diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8a0d1c1..6c275ec 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,28 +33,12 @@
 
     - start_section install_linux_packages "Installing missing Linux packages"
     - mkdir -pv $APT_CACHE_DIR ccache
-    - apt-get update && apt-get -o dir::cache::archives="$APT_CACHE_DIR" -y install ccache cmake libgflags-dev libsnappy-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev liblz4-dev libzstd-dev libomp-dev
+    - apt-get update && apt-get -o dir::cache::archives="$APT_CACHE_DIR" -y install ccache cmake librocksdb-dev libgflags-dev libsnappy-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev liblz4-dev libzstd-dev libomp-dev
     # ccache only makes the build faster, it must never be able to make it fail,
     # so everything that uses it is guarded and CCACHE_OPTS stays empty without it
     - if CCACHE=$(command -v ccache); then ln -sf "$CCACHE" /usr/local/sbin/gcc && ln -sf "$CCACHE" /usr/local/sbin/g++ && CCACHE_OPTS="-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache"; else echo "ccache is not available - building without it"; CCACHE_OPTS=""; fi
     - end_section install_linux_packages
 
-    - start_section install_rocksdb_static "Building and installing rocksdb-static"
-    - git clone https://github.com/kupietz/rocksdb.git -b 5.11.fb --single-branch
-    - cd rocksdb
-    - export PROCS=$(nproc)
-    - make -j $PROCS static_lib DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 WARNING_FLAGS=-w
-    - command -v ccache > /dev/null && ccache --show-stats || true
-    - make install-static DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 WARNING_FLAGS=-w
-    - end_section install_rocksdb_static
-
-    - start_section install_rocksdb_shared "Building and installing rocksdb-shared"
-    - make -j $PROCS shared_lib DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 WARNING_FLAGS=-w
-    - make install-shared DISABLE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=1 WARNING_FLAGS=-w
-    - ldconfig
-    - cd ..
-    - end_section rocksdb_shared
-
     - start_section install_collocatordb "Building and installing collocatordb"
     - git clone "https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/ids-kl/collocatordb"
     - cd collocatordb
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 54720ef..caa9fb1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             perl-inline-c \
             g++ \
             make \
-            cmake gflags-dev snappy-dev zlib-dev zstd-dev lz4-dev bzip2-dev linux-headers \
+            cmake rocksdb-dev gflags-dev snappy-dev zlib-dev zstd-dev lz4-dev bzip2-dev linux-headers \
             curl && \
     set -o pipefail
 
@@ -19,27 +19,13 @@
 RUN git config --global user.email "korap+docker@ids-mannheim.de" && \
     git config --global user.name "Docker"
 
-# Install RocksDB
-RUN export PROCS=$(nproc) && \
-    git clone https://github.com/kupietz/rocksdb.git -b 5.11.fb --single-branch && \
-    cd rocksdb && \
-    mkdir -p build && \
-    cd build && \
-    cmake .. -DWITH_SNAPPY=1 -DWITH_LZ4=1 -DWITH_ZLIB=1 -DWITH_GFLAGS=1 && \
-    make -j $PROCS && \
-    make install && \
-    ln -s /usr/lib/librocksdb.so.5.11.4 /usr/lib/librocksdb.so.5.11
-
-RUN cd /derekovecs && \
-    rm -rf rocksdb
-
-# Install collocatordb
+# Install collocatordb, which builds against the rocksdb package
 RUN git clone "https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/gerrit/ids-kl/collocatordb" && \
     cd collocatordb && \
     mkdir -p build && \
     cd build && \
     cmake .. && \
-    make && \
+    make -j $(nproc) && \
     make install
 
 RUN cd /derekovecs && \