diff --git a/scripts/kernels/centos.sh b/scripts/kernels/centos.sh
index d95dd92ee..8be7d63f2 100755
--- a/scripts/kernels/centos.sh
+++ b/scripts/kernels/centos.sh
@@ -40,5 +40,8 @@ for URL in $URLS; do
         docker build -t ${REPO}:${VERSION} -f Dockerfile.rpm --no-cache \
                --build-arg RPM_URLS="${RPM_URLS}" . &&
             DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 docker push ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+
+        docker rmi ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+        docker system prune -f
     done
 done
diff --git a/scripts/kernels/debian.sh b/scripts/kernels/debian.sh
index c3dcde3bb..c5661750f 100755
--- a/scripts/kernels/debian.sh
+++ b/scripts/kernels/debian.sh
@@ -26,4 +26,7 @@ for KERN_DEB in $KERNELS; do
     docker build -t ${REPO}:${VERSION} -f Dockerfile.deb --no-cache \
            --build-arg DEB_URLS="${URLS}" . &&
         DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 docker push ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+
+    docker rmi ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+    docker system prune -f
 done
diff --git a/scripts/kernels/mainline.sh b/scripts/kernels/mainline.sh
index a3a916fe6..5694eb6c7 100755
--- a/scripts/kernels/mainline.sh
+++ b/scripts/kernels/mainline.sh
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ for KDIR in $KDIRS; do
     fi
     build_image ${VERSION} ${KDIR} && \
         DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 docker push ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+
+    docker rmi ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+    docker system prune -f
 done
diff --git a/scripts/kernels/ubuntu.sh b/scripts/kernels/ubuntu.sh
index 5a8102539..b5aa11c7f 100755
--- a/scripts/kernels/ubuntu.sh
+++ b/scripts/kernels/ubuntu.sh
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ for KERN_DEB in $KERNELS; do
     docker build -t ${REPO}:${VERSION} -f Dockerfile.deb --no-cache \
            --build-arg DEB_URLS="${URLS}" . &&
         DOCKER_CONTENT_TRUST=1 docker push ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+
+    docker rmi ${REPO}:${VERSION}
+    docker system prune -f
 done