diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 83a45c2..2b1756f 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 FROM opensuse/tumbleweed:latest
 
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in spack bison cmake-full flex libtool makeinfo patchelf lsb-release zstd libzip-devel libcurl-devel libopenssl-devel ncurses-devel tack xz-devel; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in spack bison cmake-full flex libtool makeinfo patchelf lsb-release zstd libzip-devel libcurl-devel libopenssl-devel ncurses-devel tack xz-devel; zypper -n clean; rm -rf {/target,}/var/log/{alternatives.log,lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 
 # Define labels according to https://en.opensuse.org/Building_derived_containers
 # labelprefix=org.opensuse.bci.spack
diff --git a/spack-image.changes b/spack-image.changes
index a548618..c8ba2fe 100644
--- a/spack-image.changes
+++ b/spack-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Wed Sep 25 17:12:11 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- improved log cleaning
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Sep 24 20:00:32 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>