diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index b7026974..f52f26a4 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 {
   "name": "NHS Prototype Kit",
-  "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/universal:2",
   // codespaces seems to have an issue using port 2000 so setting to 2001 for the NHS Prototype Kit
   "runArgs": ["--env", "PORT=2001"],
   "portsAttributes": {