diff --git a/service_config/build_python_images.sh b/service_config/build_python_images.sh
index f4a3914d..2f445518 100755
--- a/service_config/build_python_images.sh
+++ b/service_config/build_python_images.sh
@@ -16,5 +16,7 @@ do
     echo "Pushing ${versioned_image_name} and ${latest_image_name}"
     docker push "${versioned_image_name}"
     docker push "${latest_image_name}"
+    docker rmi -f "${versioned_image_name}"
+    docker rmi -f "${latest_image_name}"
     cd ..
 done