diff --git a/.nvidia-ci.yml b/.nvidia-ci.yml
index f515de26..0af5aa6e 100644
--- a/.nvidia-ci.yml
+++ b/.nvidia-ci.yml
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ image-packaging:
     - if [ -z "$SSA_TOKEN" ]; then exit 1; else echo "SSA_TOKEN set!"; fi
   script:
     - pulse-cli -n $NSPECT_ID --ssa $SSA_TOKEN scan -i $IMAGE_ARCHIVE -p $CONTAINER_POLICY -o
+    - rm -f "${IMAGE_ARCHIVE}"
   artifacts:
     when: always
     expire_in: 1 week
@@ -211,13 +212,14 @@ scan-packaging:
     PACKAGE_IMAGE_NAME: "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}/container-toolkit"
     PACKAGE_IMAGE_TAG: "${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}-packaging"
     KITMAKER_ARTIFACTORY_REPO: "${ARTIFACTORY_REPO_BASE}-generic-local/${KITMAKER_RELEASE_FOLDER}"
+    ARTIFACTS_DIR: "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/artifacts"
   script:
     - !reference [.regctl-setup, before_script]
     - apk add --no-cache bash git
     - regctl registry login "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY}" -u "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_USER}" -p "${PACKAGE_REGISTRY_TOKEN}"
     - ./scripts/extract-packages.sh "${PACKAGE_IMAGE_NAME}:${PACKAGE_IMAGE_TAG}"
-    # TODO: ./scripts/release-packages-artifactory.sh "${DIST}-${ARCH}" "${PACKAGE_ARTIFACTORY_REPO}"
     - ./scripts/release-kitmaker-artifactory.sh "${KITMAKER_ARTIFACTORY_REPO}"
+    - rm -rf ${ARTIFACTS_DIR}
 
 # Define the package release targets
 release:packages:kitmaker: