diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index fa6cc94c5..82f16aad7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-FROM golang AS builder
+FROM golang:alpine AS builder
 
 COPY . /go/src/github.com/rclone/rclone/
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/rclone/rclone/
 
+RUN apk add --no-cache make bash gawk git
 RUN \
   CGO_ENABLED=0 \
   make
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
index 09bc34a4d..71e5b7918 100644
--- a/RELEASE.md
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -124,32 +124,21 @@ Cherry pick any changes back to master and the stable branch if it is active.
 
 ## Making a manual build of docker
 
-The rclone docker image should autobuild on via GitHub actions.  If it doesn't
-or needs to be updated then rebuild like this.
-
-See: https://github.com/ilteoood/docker_buildx/issues/19
-See: https://github.com/ilteoood/docker_buildx/blob/master/scripts/install_buildx.sh
+To do a basic build of rclone's docker image to debug builds locally:
+
+```
+docker buildx build --load -t rclone/rclone:testing --progress=plain .
+docker run --rm rclone/rclone:testing version
+```
+
+To test the multipatform build
+
+```
+docker buildx build -t rclone/rclone:testing --progress=plain --platform linux/amd64,linux/386,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7,linux/arm/v6 .
+```
+
+To make a full build then set the tags correctly and add `--push`
 
 ```
-git co v1.54.1
-docker pull golang
-export DOCKER_CLI_EXPERIMENTAL=enabled
-docker buildx create --name actions_builder --use
-docker run --rm --privileged docker/binfmt:820fdd95a9972a5308930a2bdfb8573dd4447ad3
-docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes
-SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS=$(docker buildx inspect --bootstrap | grep 'Platforms:*.*' | cut -d : -f2,3)
-echo "Supported platforms: $SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS"
 docker buildx build --platform linux/amd64,linux/386,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v7 -t rclone/rclone:1.54.1 -t rclone/rclone:1.54 -t rclone/rclone:1 -t rclone/rclone:latest --push .
-docker buildx stop actions_builder
-```
-
-### Old build for linux/amd64 only
-
-```
-docker pull golang
-docker build --rm --ulimit memlock=67108864  -t rclone/rclone:1.52.0 -t rclone/rclone:1.52 -t rclone/rclone:1 -t rclone/rclone:latest .
-docker push rclone/rclone:1.52.0
-docker push rclone/rclone:1.52
-docker push rclone/rclone:1
-docker push rclone/rclone:latest
 ```