diff --git a/murdock-worker/Dockerfile b/murdock-worker/Dockerfile
index 02ef6aaf..39854142 100644
--- a/murdock-worker/Dockerfile
+++ b/murdock-worker/Dockerfile
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ RUN pip3 install hiredis
 # install testrunner dependencies
 RUN pip3 install click
 
-# get git-cache-rs binary
-COPY --from=ghcr.io/kaspar030/git-cache:0.1.5-jammy /git-cache /usr/bin/git-cache
-ENV GIT_CACHE_RS /usr/bin/git-cache
-
 # install newer ccache package
 ARG CCACHE_TGZ=ccache-4.7.4-linux-x86_64.tar.xz
 COPY files/${CCACHE_TGZ}  /
@@ -44,6 +40,9 @@ COPY murdock_slave.sh /usr/bin/murdock_slave
 # create cache folder
 RUN mkdir -m777 /cache
 
+# remove old git-cache-rs files from before the directory structure changed
+RUN rm -rf /cache/.gitcache/*.git /cache/.gitcache/*.lock
+
 # set cache folder for Download Cache
 ENV DLCACHE_DIR /cache/.dlcache