diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3330de11..22b926fb 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.
 
 ### Removed
 
+- Removing monokai from daskhub Dockerfile which was causing the jupyterhub image build to fail
+
 ## [2.31.0] - 2024-02-06
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/modules/jupyterhub-dask-eks/docker-images/docker_build/daskhub/Dockerfile b/modules/jupyterhub-dask-eks/docker-images/docker_build/daskhub/Dockerfile
index 047bc77c..0ca20de3 100644
--- a/modules/jupyterhub-dask-eks/docker-images/docker_build/daskhub/Dockerfile
+++ b/modules/jupyterhub-dask-eks/docker-images/docker_build/daskhub/Dockerfile
@@ -10,6 +10,3 @@ RUN pip3 install psycopg2-binary
 
 # Install extra dependencies
 RUN pip3 install --no-cache pystac==1.10.0 odc-stac planetary_computer jupyterthemes odc-ui odc-algo
-
-# Install dark theme
-RUN jt -t monokai