diff --git a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/Dockerfile b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/Dockerfile
index 6521c8662f..16f8cf69c1 100644
--- a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/Dockerfile
+++ b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/ray/Dockerfile
@@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ COPY --chown=ray:users pyproject.toml pyproject.toml
 RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -e .
 
 # Install system dependencies, including libgomp1
+USER root
 RUN sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y \
     libgomp1 \
     && sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+User ray
     
 # copy source data
 COPY ./src/header_cleanser_transform_ray.py .
@@ -36,4 +38,4 @@ ENV PYTHONPATH /home/ray
 ARG BUILD_DATE
 ARG GIT_COMMIT
 LABEL build-date=$BUILD_DATE
-LABEL git-commit=$GIT_COMMIT
\ No newline at end of file
+LABEL git-commit=$GIT_COMMIT
diff --git a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/transform.config b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/transform.config
index 4f9659edc9..e1da13d0c6 100644
--- a/transforms/code/header_cleanser/transform.config
+++ b/transforms/code/header_cleanser/transform.config
@@ -16,5 +16,3 @@ TRANSFORM_NAME=header_cleanser
 # update version numbers across the transform (e.g., pyproject.toml).
 HEADER_CLEANSER_PYTHON_VERSION=$(DPK_VERSION)
 HEADER_CLEANSER_RAY_VERSION=$(HEADER_CLEANSER_PYTHON_VERSION)
-HEADER_CLEANSER_SPARK_VERSION=$(HEADER_CLEANSER_PYTHON_VERSION)
-