diff --git a/services/etcd.go b/services/etcd.go
index 0b3dbce3..8f5f341f 100644
--- a/services/etcd.go
+++ b/services/etcd.go
@@ -63,6 +63,10 @@ func RunEtcdPlane(
 			if err := pki.SaveBackupBundleOnHost(ctx, host, alpineImage, EtcdSnapshotPath, prsMap); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
+		} else {
+			if err := docker.DoRemoveContainer(ctx, host.DClient, EtcdSnapshotContainerName, host.Address); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
 		}
 		if err := createLogLink(ctx, host, EtcdContainerName, ETCDRole, alpineImage, prsMap); err != nil {
 			return err