diff --git a/wandb/sdk/launch/_project_spec.py b/wandb/sdk/launch/_project_spec.py
index 7e354ba7456..7191d36fcc7 100644
--- a/wandb/sdk/launch/_project_spec.py
+++ b/wandb/sdk/launch/_project_spec.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def __init__(
         self.name = name  # TODO: replace with run_id
         self.resource = resource
         self.resource_args = resource_args
-        self.build_image: bool = docker_config.get("build_image", False)
         self.python_version: Optional[str] = docker_config.get("python_version")
         self.cuda_version: Optional[str] = docker_config.get("cuda_version")
         self._base_image: Optional[str] = docker_config.get("base_image")