diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 0541591c..29f5915c 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ liblas-bin python-matplotlib libatlas-base-dev swig2.0 python-wheel libboost-log
 RUN apt-get remove libdc1394-22-dev
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install setuptools
-RUN pip install -U PyYAML exifread gpxpy xmltodict catkin-pkg appsettings https://github.com/gipit/gippy/archive/1.0.0.zip loky shapely numpy pyproj psutil repoze.lru && pip install -U scipy --ignore-installed
+RUN pip install -U PyYAML exifread gpxpy xmltodict catkin-pkg appsettings https://github.com/gipit/gippy/archive/1.0.0.zip loky shapely numpy==1.15.4 pyproj psutil repoze.lru && pip install -U scipy --ignore-installed
 
 ENV PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/code/SuperBuild/install/lib/python2.7/dist-packages"
 ENV PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/code/SuperBuild/src/opensfm"
diff --git a/configure.sh b/configure.sh
index f446bd83..34b38976 100755
--- a/configure.sh
+++ b/configure.sh
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ install() {
                          libboost-log-dev
 
     echo "Installing split-merge Dependencies"
-    pip install -U scipy shapely numpy pyproj
+    pip install -U scipy shapely numpy==1.15.4 pyproj
 
     pip install -U https://github.com/gipit/gippy/archive/1.0.0.zip psutil
 
@@ -111,9 +111,6 @@ install() {
     mkdir -p build && cd build
     cmake .. && make -j$processes
 
-    # Numpy patch for 1.16.0 to add unicode string support
-    (cd / && patch --forward --batch -p0) <${RUNPATH}/patched_files/numpy_1_16_0_py3k.patch
-
     echo "Configuration Finished"
 }
 
diff --git a/core2.Dockerfile b/core2.Dockerfile
index 776f9816..a5c52baf 100644
--- a/core2.Dockerfile
+++ b/core2.Dockerfile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ liblas-bin python-matplotlib libatlas-base-dev swig2.0 python-wheel libboost-log
 RUN apt-get remove libdc1394-22-dev
 RUN pip install --upgrade pip
 RUN pip install setuptools
-RUN pip install -U PyYAML exifread gpxpy xmltodict catkin-pkg appsettings https://github.com/gipit/gippy/archive/1.0.0.zip loky shapely numpy pyproj psutil repoze.lru && pip install -U scipy --ignore-installed
+RUN pip install -U PyYAML exifread gpxpy xmltodict catkin-pkg appsettings https://github.com/gipit/gippy/archive/1.0.0.zip loky shapely numpy==1.15.4 pyproj psutil repoze.lru && pip install -U scipy --ignore-installed
 
 ENV PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/code/SuperBuild/install/lib/python2.7/dist-packages"
 ENV PYTHONPATH="$PYTHONPATH:/code/SuperBuild/src/opensfm"
diff --git a/patched_files/numpy_1_16_0_py3k.patch b/patched_files/numpy_1_16_0_py3k.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index bc854acf..00000000
--- a/patched_files/numpy_1_16_0_py3k.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
---- /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/compat/py3k.py	2019-01-21 17:16:39.246870668 -0500
-+++ /usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/numpy/compat/py3k_patched.py	2019-01-21 17:16:57.656940074 -0500
-@@ -214,12 +214,12 @@
- 
-     def os_fspath(path):
-         """Return the path representation of a path-like object.
--        If str or bytes is passed in, it is returned unchanged. Otherwise the
-+        If str or unicode or bytes is passed in, it is returned unchanged. Otherwise the
-         os.PathLike interface is used to get the path representation. If the
-         path representation is not str or bytes, TypeError is raised. If the
--        provided path is not str, bytes, or os.PathLike, TypeError is raised.
-+        provided path is not str, unicode, bytes, or os.PathLike, TypeError is raised.
-         """
--        if isinstance(path, (str, bytes)):
-+        if isinstance(path, (str, unicode, bytes)):
-             return path
- 
-         # Work from the object's type to match method resolution of other magic
-@@ -235,9 +235,9 @@
-             else:
-                 raise TypeError("expected str, bytes or os.PathLike object, "
-                                 "not " + path_type.__name__)
--        if isinstance(path_repr, (str, bytes)):
-+        if isinstance(path_repr, (str, unicode, bytes)):
-             return path_repr
-         else:
-             raise TypeError("expected {}.__fspath__() to return str or bytes, "
-                             "not {}".format(path_type.__name__,
--                                            type(path_repr).__name__))
-+                                            type(path_repr).__name__))
-\ No newline at end of file