diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml
index 10c5b7091..ba597f700 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml
@@ -20,25 +20,6 @@ env:
 
 
 jobs:
-  simulator_build:
-    name: simulator docker build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'commaai/openpilot'
-    timeout-minutes: 45
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        submodules: true
-    - uses: ./.github/workflows/setup-with-retry
-    - name: Setup to push to repo
-      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.repository == 'commaai/openpilot'
-      run: |
-        echo "PUSH_IMAGE=true" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-        $DOCKER_LOGIN
-    - name: Build and push sim image
-      run: |
-        selfdrive/test/docker_build.sh sim
-
   simulator_driving:
     name: simulator driving
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/docker_common.sh b/selfdrive/test/docker_common.sh
index f8a423762..2887fff74 100644
--- a/selfdrive/test/docker_common.sh
+++ b/selfdrive/test/docker_common.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 if [ "$1" = "base" ]; then
   export DOCKER_IMAGE=openpilot-base
   export DOCKER_FILE=Dockerfile.openpilot_base
-elif [ "$1" = "sim" ]; then
-  export DOCKER_IMAGE=openpilot-sim
-  export DOCKER_FILE=tools/sim/Dockerfile.sim
 elif [ "$1" = "prebuilt" ]; then
   export DOCKER_IMAGE=openpilot-prebuilt
   export DOCKER_FILE=Dockerfile.openpilot
diff --git a/tools/sim/Dockerfile.sim b/tools/sim/Dockerfile.sim
deleted file mode 100644
index bd83c119b..000000000
--- a/tools/sim/Dockerfile.sim
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-FROM ghcr.io/commaai/openpilot-base:latest
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-      tmux \
-      vim \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# get same tmux config used on NEOS for debugging
-RUN cd $HOME && \
-    curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/commaai/eon-neos-builder/master/devices/eon/home/.tmux.conf
-
-ENV OPENPILOT_PATH /tmp/openpilot
-ENV PYTHONPATH ${OPENPILOT_PATH}:${PYTHONPATH}
-
-RUN mkdir -p ${OPENPILOT_PATH}
-WORKDIR ${OPENPILOT_PATH}
-
-COPY SConstruct ${OPENPILOT_PATH}
-
-COPY ./openpilot ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/openpilot
-COPY ./body ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/body
-COPY ./third_party ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/third_party
-COPY ./site_scons ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/site_scons
-COPY ./rednose ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/rednose
-COPY ./rednose_repo/site_scons ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/rednose_repo/site_scons
-COPY ./common ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/common
-COPY ./opendbc ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/opendbc
-COPY ./cereal ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/cereal
-COPY ./msgq ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/msgq
-COPY ./panda ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/panda
-COPY ./selfdrive ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/selfdrive
-COPY ./system ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/system
-COPY ./tools ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/tools
-COPY ./release ${OPENPILOT_PATH}/release
-
-RUN --mount=type=bind,source=.ci_cache/scons_cache,target=/tmp/scons_cache,rw scons -j$(nproc) --cache-readonly
-
-RUN python -c "from openpilot.selfdrive.test.helpers import set_params_enabled; set_params_enabled()"