diff --git a/ubuntu-18.04/Dockerfile b/ubuntu-18.04/Dockerfile
index c3dc397..e0487ec 100644
--- a/ubuntu-18.04/Dockerfile
+++ b/ubuntu-18.04/Dockerfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ RUN set -x \
     && /bin/bash -c "source ~/.bashrc" \
     && apt-install php7.2-dev php-pear build-essential libmcrypt-dev \
     # install the pecl extensions
-    && pecl install mcrypt-1.0.1 \
+    && pecl install mcrypt-1.0.2 \
     && pecl install sqlsrv \
     && pecl install pdo_sqlsrv \
     && echo extension=mcrypt.so > /etc/php/7.2/fpm/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini \
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ RUN set -x \
     && echo extension=mcrypt.so > /etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/20-mcrypt.ini \
     && echo extension=pdo_sqlsrv.so > /etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/30-pdo_sqlsrv.ini \
     && echo extension=sqlsrv.so > /etc/php/7.2/cli/conf.d/20-sqlsrv.ini \
-    # uninstall all headers and libraries
-    && apt-get purge -y -f --force-yes \
-       php7.2-dev php-pear build-essential libmcrypt-dev unixodbc-dev \
+    # remove build software
+    && apt remove --auto-remove -y php7.2-dev php-pear build-essential unixodbc-dev \
     # perform image cleanup.
     && docker-run-bootstrap \
     && docker-image-cleanup