diff --git a/Dockerfile.rocm b/Dockerfile.rocm
index a3d9ef20dce..9bfe8446a51 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.rocm
+++ b/Dockerfile.rocm
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ RUN if [ "$BUILD_TRITON" = "1" ]; then \
 WORKDIR /vllm-workspace
 COPY . .
 
-RUN python3 -m pip install pynvml # to be removed eventually
+#RUN python3 -m pip install pynvml # to be removed eventually
 RUN python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip numba
 
 # make sure punica kernels are built (for LoRA)