diff --git a/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index fc31f37..f06a3f7 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ COPY ./common .
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 RUN ./install-python.sh && \
-    ./install-dapr-cli.sh && \
     ./install-velocitas-cli.sh ${TARGETARCH} && \
     ./install-kanto.sh ${TARGETARCH}
 
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 1df252f..0b2be7d 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/Dockerfiles/cpp/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "dockerfile": "Dockerfile",
         "context": "../../..",
         "args": {
-            "SDK_TAG": "v0.4.2"
+            "SDK_TAG": "v0.4.3"
         }
     },
     "features": {
@@ -13,13 +13,6 @@
             "version": "2.41.0"
         },
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2.1.2": {},
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2.5.0": {},
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/kubectl-helm-minikube:1.1.4": {
-            "version": "1.28.0",
-            "helm": "3.12.3",
-            "minikube": "none"
-        },
-        "ghcr.io/rio/features/k3d:1.1.0": {},
-        "ghcr.io/rio/features/k9s:1.1.5": {}
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2.5.0": {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 9bb840b..9671dc4 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ COPY ./common .
 
 ARG TARGETARCH
 RUN ./install-python.sh && \
-    ./install-dapr-cli.sh && \
     ./install-velocitas-cli.sh ${TARGETARCH} && \
     ./install-kanto.sh ${TARGETARCH}
 
diff --git a/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index f153c93..079b3a5 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/Dockerfiles/python/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -10,13 +10,6 @@
             "version": "2.41.0"
         },
         "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/common-utils:2.1.2": {},
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2.5.0": {},
-        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/kubectl-helm-minikube:1.1.4": {
-            "version": "1.28.0",
-            "helm": "3.12.3",
-            "minikube": "none"
-        },
-        "ghcr.io/rio/features/k3d:1.1.0": {},
-        "ghcr.io/rio/features/k9s:1.1.5": {}
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/docker-in-docker:2.5.0": {}
     }
 }
diff --git a/common/AppManifest.json b/common/AppManifest.json
deleted file mode 100644
index afa26ff..0000000
--- a/common/AppManifest.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-[
-    {
-        "dependencies": {
-            "python": {
-                "version": "3.10"
-            },
-            "dapr": {
-                "cli": {
-                    "version": "1.10.0"
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-]
diff --git a/common/install-dapr-cli.sh b/common/install-dapr-cli.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 60bed83..0000000
--- a/common/install-dapr-cli.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2022-2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
-#
-# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
-# terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 which is available at
-# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
-# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
-# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-set -e
-echo "#######################################################"
-echo "### Install dapr-cli                                ###"
-echo "#######################################################"
-
-DEFAULT_DAPR_CLI_VERSION=$(cat AppManifest.json | jq .[].dependencies.dapr.cli.version | tr -d '"')
-
-INSTALLED_DAPR_CLI_VERSION=$(dapr --version | grep "CLI version: " | sed 's/^.*: //' | sed 's/\s*//g')
-
-# Check dapr CLI
-if [ "${INSTALLED_DAPR_CLI_VERSION}" != "${DEFAULT_DAPR_CLI_VERSION}" ]; then
-      echo "Install dapr CLI $DEFAULT_DAPR_CLI_VERSION"
-      wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dapr/cli/master/install/install.sh -O - | /bin/bash -s $DEFAULT_DAPR_CLI_VERSION
-else
-      echo "Dapr CLI $DEFAULT_DAPR_CLI_VERSION is already installed."
-fi
diff --git a/common/install-python.sh b/common/install-python.sh
index 0dd5616..f779ec5 100755
--- a/common/install-python.sh
+++ b/common/install-python.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ set -e
 echo "#######################################################"
 echo "### Installing python version 3                     ###"
 echo "#######################################################"
-PYTHON_VERSION=$(cat AppManifest.json | jq .[].dependencies.python.version | tr -d '"')
+PYTHON_VERSION='3.10'
 
 sudo apt-get update && apt-get install -y python3-distutils python$PYTHON_VERSION python3-dev
 curl -fsSL https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | sudo python$PYTHON_VERSION