diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index e3788abd6f..f0994dcec1 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ try {
                         }
 
                         stage(stage_name + 'Build image') {
-                            sh './gradlew docker'
+                            sh './gradlew distDocker'
                         }
 
                         stage(stage_name + "Test image labels") {
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6d79182a65..453f0a2302 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ plugins {
   id 'me.champeau.gradle.jmh' version '0.4.8' apply false
   id 'net.ltgt.errorprone' version '0.8.1'
   id 'net.researchgate.release' version '2.7.0'
-  id "com.palantir.docker" version "0.22.1"
 }
 
 group = 'tech.pegasys.pantheon'
@@ -481,6 +480,7 @@ distZip {
 // simple for use in docker
 tasks.register("dockerDistUntar") {
   dependsOn distTar
+  dependsOn distZip
   def dockerBuildDir = "build/docker-pantheon/"
   def distTarFile = distTar.outputs.files.singleFile
   def distTarFileName = distTar.outputs.files.singleFile.name.replace(".tar.gz", "")
@@ -495,15 +495,22 @@ tasks.register("dockerDistUntar") {
   }
 }
 
-docker {
-  def image_tag = "develop"
+task distDocker(type: Exec) {
   dependsOn dockerDistUntar
-  name "pegasyseng/pantheon-kubernetes:${image_tag}"
-  dockerfile file('kubernetes/Dockerfile')
-  files "build/docker-pantheon/"
-  buildArgs(['BUILD_DATE': buildTime(), 'VERSION': rootProject.version, 'VCS_REF': getCheckedOutGitCommitHash()])
-  pull true
-  noCache true
+  def image_tag = "develop"
+  def image="pegasyseng/pantheon-kubernetes:${image_tag}"
+  def dockerBuildDir = "build/docker-pantheon/"
+  workingDir "${dockerBuildDir}"
+
+  doFirst {
+    copy {
+      from file("${projectDir}/kubernetes/Dockerfile")
+      into(workingDir)
+    }
+  }
+
+  executable "sh"
+  args "-c", "docker build --build-arg BUILD_DATE=${buildTime()} --build-arg VERSION=${rootProject.version} --build-arg VCS_REF=${getCheckedOutGitCommitHash()} -t ${image} ."
 }
 
 task jacocoRootReport(type: org.gradle.testing.jacoco.tasks.JacocoReport) {
diff --git a/kubernetes/.gitignore b/kubernetes/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd6c6bdf82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kubernetes/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pantheon-*.tar.gz
+pantheon/*
+pantheon-*
\ No newline at end of file