diff --git a/images/zookeeper/Dockerfile.in b/images/zookeeper/Dockerfile.in
index 81c7c4ca8f2..02fd113d4bb 100755
--- a/images/zookeeper/Dockerfile.in
+++ b/images/zookeeper/Dockerfile.in
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ ARG DISTRO_NAME=zookeeper-3.4.9
 # Download Apache Zookeeper, verify its PGP signature, untar and clean up
 RUN set -x \
     && cd / \
-    && wget -q "http://www.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/$DISTRO_NAME/$DISTRO_NAME.tar.gz" \
-    && tar -xzf "$DISTRO_NAME.tar.gz" \
-    && mv "$DISTRO_NAME/conf/"* "$ZOO_CONF_DIR" \
-    && rm -r "$DISTRO_NAME.tar.gz"
+    && curl -fsSL "http://www.apache.org/dist/zookeeper/$DISTRO_NAME/$DISTRO_NAME.tar.gz" | tar -xz \
+    && mv "$DISTRO_NAME/conf/"* "$ZOO_CONF_DIR"
 
 WORKDIR $DISTRO_NAME
 VOLUME ["$ZOO_DATA_DIR", "$ZOO_DATA_LOG_DIR"]