diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh
index 419719151..1178dafd5 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu-virtiofs/build-static-qemu-virtiofs.sh
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ sudo "${DOCKER_CLI}" build \
 	-t qemu-virtiofs-static
 
 sudo "${DOCKER_CLI}" run \
+	--rm \
 	-i \
 	-v "${PWD}":/share qemu-virtiofs-static \
 	mv "${qemu_destdir}/${qemu_virtiofs_tar}" /share/
diff --git a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh
index d91d722c9..22cb8d0c0 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/static-build/qemu/build-static-qemu.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ sudo docker build \
 	-t qemu-static
 
 sudo docker run \
+	--rm \
 	-i \
 	-v "${PWD}":/share qemu-static \
 	mv "${qemu_destdir}/${qemu_tar}" /share/