diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 1fc0fbb0b6..b9caf76060 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -299,21 +299,21 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: pg_install/v14
-          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v14_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}-${{ hashFiles('Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
+          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v14_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
 
       - name: Cache postgres v15 build
         id: cache_pg_15
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: pg_install/v15
-          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v15_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}-${{ hashFiles('Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
+          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v15_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
 
       - name: Cache postgres v16 build
         id: cache_pg_16
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: pg_install/v16
-          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v16_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}-${{ hashFiles('Dockerfile.build-tools') }}
+          key: v1-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.build_type }}-pg-${{ steps.pg_v16_rev.outputs.pg_rev }}-${{ hashFiles('Makefile') }}
 
       - name: Build postgres v14
         if: steps.cache_pg_14.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index b4900d4a94..5f82df3e18 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ RUN set -e \
     && apt install -y \
         libreadline-dev \
         libseccomp-dev \
+        libicu67 \
+        openssl \
         ca-certificates \
     && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /tmp/* /var/tmp/* \
     && useradd -d /data neon \
diff --git a/Dockerfile.build-tools b/Dockerfile.build-tools
index 91194eda1a..460b8c996d 100644
--- a/Dockerfile.build-tools
+++ b/Dockerfile.build-tools
@@ -112,35 +112,6 @@ RUN for package in Capture::Tiny DateTime Devel::Cover Digest::MD5 File::Spec JS
     && make install \
     && rm -rf ../lcov.tar.gz
 
-# Compile and install the static OpenSSL library
-ENV OPENSSL_VERSION=3.2.2
-ENV OPENSSL_PREFIX=/usr/local/openssl
-RUN wget -O /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
-    echo "197149c18d9e9f292c43f0400acaba12e5f52cacfe050f3d199277ea738ec2e7 /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz" | sha256sum --check && \
-    cd /tmp && \
-    tar xzvf /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
-    rm /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}.tar.gz && \
-    cd /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION} && \
-    ./config --prefix=${OPENSSL_PREFIX}  -static --static no-shared -fPIC && \
-    make ${MAKE_ARGS} && \
-    make install && \
-    cd /tmp && \
-    rm -rf /tmp/openssl-${OPENSSL_VERSION}
-
-# Set the ICU version
-ENV ICU_VERSION=72.1
-ENV ICU_PREFIX=/usr/local/icu
-
-# Download and build static ICU
-RUN wget https://github.com/unicode-org/icu/releases/download/release-${ICU_VERSION//./-}/icu4c-${ICU_VERSION//./_}-src.tgz && \
-    tar -xzf icu4c-${ICU_VERSION//./_}-src.tgz && \
-    cd icu/source && \
-    ./configure --prefix=${ICU_PREFIX}  --enable-static --enable-shared=no CXXFLAGS="-fPIC" CFLAGS="-fPIC" && \
-    make && \
-    make install && \
-    cd ../.. && \
-    rm -rf icu icu4c-${ICU_VERSION//./_}-src.tgz
-
 # Switch to nonroot user
 USER nonroot:nonroot
 WORKDIR /home/nonroot
@@ -199,6 +170,3 @@ RUN whoami \
     && rustup --version --verbose \
     && rustc --version --verbose \
     && clang --version
-
-# Set following flag to check in Makefile if its running in Docker
-RUN touch /home/nonroot/.docker_build
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b5f426344e..dcbfdbcbc1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,6 @@ ROOT_PROJECT_DIR := $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
 # Where to install Postgres, default is ./pg_install, maybe useful for package managers
 POSTGRES_INSTALL_DIR ?= $(ROOT_PROJECT_DIR)/pg_install/
 
-OPENSSL_PREFIX_DIR := /usr/local/openssl
-ICU_PREFIX_DIR := /usr/local/icu
-
 #
 # We differentiate between release / debug build types using the BUILD_TYPE
 # environment variable.
@@ -23,16 +20,6 @@ else
 	$(error Bad build type '$(BUILD_TYPE)', see Makefile for options)
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(shell test -e /home/nonroot/.docker_build && echo -n yes),yes)
-	# Exclude static build openssl, icu for local build (MacOS, Linux)
-	# Only keep for build type release and debug
-	PG_CFLAGS += -I$(OPENSSL_PREFIX_DIR)/include
-	PG_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --with-icu
-	PG_CONFIGURE_OPTS += ICU_CFLAGS='-I/$(ICU_PREFIX_DIR)/include -DU_STATIC_IMPLEMENTATION'
-	PG_CONFIGURE_OPTS += ICU_LIBS='-L$(ICU_PREFIX_DIR)/lib -L$(ICU_PREFIX_DIR)/lib64 -licui18n -licuuc -licudata -lstdc++ -Wl,-Bdynamic -lm'
-	PG_CONFIGURE_OPTS += LDFLAGS='-L$(OPENSSL_PREFIX_DIR)/lib -L$(OPENSSL_PREFIX_DIR)/lib64 -L$(ICU_PREFIX_DIR)/lib -L$(ICU_PREFIX_DIR)/lib64 -Wl,-Bstatic -lssl -lcrypto -Wl,-Bdynamic -lrt -lm -ldl -lpthread'
-endif
-
 UNAME_S := $(shell uname -s)
 ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Linux)
 	# Seccomp BPF is only available for Linux
@@ -41,7 +28,7 @@ else ifeq ($(UNAME_S),Darwin)
 	ifndef DISABLE_HOMEBREW
 		# macOS with brew-installed openssl requires explicit paths
 		# It can be configured with OPENSSL_PREFIX variable
-		OPENSSL_PREFIX := $(shell brew --prefix openssl@3)
+		OPENSSL_PREFIX ?= $(shell brew --prefix openssl@3)
 		PG_CONFIGURE_OPTS += --with-includes=$(OPENSSL_PREFIX)/include --with-libraries=$(OPENSSL_PREFIX)/lib
 		PG_CONFIGURE_OPTS += PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$(shell brew --prefix icu4c)/lib/pkgconfig
 		# macOS already has bison and flex in the system, but they are old and result in postgres-v14 target failure