diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh
index 0657503f17..cda5563c40 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-base-qemu.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ CACHE_TIMEOUT=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
 [ -n "${build_suffix}" ] && HYPERVISOR_NAME="kata-qemu-${build_suffix}" || HYPERVISOR_NAME="kata-qemu"
 [ -n "${build_suffix}" ] && PKGVERSION="kata-static-${build_suffix}" || PKGVERSION="kata-static"
 
+container_image="qemu-static-${qemu_version,,}"
+
 sudo "${container_engine}" build \
 	--build-arg CACHE_TIMEOUT="${CACHE_TIMEOUT}" \
 	--build-arg BUILD_SUFFIX=${build_suffix} \
@@ -51,12 +53,14 @@ sudo "${container_engine}" build \
 	--build-arg PREFIX="${prefix}" \
 	"${packaging_dir}" \
 	-f "${script_dir}/Dockerfile" \
-	-t qemu-static
+	-t "${container_image}"
 
 sudo "${container_engine}" run \
 	--rm \
 	-i \
-	-v "${PWD}":/share qemu-static \
+	-v "${PWD}":/share "${container_image}" \
 	mv "${qemu_destdir}/${qemu_tar}" /share/
 
+sudo docker image rm "${container_image}"
+
 sudo chown ${USER}:$(id -gn ${USER}) "${PWD}/${qemu_tar}"