diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 44394aa..fc82b3f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -158,20 +158,6 @@ RUN curl -L https://github.com/shenwei356/csvtk/releases/download/v0.30.0/csvtk_
 # Download seqkit
 RUN curl -L https://github.com/shenwei356/seqkit/releases/download/v2.2.0/seqkit_${TARGETOS}_${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz | tar xz --no-same-owner -C /final/bin
 
-# Download gofasta (for ncov/Pangolin)
-# NOTE: Running this program requires support for emulation on the Docker host
-# if the processor architecture is not amd64.
-# TODO: Build from source to avoid emulation. Instructions: https://github.com/virus-evolution/gofasta/tree/v0.0.6#installation
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/virus-evolution/gofasta/releases/download/v0.0.6/gofasta-linux-amd64 \
-  -o /final/bin/gofasta
-
-# Download minimap2 (for ncov/Pangolin)
-# NOTE: Running this program requires support for emulation on the Docker host
-# if the processor architecture is not amd64.
-# TODO: Build from source to avoid emulation. Instructions: https://github.com/lh3/minimap2/tree/v2.24#install
-RUN curl -fsSL https://github.com/lh3/minimap2/releases/download/v2.24/minimap2-2.24_x64-linux.tar.bz2 \
-  | tar xjvpf - --no-same-owner --strip-components=1 -C /final/bin minimap2-2.24_x64-linux/minimap2
-
 
 # 3. Add unpinned programs
 
@@ -224,7 +210,7 @@ RUN curl -fsSL https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/datasets/command-line/v2/linux-$
 # This is in place for Python programs which are not easy to install for a
 # different target platform¹.
 # ¹ https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/5453
-FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM python:3.10-slim-bullseye AS builder-target-platform
+FROM --platform=$TARGETPLATFORM python:3.11-slim-bullseye AS builder-target-platform
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-e", "-u", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
@@ -258,9 +244,10 @@ RUN python3 -m venv /usr/local/libexec/awscli \
  && ln -sv /usr/local/libexec/awscli/bin/aws /usr/local/bin/aws
 
 # Install Snakemake and related optional dependencies.
-# Pinned to 7.32.3 for stability (2023-09-09)
-# Pulp>=2.8.0 breaks snakemake <=8.1.1, see https://github.com/snakemake/snakemake/issues/2607
-RUN pip3 install snakemake[reports]==7.32.3 "pulp<2.8"
+# FIXME: Pin a later version? I chose 8.1.2 to remove the pulp pin.
+# Consider skimming the changelog.
+# https://snakemake.readthedocs.io/en/stable/project_info/history.html
+RUN pip3 install snakemake[reports]==8.1.2
 # Google Cloud Storage package is required for Snakemake to fetch remote files
 # from Google Storage URIs.
 RUN pip3 install google-cloud-storage==2.7.0
@@ -268,15 +255,6 @@ RUN pip3 install google-cloud-storage==2.7.0
 # Install epiweeks (for ncov)
 RUN pip3 install epiweeks==2.1.2
 
-# Install Pangolin and PangoLEARN + deps (for ncov)
-# The cov-lineages projects aren't available on PyPI, so install via git URLs.
-RUN pip3 install git+https://github.com/cov-lineages/pangolin.git@v3.1.17
-RUN pip3 install git+https://github.com/cov-lineages/pangoLEARN.git@2021-12-06
-RUN pip3 install git+https://github.com/cov-lineages/scorpio.git@v0.3.16
-RUN pip3 install git+https://github.com/cov-lineages/constellations.git@v0.1.1
-RUN pip3 install git+https://github.com/cov-lineages/pango-designation.git@19d9a537b9
-RUN pip3 install pysam==0.19.1
-
 # Install pango_aliasor (for forecasts-ncov)
 RUN pip3 install pango_aliasor==0.3.0
 
@@ -350,7 +328,7 @@ RUN pip3 install evofr
 # ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— #
 
 # Now build the final image.
-FROM python:3.10-slim-bullseye AS final
+FROM python:3.11-slim-bullseye AS final
 
 SHELL ["/bin/bash", "-e", "-u", "-o", "pipefail", "-c"]
 
@@ -426,7 +404,7 @@ ENV MAFFT_BINARIES=/usr/local/libexec
 RUN chmod a+rx /usr/local/bin/* /usr/local/libexec/*
 
 # Add installed Python libs
-COPY --from=builder-target-platform /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/
+COPY --from=builder-target-platform /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/ /usr/local/lib/python3.11/site-packages/
 
 # AWS CLI
 COPY --from=builder-target-platform /usr/local/libexec/awscli/ /usr/local/libexec/awscli/
@@ -445,12 +423,9 @@ COPY --from=builder-target-platform \
     /usr/local/bin/aws \
     /usr/local/bin/envdir \
     /usr/local/bin/nextstrain \
-    /usr/local/bin/pangolin \
-    /usr/local/bin/pangolearn.smk \
     /usr/local/bin/pathogen-distance \
     /usr/local/bin/pathogen-embed \
     /usr/local/bin/pathogen-cluster \
-    /usr/local/bin/scorpio \
     /usr/local/bin/snakemake \
     /usr/local/bin/treetime \
     /usr/local/bin/