diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index 9ccb8fe1f8..e10776ae91 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -453,6 +453,9 @@ fi
 
         popd > /dev/null
 
+        # cleanup release dir
+        rm -rf $RELEASE_DIR
+
       elif [ "$1" = "noobs" ]; then
 
         RELEASE_DIR="$TARGET_IMG/${IMAGE_NAME}-$1"