diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 8713fdf3..6ee05327 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@ WORKDIR /app
 
 # Install dependencies
 ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg cmake swig libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev
-RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cmake swig
 
 
 # Other configurations
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a687196..55613ee9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ run_model:
 run_rq_worker:
 	while true; do python manage.py run_rq_worker; done
 
-run_video_matcher:
-	while true; do python manage.py run_video_matcher; done
-
 test: wait
 	python manage.py init_perl_functions
 	coverage run --source=app/main/ manage.py test
diff --git a/app/main/config.py b/app/main/config.py
index 66588fbd..ce4aa237 100644
--- a/app/main/config.py
+++ b/app/main/config.py
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ class Config:
   MODEL_NAME = os.getenv('MODEL_NAME')
   MAX_CLAUSE_COUNT = 1000
   PERSISTENT_DISK_PATH = os.getenv('PERSISTENT_DISK_PATH', '/app/persistent_disk')
-  VIDEO_MODEL = os.getenv('VIDEO_MODEL', 'video-model')
   try:
     VIDEO_MODEL_L1_SCORE = float(os.getenv('video_model_l1_score', '0.7'))
   except:
diff --git a/app/main/lib/graph_writer.py b/app/main/lib/graph_writer.py
index 9ac2d6a7..b945250f 100644
--- a/app/main/lib/graph_writer.py
+++ b/app/main/lib/graph_writer.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def audio_model():
   return SharedModel.get_client()
 
 def video_model():
-  return SharedModel.get_client(app.config['VIDEO_MODEL'])
+  return SharedModel.get_client()
 
 def get_iterable_objects(graph, data_type):
   try:
diff --git a/app/main/lib/shared_models/video_model.py b/app/main/lib/shared_models/video_model.py
index ffeb6b8d..1517f955 100644
--- a/app/main/lib/shared_models/video_model.py
+++ b/app/main/lib/shared_models/video_model.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 import tmkpy
 from sqlalchemy.orm.exc import NoResultFound
 
-from app.main.lib.shared_models.shared_model import SharedModel
 from app.main.lib.similarity_helpers import get_context_query, drop_context_from_record
 from app.main.lib.helpers import context_matches
 from app.main.lib import media_crud
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@
 def _after_log(retry_state):
   app.logger.debug("Retrying video similarity...")
 
-class VideoModel(SharedModel):
+class VideoModel():
     def overload_context_to_denote_content_type(self, task):
         return {**task, **{"context": {**task.get("context", {}), **{"content_type": "video"}}}}
 
diff --git a/app/main/lib/similarity.py b/app/main/lib/similarity.py
index 19f4f879..42eca967 100644
--- a/app/main/lib/similarity.py
+++ b/app/main/lib/similarity.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ def audio_model():
   return AudioModel()
 
 def video_model():
-  return VideoModel(app.config['VIDEO_MODEL'])
+  return VideoModel()
 
 def model_response_package(item, command):
   response_package = {
diff --git a/app/test/test_video_similarity.py b/app/test/test_video_similarity.py
index 5ef02f78..6cda833e 100644
--- a/app/test/test_video_similarity.py
+++ b/app/test/test_video_similarity.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ def respond(self, task):
 class TestVideoSimilarityBlueprint(BaseTestCase):
     def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
-        self.model = VideoModel('video')
+        self.model = VideoModel()
 
     def test_get_tempfile(self):
         self.assertIsInstance(self.model.get_tempfile(), tempfile._TemporaryFileWrapper)
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index da93fb68..66646b4c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -97,18 +97,6 @@ services:
   #     - .env_file
   #   environment:
   #     MODEL_NAME: mdebertav3filipino
-  # video:
-  #   build: .
-  #   platform: linux/x86_64
-  #   command: ["make", "run_model"]
-  #   volumes:
-  #     - ".:/app"
-  #   depends_on:
-  #     - redis
-  #   env_file:
-  #     - .env_file
-  #   environment:
-  #     MODEL_NAME: video
   queue_worker:
     build: .
     platform: linux/x86_64
diff --git a/manage.py b/manage.py
index 61ece43f..0fe97a34 100644
--- a/manage.py
+++ b/manage.py
@@ -260,12 +260,6 @@ def run_model():
     model_config['options']
   )
 
-
-@manager.command
-def run_video_matcher():
-  """Runs the video matcher."""
-  VideoMatcher.start_server()
-
 @manager.command
 def init():
   """Initializes the service."""
diff --git a/production/Dockerfile b/production/Dockerfile
index 88563296..fc32b774 100755
--- a/production/Dockerfile
+++ b/production/Dockerfile
@@ -19,10 +19,8 @@ RUN chmod 755 /opt/bin/*.sh
 
 WORKDIR /app
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg cmake swig libavcodec-dev libavformat-dev
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y ffmpeg swig
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y cmake swig
 RUN apt-get clean
-RUN ln -s /usr/bin/ffmpeg /usr/local/bin/ffmpeg
 
 COPY . .