diff --git a/pica-etherpad-db/Dockerfile b/pica-etherpad-db/Dockerfile
index ee390ec44e49f6cbe5413766f8c89a789371e462..6d2160524c141ae5695b6a11412246d03a85f430 100644
--- a/pica-etherpad-db/Dockerfile
+++ b/pica-etherpad-db/Dockerfile
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ RUN chmod 644 /etc/mysql/conf.d/binary_log.cnf
 #   gpg-wks-server gpgsm libsqlite3-0 pinentry-curses
 # GPG is probably used by mysql to encrypt logs, but this isn't used in
 # our case
-RUN apt remove --autoremove libsqlite3-0
+RUN apt remove -y --autoremove libsqlite3-0