diff --git a/ci/docker_images/ubuntu/disco/Dockerfile b/ci/docker_images/ubuntu/disco/Dockerfile
index 8f971b63d7921c69c321b6d17f0570272ae94917..c206b411298f99165256c0c4d049a28ca56bfb2d 100644
--- a/ci/docker_images/ubuntu/disco/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker_images/ubuntu/disco/Dockerfile
@@ -203,9 +203,11 @@ RUN cd /tmp \
  && cd - \
  && rm -Rf /tmp/graph-tool-2.28
 
-# fix backports.weakref
+# fix some python packages...
 RUN pip uninstall -y backports.weakref
 RUN apt-get install --reinstall -y python-backports.weakref
+RUN pip uninstall -y configparser
+RUN apt-get install --reinstall -y python-configparser
  
 # ensure all libraries are known by the runtime linker
 RUN ldconfig