diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 04b3034..52df0a1 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get --assume-yes upgrade \
     && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends make \
     && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends g++ \
     && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends git \
-    && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends wget \
     && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends zip \
     && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends unzip \
     && apt-get -qq install -y --no-install-recommends python3-dev \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2c9f014..9919150 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ data/FWA_STREAM_NETWORKS_SP.gdb.zip: .make/db
 # note that this is possbile to download via /vsizip/vsicurl but a direct download seems faster
 data/WBD_National_GDB.zip:
 	mkdir -p data
-	wget --trust-server-names -qN https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/WBD_National_GDB.zip -P data
+	curl -o data/WBD_National_GDB.zip \
+	  https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Hydrography/WBD/National/GDB/WBD_National_GDB.zip
 
 # load washington, idaho, montana and alaska
 .make/wbdhu12: data/WBD_National_GDB.zip