diff --git a/docker/main/install_deps.sh b/docker/main/install_deps.sh
index 61ece1b76..2873f3999 100755
--- a/docker/main/install_deps.sh
+++ b/docker/main/install_deps.sh
@@ -76,10 +76,4 @@ fi
 apt-get purge gnupg apt-transport-https xz-utils -y
 apt-get clean autoclean -y
 apt-get autoremove --purge -y
-rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-# Install yq, for frigate-prepare and go2rtc echo source
-curl -fsSL \
-    "https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/v4.33.3/yq_linux_$(dpkg --print-architecture)" \
-    --output /usr/local/bin/yq
-chmod +x /usr/local/bin/yq
+rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run b/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run
index f2cc40fcf..a06b55cbe 100755
--- a/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run
+++ b/docker/main/rootfs/etc/s6-overlay/s6-rc.d/frigate/run
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ function migrate_db_path() {
     fi
     unset config_file_yaml
 
-    # Use yq to check if database.path is set
+    # check if database.path is set
     local user_db_path
-    user_db_path=$(yq eval '.database.path' "${config_file}")
+    user_db_path=$(python3 -c "import yaml, json; data = json.loads(json.dumps(yaml.safe_load(open('${config_file}')))); print(data['database']['path']) if 'database' in data and 'path' in data['database'] else print('null')")
 
     if [[ "${user_db_path}" == "null" ]]; then
         local previous_db_path="/media/frigate/frigate.db"