundry is needed to run tests
 ENV PATH /root/.foundry/bin:$PATH
 RUN curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash && foundryup
 
-# copy dependency config from the previous step
-COPY --from=prepare /app/recipe.json recipe.json
-# Build dependencies - this is the caching Docker layer!
-# TODO: if the main app does `codegen-units = 1`, how much time is this actually saving us?
-RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
-    --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target \
-    cargo chef cook --release --recipe-path recipe.json
-
 # copy the application
 COPY . .
 
 # test the application with cargo-nextest
-ENV CARGO_TERM_COLOR always
 RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/usr/local/cargo/registry \
     --mount=type=cache,target=/app/target \
     cargo nextest run