diff --git a/stac_api/runtime/Dockerfile b/stac_api/runtime/Dockerfile
index f10b961d..c8a8c852 100644
--- a/stac_api/runtime/Dockerfile
+++ b/stac_api/runtime/Dockerfile
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@ FROM --platform=linux/amd64 public.ecr.aws/sam/build-python3.9:latest
 WORKDIR /tmp
 
 COPY stac_api/runtime /tmp/stac
-COPY common/auth /tmp/stac/common/auth
-RUN pip install /tmp/stac/common/auth -t /asset
 
 RUN pip install "mangum>=0.14,<0.15" "plpygis>=0.2.1" /tmp/stac -t /asset --no-binary pydantic
+COPY common/auth /tmp/stac/common/auth
+RUN pip install /tmp/stac/common/auth -t /asset
 RUN rm -rf /tmp/stac
 
 # Reduce package size and remove useless files
diff --git a/stac_api/runtime/setup.py b/stac_api/runtime/setup.py
index 31970c8b..2cdf855d 100644
--- a/stac_api/runtime/setup.py
+++ b/stac_api/runtime/setup.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
     "pygeoif<=0.8",  # newest release (1.0+ / 09-22-2022) breaks a number of other geo libs
     "aws-lambda-powertools>=1.18.0",
     "aws_xray_sdk>=2.6.0,<3",
-    "pystac[validation]==1.10.1",
-    "brotli==1.1.0",
+    "pystac[validation]==1.10.1"
 ]
 
 extra_reqs = {
diff --git a/stac_api/runtime/src/app.py b/stac_api/runtime/src/app.py
index a48d4c45..e30bfbe2 100644
--- a/stac_api/runtime/src/app.py
+++ b/stac_api/runtime/src/app.py
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 from src.config import get_request_model as GETModel
 from src.config import post_request_model as POSTModel
 from src.extension import TiTilerExtension
-from veda_auth import VedaAuth
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, FastAPI
 from fastapi.params import Depends
@@ -80,6 +79,7 @@
     )
 
 if api_settings.enable_transactions:
+    from veda_auth import VedaAuth
     auth = VedaAuth(api_settings)
     # Require auth for all endpoints that create, modify or delete data.
     add_route_dependencies(