diff --git a/keyserver/Dockerfile b/keyserver/Dockerfile
--- a/keyserver/Dockerfile
+++ b/keyserver/Dockerfile
@@ -49,11 +49,9 @@
 
 # We need rsync in the prod-build yarn script
 # We need mariadb-client so we can use mysqldump for backups
-# We need protobuf-compiler to build rust-node-addon
 RUN apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -y \
   rsync \
   mariadb-client \
-  protobuf-compiler \
   && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -121,8 +119,12 @@
 COPY --chown=comm keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/Cargo.toml \
   keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/
 
-# Copy in comm-opaque library, a dependency of rust-node-addon
+# Copy comm-opaque and tunnelbroker-client shared libraries for rust-node-addon
 COPY --chown=comm shared/comm-opaque shared/comm-opaque/
+COPY --chown=comm shared/tunnelbroker-client shared/tunnelbroker-client/
+
+# Copy protobuf files as a dependency for the shared client libraries
+COPY --chown=comm shared/protos shared/protos/
 
 # Copy in files needed for patch-package
 COPY --chown=comm patches patches/
diff --git a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/Cargo.toml b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/Cargo.toml
--- a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/Cargo.toml
+++ b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 prost = "0.11"
 comm-opaque = {path = "../../../shared/comm-opaque"}
 lazy_static = "1.4"
+tunnelbroker-client = {path = "../../../shared/tunnelbroker-client"}
 
 [build-dependencies]
 napi-build = "2.0.1"
diff --git a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/install_external_deps.sh b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/install_external_deps.sh
--- a/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/install_external_deps.sh
+++ b/keyserver/addons/rust-node-addon/install_external_deps.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-echo "Buildkite var set: $BUILDKITE"
-
-# We can skip this script if it's not part of a CI workflow
-if ! { [ -n "$BUILDKITE" ] || [ -n "$CI" ]; }
-then
-  echo "Not in a CI workflow, exiting"
-  exit
-fi
-
 # Install protobuf if it's not already installed
 if [[ ! "$(command -v protoc)" ]]
 then