diff --git a/autoscaling-demo/nginx_base/Dockerfile b/autoscaling-demo/nginx_base/Dockerfile
index b25f3d3a..cc0569bd 100644
--- a/autoscaling-demo/nginx_base/Dockerfile
+++ b/autoscaling-demo/nginx_base/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN printf "deb https://plus-pkgs.nginx.com/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` nginx-plus\
 # RUN ln -s -f /bin/true /usr/bin/chfn
 
 # Install NGINX Plus
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nginx-plus
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nginx-plus && rm -fr /etc/ssl/nginx
 
 # forward request logs to docker log collector
 RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log
diff --git a/nginx-swarm-demo/nginxplus/Dockerfile b/nginx-swarm-demo/nginxplus/Dockerfile
index e6334f05..d63de33d 100644
--- a/nginx-swarm-demo/nginxplus/Dockerfile
+++ b/nginx-swarm-demo/nginxplus/Dockerfile
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ RUN wget -q -O /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/90nginx https://cs.nginx.com/static/files/90n
 RUN printf "deb https://plus-pkgs.nginx.com/ubuntu `lsb_release -cs` nginx-plus\n" >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/nginx-plus.list
 
 # Install NGINX Plus
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nginx-plus
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y nginx-plus && rm -fr /etc/ssl/nginx
 
 # forward request logs to Docker log collector
 RUN ln -sf /dev/stdout /var/log/nginx/access.log