diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index ddbfb02..cfad5aa 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ LABEL org.opensuse.release-stage="released"
 
 # endlabelprefix
 
-RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends python311-devel python311 python311-pip curl git-core python311-wheel python311-pipx; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/*
+RUN set -euo pipefail; zypper -n in --no-recommends python311-devel python311 python311-pip curl git-core python311-wheel python311-pipx; zypper -n clean; rm -rf /var/log/{lastlog,tallylog,zypper.log,zypp/history,YaST2}
 ENV PYTHON_VERSION="%%py311_ver%%"
 ENV PATH="$PATH:/root/.local/bin"
 ENV PIP_VERSION="%%pip_ver%%"
diff --git a/python-3.11-image.changes b/python-3.11-image.changes
index 9e4260b..db2b82b 100644
--- a/python-3.11-image.changes
+++ b/python-3.11-image.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Apr 12 12:03:53 UTC 2024 - Dirk Mueller <dmueller@suse.com>
+
+- Don't wipe everything in /var/log, only remove log files (this omits directories owned by packages)
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Wed Jan 17 14:29:14 UTC 2024 - Dan Čermák <dcermak@suse.com>