diff --git a/Dockerfile.template b/Dockerfile.template
index e72516c..13fc798 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.template
+++ b/Dockerfile.template
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@
 # Some templating is done in order to allow us to easily build different configurations and to
 # allow us to automate the release process.
 
-FROM alpine:3.18 AS verify
+FROM archlinux/archlinux:latest AS verify
 COPY TEMPLATE_ROOTFS_FILE /
-RUN apk add --no-cache curl tar zstd
 
 # TEMPLATE_ROOTFS_RELEASE_URL
 RUN TEMPLATE_ROOTFS_DOWNLOAD && \
diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 39a2b6e..0000000
--- a/renovate.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  "extends": [
-    "config:base"
-  ]
-}