diff --git a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
index ceb873823..62261ef3d 100644
--- a/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
+++ b/contrib/docker/Dockerfile.alpine
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ WORKDIR /build
 RUN apk update && \
     apk add ca-certificates alpine-sdk autoconf automake git libtool \
     gmp-dev sqlite-dev python3 py3-mako net-tools zlib-dev libsodium gettext su-exec \
-    python3 py3-pip lowdown #&& \
+    python3 py3-pip #&& \
     #apk add --upgrade fortify-headers
 
 RUN mkdir lightning
diff --git a/doc/INSTALL.md b/doc/INSTALL.md
index f53017d5e..53bec336b 100644
--- a/doc/INSTALL.md
+++ b/doc/INSTALL.md
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ For development or running tests, get additional dependencies:
     sudo apt-get install -y valgrind libpq-dev shellcheck cppcheck \
       libsecp256k1-dev jq lowdown
 
+If you can't install `lowdown`, a version will be built in-tree.
+
 If you want to build the Rust plugins (currently, cln-grpc):
 
 	sudo apt-get install -y cargo rustfmt