diff --git a/.github/workflows/Dockerfile b/.github/workflows/Dockerfile
index cc1c14adef..ecc050bbe3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Dockerfile
+++ b/.github/workflows/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ RUN    apt-get update                  \
             debhelper                  \
             libboost-test-dev          \
             libcrypto++-dev            \
-            libprocps-dev              \
             libsecp256k1-dev           \
             libssl-dev                 \
             libyaml-dev                \
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index acdf8ded27..5bcc6e6340 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     let
       nixLibs = pkgs:
         with pkgs;
-        "-I${procps}/include -L${procps}/lib -I${openssl.dev}/include -L${openssl.out}/lib -I${secp256k1}/include -L${secp256k1}/lib";
+        "-I${openssl.dev}/include -L${openssl.out}/lib -I${secp256k1}/include -L${secp256k1}/lib";
       buildInputs = pkgs:
         with pkgs;
         [
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
           mpfr
           openssl.dev
           pkg-config
-          procps
           python310-pyk
           time
         ] ++ lib.optional (!stdenv.isDarwin) elfutils;
diff --git a/kevm-pyk/src/kevm_pyk/kompile.py b/kevm-pyk/src/kevm_pyk/kompile.py
index d1d8132550..2308886471 100644
--- a/kevm-pyk/src/kevm_pyk/kompile.py
+++ b/kevm-pyk/src/kevm_pyk/kompile.py
@@ -273,7 +273,6 @@ def lib_ccopts(plugin_dir: Path, debug_build: bool = False) -> list[str]:
         else:
             ccopts += config.NIX_LIBS.split(' ')
     elif kernel == 'linux':
-        ccopts += ['-lprocps']
         if config.NIX_LIBS:
             ccopts += config.NIX_LIBS.split(' ')
     else: