diff --git a/plugins/common/functions b/plugins/common/functions
index 694152140..64e53cb79 100755
--- a/plugins/common/functions
+++ b/plugins/common/functions
@@ -649,9 +649,6 @@ docker_cleanup() {
     # delete danging images
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046
     "$DOCKER_BIN" rmi $("$DOCKER_BIN" images -f 'dangling=true' -q) &>/dev/null || true
-
-    # delete unused images
-    "$DOCKER_BIN" image prune --all &>/dev/null || true
   fi
 }
 
diff --git a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup
index 4564969a9..d68338237 100755
--- a/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup
+++ b/plugins/scheduler-docker-local/scheduler-docker-cleanup
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ scheduler-docker-local-scheduler-docker-cleanup() {
     # delete danging images
     # shellcheck disable=SC2046
     "$DOCKER_BIN" rmi $("$DOCKER_BIN" images -f 'dangling=true' -q) &>/dev/null || true
-
-    # delete unused images
-    "$DOCKER_BIN" image prune --all &>/dev/null || true
   fi
 }