diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
index 3cc5c88fa..c2e0c1100 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-images.yaml
@@ -46,15 +46,11 @@ on:
       autoscaler-agent:
         description: 'autoscaler-agent image'
         value: ${{ jobs.tags.outputs.autoscaler-agent }}
-      daemon:
-        description: 'neonvm-daemon image'
-        value: ${{ jobs.tags.outputs.daemon }}
 
 env:
   IMG_CONTROLLER:         "neondatabase/neonvm-controller"
   IMG_VXLAN_CONTROLLER:   "neondatabase/neonvm-vxlan-controller"
   IMG_RUNNER:             "neondatabase/neonvm-runner"
-  IMG_DAEMON:             "neondatabase/neonvm-daemon"
   IMG_KERNEL:             "neondatabase/vm-kernel"
   IMG_SCHEDULER:          "neondatabase/autoscale-scheduler"
   IMG_AUTOSCALER_AGENT:   "neondatabase/autoscaler-agent"
@@ -82,7 +78,6 @@ jobs:
       scheduler:          ${{ steps.show-tags.outputs.scheduler }}
       autoscaler-agent:   ${{ steps.show-tags.outputs.autoscaler-agent }}
       cluster-autoscaler: ${{ steps.show-tags.outputs.cluster-autoscaler }}
-      daemon:             ${{ steps.show-tags.outputs.daemon}}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - id: show-tags
@@ -90,7 +85,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "controller=${{ env.IMG_CONTROLLER }}:${{ inputs.tag }}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "vxlan-controller=${{ env.IMG_VXLAN_CONTROLLER }}:${{ inputs.tag }}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "runner=${{ env.IMG_RUNNER }}:${{ inputs.tag }}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "daemon=${{ env.IMG_DAEMON }}:${{ inputs.tag }}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "scheduler=${{ env.IMG_SCHEDULER }}:${{ inputs.tag }}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "autoscaler-agent=${{ env.IMG_AUTOSCALER_AGENT }}:${{ inputs.tag }}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "cluster-autoscaler=${{ env.IMG_CLUSTER_AUTOSCALER }}:${{ inputs.tag }}" | tee -a $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -236,17 +230,6 @@ jobs:
           build-args: |
             GO_BASE_IMG=${{ env.GO_BASE_IMG }}
 
-      # - name: Build and push neonvm-daemon image
-      #   uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
-      #   with:
-      #     context: .
-      #     platforms: linux/amd64
-      #     push: true
-      #     file: neonvm/daemon/Dockerfile
-      #     tags: ${{ needs.tags.outputs.daemon }}
-      #     build-args: |
-      #       GO_BASE_IMG=${{ env.GO_BASE_IMG }}
-
       - name: Generate neonvm-controller build tags
         id: controller-build-tags
         env:
@@ -334,7 +317,6 @@ jobs:
             neonvm-controller \
             neonvm-vxlan-controller \
             neonvm-runner \
-            neonvm-daemon \
             vm-kernel \
             autoscale-scheduler \
             autoscaler-agent \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test-vm.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-test-vm.yaml
index 7c32f9537..c3679e75d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test-vm.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test-vm.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ on:
 env:
   IMG_POSTGRES_16_BULLSEYE: "neondatabase/vm-postgres-16-bullseye"
   # using locally build base image
-  IMG_DAEMON: "autoscaling-go-base:dev"
+  IMG_DAEMON: "daemon:dev"
 
 defaults:
   run:
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: false
         # Sometimes setup-go gets stuck. Without this, it'll keep going until the job gets killed
         timeout-minutes: 10
-      
+ 
       - run: make bin/vm-builder
 
       - name: upload vm-builder
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml
index 995dfc1d3..b040bdd50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yaml
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ jobs:
           IMG_CONTROLLER:       ${{ needs.build-images.outputs.controller }}
           IMG_VXLAN_CONTROLLER: ${{ needs.build-images.outputs.vxlan-controller }}
           IMG_RUNNER:           ${{ needs.build-images.outputs.runner }}
-          IMG_DAEMON:           ${{ needs.build-images.outputs.daemon }}
           IMG_SCHEDULER:        ${{ needs.build-images.outputs.scheduler }}
           IMG_AUTOSCALER_AGENT: ${{ needs.build-images.outputs.autoscaler-agent }}
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8fa54bba0..f0e75a5f8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ build: fmt vet bin/vm-builder ## Build all neonvm binaries.
 	GOOS=linux go build -o bin/runner           neonvm/runner/*.go
 
 .PHONY: bin/vm-builder
-bin/vm-builder: ## Build vm-builder binary.
-	GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o bin/vm-builder -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GIT_INFO}" -X main.NeonvmDaemonImage=${IMG_DAEMON}" neonvm/tools/vm-builder/main.go 
+bin/vm-builder: docker-build-daemon ## Build vm-builder binary.
+	GOOS=linux CGO_ENABLED=0 go build -o bin/vm-builder -ldflags "-X main.Version=${GIT_INFO} -X main.NeonvmDaemonImage=${IMG_DAEMON}" vm-builder/main.go 
 .PHONY: run
 run: fmt vet ## Run a controller from your host.
 	go run ./neonvm/main.go
@@ -188,10 +188,9 @@ docker-build-runner: docker-build-go-base ## Build docker image for NeonVM runne
 		.
 
 .PHONY: docker-build-daemon
-docker-build-daemon: docker-build-go-base ## Build docker image for NeonVM daemon.
+docker-build-daemon: ## Build docker image for NeonVM daemon.
 	docker build \
 		--tag $(IMG_DAEMON) \
-		--build-arg GO_BASE_IMG=$(GO_BASE_IMG) \
 		--file neonvm/daemon/Dockerfile \
 		.
 
diff --git a/neonvm/daemon/Dockerfile b/neonvm/daemon/Dockerfile
index 527bdd04e..46352291b 100644
--- a/neonvm/daemon/Dockerfile
+++ b/neonvm/daemon/Dockerfile
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-ARG GO_BASE_IMG=autoscaling-go-base:dev
-FROM $GO_BASE_IMG AS builder
+FROM golang:1.23-alpine AS builder
 
 # Build the Go binary
 COPY . .