diff --git a/projects/openexr/Dockerfile b/projects/openexr/Dockerfile
index e64bb6660f14..2ca78a743b25 100644
--- a/projects/openexr/Dockerfile
+++ b/projects/openexr/Dockerfile
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y make autoconf automake libtool zlib1g-d
 RUN git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr openexr
 WORKDIR openexr
 COPY *.sh $SRC/
+
+# The below test is failing in the OSS-Fuzz environment. Patch it out for now.
+RUN sed -i "s/TEST (testAttrBytes/\/\/TEST (testAttrBytes/g" $SRC/openexr/src/test/OpenEXRCoreTest/main.cpp
diff --git a/projects/openexr/build.sh b/projects/openexr/build.sh
index 0da8c515d652..ff471a15a4b1 100755
--- a/projects/openexr/build.sh
+++ b/projects/openexr/build.sh
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@
 
 set -x
 
-# The below test is failing in the OSS-Fuzz environment. Patch it out for now.
-sed -i "s/TEST (testAttrBytes/\/\/TEST (testAttrBytes/g" $SRC/openexr/src/test/OpenEXRCoreTest/main.cpp
-
 BUILD_DIR=$WORK/_build.oss-fuzz
 
 cmake -S $SRC/openexr -B $BUILD_DIR --preset oss_fuzz