diff --git a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
index 242fc4aa40..371af8f4b9 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-centos-fedora/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ rpmbuild \
     --define "__elf_exclude_path ^/usr/lib/systemd/tests/unit-tests/.*$" \
     --define "__script_requires %{nil}" \
     --undefine _lto_cflags \
+    --noclean \
     "pkg/$ID/systemd.spec"
 
 cp "$OUTPUTDIR"/*.rpm "$PACKAGEDIR"
diff --git a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
index 62b329998d..5bc78aee3b 100755
--- a/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
+++ b/mkosi.images/system/mkosi.conf.d/10-opensuse/mkosi.build.chroot
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ build() {
         --define "__os_install_post /usr/lib/rpm/brp-suse %{nil}" \
         --define "__elf_exclude_path ^/usr/lib/systemd/tests/unit-tests/.*$" \
         --define "__script_requires %{nil}" \
+        --noclean \
         "$@" \
         "pkg/$ID/systemd.spec"
 }