Yes, but apt-get clean is still redundant [ed: because the upstream Debian/Ubuntu images automatically runs apt-clean via how dpkg/apt is configured - and your image should inherit this behavior]. Personally I'm not a fan of deleting random files like man pages and documentation - so instead of:

  RUN apt-get update -qq && \
    apt-get install -y build-essential libvips && \
    apt-get clean && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* /usr/share/doc /usr/share/man

I'd do:

  RUN apt-get update -qq && \
    apt-get install -y build-essential libvips && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*