diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e1ebdb6bb..93a33e9a8 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -4,5 +4,4 @@ ENV LANG=POSIX LC_ALL=
 # Remove the preinstalled yast2-core, it interferes with the built one
 # when running the tests... (huh??)
 RUN zypper --non-interactive rm yast2-core
-RUN zypper --non-interactive in jemalloc-devel
 COPY . /usr/src/app
diff --git a/base/src/Makefile.am b/base/src/Makefile.am
index 7c2be0762..a6b406399 100644
--- a/base/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/base/src/Makefile.am
@@ -24,10 +24,8 @@ y2base_DEPENDENCIES = $(YAST2CORE)
 
 y2base_LDADD = ${Y2UTIL_LIBS}
 
-# -ljemalloc: workaround for error when jemalloc is dlopened in ruby in old testsuite (bsc#1068883)
 y2base_LDFLAGS =			\
 	-Xlinker --whole-archive	\
-	-ljemalloc              	\
 	$(PERL_LDFLAGS)			\
 	$(YAST2CORE)			\
 	-Xlinker --no-whole-archive
diff --git a/package/yast2-core.spec b/package/yast2-core.spec
index 9e25a55ba..71f7f393c 100644
--- a/package/yast2-core.spec
+++ b/package/yast2-core.spec
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ BuildRequires:  libtool
 # we have a parser
 BuildRequires:  bison
 BuildRequires:  flex
-# workaround for error when jemalloc is dlopened in ruby in old testsuite (bsc#1068883)
-BuildRequires:  jemalloc-devel
 # incompatible change, parser.h -> parser.hh
 BuildRequires:  automake >= 1.12
 # needed for all yast packages