diff --git a/Dockerfile.jupyterhub b/Dockerfile.jupyterhub
index 16d9bf0..bd5abca 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.jupyterhub
+++ b/Dockerfile.jupyterhub
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ RUN /opt/conda/bin/pip install \
     oauthenticator==0.4.* \
     dockerspawner==0.4.*
 
+# install docker on the jupyterhub container
+RUN wget https://get.docker.com -q -O /tmp/getdocker && \
+    chmod +x /tmp/getdocker && \
+    sh /tmp/getdocker
+
 # Copy TLS certificate and key
 ENV SSL_CERT /srv/jupyterhub/secrets/jupyterhub.crt
 ENV SSL_KEY /srv/jupyterhub/secrets/jupyterhub.key
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index d149f79..8943af3 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ services:
     image: jupyterhub
     container_name: jupyterhub
     volumes:
-      # Bind Docker binary from host machine so we can invoke Docker commands
-      # from inside container
-      - "/usr/local/bin/docker:/usr/local/bin/docker:ro"
       # Bind Docker socket on the host so we can connect to the daemon from
       # within the container
       - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:rw"