diff --git a/wercker.yml b/wercker.yml
index 6495f12fd9d..e3c5c9c3ccc 100644
--- a/wercker.yml
+++ b/wercker.yml
@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ build:
   - script:
     name: Remove things we do not want in the Docker image in order to reduce size of image
     code: |
-      yum -y remove tar gzip
+      rpm -e --nodeps tar 
+      rpm -e --nodeps gzip 
       yum clean all
+      rm -rf /var/cache/yum
   # push the image to quay.io using the GIT branch as the tag
   # this image needs to be available to the integration-test pipeline for testing
   - internal/docker-push: