diff --git a/deploy_mediaconch/Dockerfile b/deploy_mediaconch/Dockerfile
index 5b984526a24bdc36527f4ca7b2e723a5c95c2d8a..fd38b58091722e1ca44fcdf2133f9e619a66432f 100644
--- a/deploy_mediaconch/Dockerfile
+++ b/deploy_mediaconch/Dockerfile
@@ -65,26 +65,26 @@ ENV PATH=$PATH:$DISTDIR/bin
 RUN echo $PATH
 
 
+# build of libxslt v1.1.34 will fail, expects newer version of autotools
+ENV libxsltVERSION=v1.1.33
 
 # get and compile libxslt, because RHEL uses outdated and errorneous version
 # the configure-script must be patched, because empty else branch somewhere
 # also we disabled python support and crypto  and building static variants only
-RUN wget -np https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/archive/master/libxslt-master.tar.gz
-RUN tar xfz libxslt-master.tar.gz
-RUN cd libxslt-master && ./autogen.sh
-RUN cd libxslt-master && ./configure --help
-# patch errorneous configure
-RUN cd libxslt-master && sed -i -e "16135s/.*/echo nothing/" configure
-RUN cd libxslt-master && (cat -n configure | head -n 16143 | tail -n 10)
-RUN cd libxslt-master && \
+RUN wget -np https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/archive/${libxsltVERSION}/libxslt-${libxsltVERSION}.tar.gz
+RUN tar xfz libxslt-${libxsltVERSION}.tar.gz
+RUN cd libxslt-${libxsltVERSION} && ./autogen.sh
+# patch errorneous configure for v1.1.33
+RUN cd libxslt-${libxsltVERSION} && sed -i -e "16113s/.*/echo nothing/" configure
+#RUN cd libxslt-${libxsltVERSION} && (cat -n configure | head -n 16122 | tail -n 10)
+RUN cd libxslt-${libxsltVERSION} && \
     ./configure --prefix=$DISTDIR --without-python --without-crypto \
     --disable-shared --enable-static \
     --with-libxml-src=/home/builder/libxml2-master \
     --with-libxml-prefix=$DISTDIR/bin \
     --with-libxml-include-prefix=$DISTDIR/include \
-    --with-libxml-libs-prefix=$DISTDIR/lib &&\
-    make -j &&\
-    make install
+    --with-libxml-libs-prefix=$DISTDIR/lib
+RUN cd libxslt-${libxsltVERSION} && make -j && make install
 
 
 
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ RUN cd MediaInfoLib/Project/GNU/Library/ &&\
 # because Mediaconch configure script expects libml2 and libxslt as hardcoded
 # names, we set symlinks
 RUN ln -s libxml2-master libxml2
-RUN ln -s libxslt-master libxslt
+RUN ln -s libxslt-${libxsltVERSION} libxslt
 
 # get and compile mediaconch
 RUN git clone https://github.com/MediaArea/MediaConch_SourceCode.git
@@ -169,4 +169,3 @@ RUN tree $DISTDIR
 RUN cd $DISTDIR/../../ && tar -cz -f /tmp/mediaconch.tgz *
 RUN ls -lha /tmp/
 RUN echo "Finished, in /tmp/mediaconch.tgz should be the binary found"
-